Well, I didn't really want to bother this thing. But the wife didn't line where it was at anyway. This morning I have it a wiggle and noticed it seemed loose. Sure enough, it came out...BY HAND! just a gentle tug (seriously, it was very easy) and it came up, looks like the roots hasn't really spread at all since planting it. That can't be right! I also think a lot of the roots look dead. Pics to follow, but I'm going to go ahead and move the tree (it will get more sun...if it ever comes out again). If it is a goner I'm not afraid to try again (I ended up getting this tree free because they didn't ring it up and didn't want to hassle with it when I mentioned it later). But what went wrong here? Is the tree salvageable? Or should I cut my loss now?
And this is the hole it came from, still nice and clean sides.