Q: I have found, what I believe to be, a fruiting mulberry growing very close to an established piñon tree growing in the yard. The piñon tree is a favorite roost for the birds I feed, so I’m thinking that the seed of the mulberry was carried by one of them and had good enough conditions to germinate and grow. It’s nearly three feet tall now and has dropped most of its leaves. I have a spot that I want to move it to and I am wondering if I should do the transplanting now, or wait until early spring? What would you advise? — H.M., Albuquerque

A: I’m torn but leaning to getting the transplanting done as soon as you can. My reason, the young mulberry could continue to grow a more encompassing root system throughout its dormancy and make any transplanting more difficult, for both the mulberry and the piñon. So, I’d go for it now.