Transplanting 3year old Portugeuse Laurels

studfromthewood

Hey Guys

We are currently to transplanting about 200 Portugeuse Laurels... there are approx 4ft.

We dug quiet a good amount of topsoil out and moved them in November/December. We even watered them in the Dry spell in March! 95% have survived so far. Just looking for a few tip on how to keep them healthy. What or how to fertilse them! We intend to put Potass on them ? Could this harm them?

Any advise would be appreciated!

johno2

studfromthewood wrote: »

Hey Guys

We are currently to transplanting about 200 Portugeuse Laurels... there are approx 4ft.

We dug quiet a good amount of topsoil out and moved them in November/December. We even watered them in the Dry spell in March! 95% have survived so far. Just looking for a few tip on how to keep them healthy. What or how to fertilse them! We intend to put Potass on them ? Could this harm them?

Any advise would be appreciated!

4 feet is a pretty big size for transplanting. When you dig up plants it's very hard to avoid some root damage. What you should be aiming to do is restore the balance in the plant between root size and foliage size. To help them regenerate their roots I would apply some fertilizer that is high in phosphorus. Something with an npk ratio of 5:18:5 or whatever you can get that is close to that. Whatever you do, don't overdo the nitrogen for the first year. The potash you suggested won't do any harm but it mightn't be the best stuff to use. It's npk ratio is about 0:0:50. They probably won't even need fertilizer once their roots are reestablished. You did right watering them during the dry spell. If 95% survived the move 4 months ago, you should have over 90% left after a year. That's pretty good going.

johno

studfromthewood

Thanks for that reply. We will be putting fertilser on them shortly. Just hope most of them survive.

Im presumeing if we have another dry spell we would have to water them again. or is this just waisting our time?