Replanting trees

[Pineberry]

I need to replant several of my peach trees. However with this weather I am not sure whether I can do it now or wait? If wait until when? Any advice please

[FB.]

What happened to make you need to re-plant your peaches?

If your peaches are still dormant and you keep them outside they should be OK for another month if necessary.

Even though my soil drains well and dries quite quickly, we've had so much rain for so long that the ground is saturated and difficult (and dangerous) to work with.
But if your soil is workable and safe for you to work without slipping over and impaling yourself on your tools, then you can plant.

I've managed to mostly get my pruning done but I'm waiting for several days of dry weather before I do further tree-planting and moving work (hence not doing anything about the MM111 Milton Wonder because the heavy soil will make it difficult for me to release its roots without a lot of breakage - but I have one for you when the rain stops ).

[Pineberry]

I would like to replant my peaches into semi covered area so I will avoid or reduce the leaf curl. But I am not sure whether they are fully dormant yet or not. As I understand they must be fully dormant in order to do that otherwise they tree may die if not fully dormant. My plum tree has new buds swollen so if the weather continues like this it will be in new leaf shortly. So I would not touch tree like this. What are my options wait till next year or try and replant?

[FB.]

Your trees are dormant. You can move them.

But.........

I prefer to wait until the weather has been dry for a few days because it is easier to get more of the roots out without damage.
I find that when the soil is heavy it stays in large clumps and those large clumps tend to have roots growing through them, so when the plant is lifted out of the ground the large lumps of soil dangle from the roots and after a few seconds the weight breaks the root off.
When soil is drier it is less likely to clump and the clumps aren't as heavy, so there is less root damage.

Less root damage means a happier plant with better establishment after transplanting.