Counting the Years of Orlah for a Tree Transplanted to a New Location
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Question
If I buy a fruit tree from a nursery and place it in a planter on my balcony, from when do we count the Orlah: from the time the tree was planted, or from the time I placed it in my planter?
Answer
Hello,
If the tree was moved with enough soil for it to continue living without being replanted, the count continues from the time of the original planting. If not, you must count anew.
Since this requires technical and halachic knowledge, it is difficult to rely on this if there is no supervision of the transfer. If there is no supervision, you should count again from the time of the second planting.
[In practice, even when there is supervision, stringent kashrut authorities do not rely on this for various reasons and count Orlah only from the time of the second planting].
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 294, Sif 19