How To Move With Your Garden
You’ve invested both money and hard labor into creating a beautiful, thriving garden, but now you’re preparing to relocate to a different area. Sound like a familiar scenario?
It’s difficult for any avid green thumb to let go of his or her garden, but plants aren’t exactly easy to move. Even if you’re able to dig them up, they may die from shock before they are transplanted. With a little bit of work, however, you can safely relocate your garden to a new home.
Create a Temporary Nursery
The first step in moving a garden is to create a temporary nursery at your new home. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, as a basic patch of well-tilled soil in a shaded area will suffice.
Plants are often weak and susceptible to shock when they are transported, which is why it’s important to set up your temporary nursery in a shaded area. If there are no trees around for natural shade, try setting up a canopy.
Preparing Your Plants
To make the relocation process easier on your plants, it’s recommended that you water them daily for 4-6 days leading up to the move. Doing so will give your plants an invaluable boost of energy and nutrients, which will help protect them from shock. You can also use this time to prune away any dead or dying shoots. After all, you don’t want to carry any plant-based diseases into your new garden.
Digging Up Your Plants
Now comes the task of digging up your plants. Dig a circular around each of your plants with a small-to-medium sized shovel. Don’t worry about digging up the entire root, but instead cut through the roots around the drip line. After cutting the roots, wrap them in a burlap sack (sold at most home improvement stores) and spray it with water.
They key thing to remember is that you want to act fast. The longer your plants are out of the ground, the greater the risk of shock. Act diligently to dig up your plants so you can place them on the moving truck and head over to your new home.
Transplanting
When you arrive at your new home, go ahead and place your plants in the temporary nursery. Remove the burlap sack and gently place them into holes of the appropriate size. Use caution to avoid touching the roots, as this may trigger shock. Once the plant is placed inside the hole, cover it up with soil and move on to the plant.
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