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Title: Plants that hate to be moved
Post by: hellohelenhere on February 27, 2009, 20:50:53: I wondered what are top of the list of plants that you have to plant in situ? Given that I'm *still* getting my beds prepared, and have ever-increasing hordes of plantlets and seedlings in my lean-to, plus fruit bushes planted in temporary posititons - I'm wondering which things I should prioritise, in terms of getting them into their rightful place.

Likewise, with sowing seeds - I'll be starting a lot off in my lean-to, because I can, and it keeps them from the snails till they're a bit bigger - but are there any plants where your experience tells you not to bother with that strategy, because they'll hate being transplanted?

This includes flowers as well as veg, as I have plenty of flower seeds too.
Title: Re: Plants that hate to be moved
Post by: flossy on February 27, 2009, 21:19:28: Transplanting is always a concern when moving any plant , all I can say is Autumn and

Spring are the best times to do this -- make sure that you disturb the roots as little as possible,

-- get a large am mount of soil with the roots, and plant in an area that the plant will acclimatise

well in --- firm the soil , water well and keep an eye on it.

Give it a feed later on.

floss xxx
Title: Re: Plants that hate to be moved
Post by: manicscousers on February 27, 2009, 21:23:26: I'd get the fruit in, then you can concentrate on the seeds ;D
Title: Re: Plants that hate to be moved
Post by: saddad on February 27, 2009, 22:39:13: Only root veg need to be sown in situ... and some people even manage to transplant parsnips... ???
Title: Re: Plants that hate to be moved
Post by: simmo116 on March 01, 2009, 10:19:13: i've started my parsnips off in toilet rolls ??? ??? should i be ok?
Title: Re: Plants that hate to be moved
Post by: saddad on March 01, 2009, 10:50:34: Yes, the trick is to get them into the ground before the roots are poking out of the bottom or you just get stumpy parsnips with lots of useless little twisted legs.
Many plants need higher soil temps to germinate than to grow, as a change to cooler temps is all part and parcel of natural growing... :)
Title: Re: Plants that hate to be moved
Post by: Bjerreby on March 01, 2009, 11:22:36: Quote from: saddad on March 01, 2009, 10:50:34
Yes, the trick is to get them into the ground before the roots are poking out of the bottom or you just get stumpy parsnips with lots of useless little twisted legs.
Many plants need higher soil temps to germinate than to grow, as a change to cooler temps is all part and parcel of natural growing... :)

Thanks for that comment saddad, it confirms a suspicion I had.