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Moving Plants?

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  • 13-06-2012 3:37pm
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    K09
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    Hi,

    I have some daffodils, sunflowers and other types of flowers planted in the ground.
    I would like to build a raised bed and move these plants to that.

    Would digging them up and moving them now kill them? Or would they be fine?

    Thanks


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    looksee
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    You have different things going on there. No harm to move the daffodils now they have stopped flowering. You could just put them in a bit of a trench somewhere and cover the bulbs till they have died back - don't forget about them though.

    Sunflowers are a different proposition, they are growing plants at the moment and more than likely would not be happy to be moved. If they are still fairly small you could try watering them well then lifting them with a big spadeful of soil round the roots and dropping them straight into a matching hole that has had plenty of water in it.

    What else are you moving?


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    paddy147
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    looksee wrote: »
    You have different things going on there. No harm to move the daffodils now they have stopped flowering. You could just put them in a bit of a trench somewhere and cover the bulbs till they have died back - don't forget about them though.

    Sunflowers are a different proposition, they are growing plants at the moment and more than likely would not be happy to be moved. If they are still fairly small you could try watering them well then lifting them with a big spadeful of soil round the roots and dropping them straight into a matching hole that has had plenty of water in it.

    What else are you moving?


    My missus did this recently with several alliums and also some larger plants.

    She needed to make space for some new plants that she bought.:)

    Like you said,in with a spade and take a good bit of soil with the bulbs/plants and replant them straight away into a similar sized hole,add in a bit of new compost or feed/fertilizer too,and give a good watering.

    Job done.:)


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    redser7
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    Second that. Prepare your new hole first so they just move straight in. Sliced the ground around the plant first so it would lift out in a nice neat clump without pulling on the roots too much and then dropped them into the new holes with some compost in the bottom with fish, blood and bone mixed in. Did it recently with self-seeded cosmos and nasturtiums. They weren't bothered at all and doing nicely.


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