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transplanting a hydrangea
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Posted by bella_nyc (My Page) on Wed, Feb 7, 07 at 21:40
| my husband and i just bought a house in greenport and need to move a GORGEOUS hydrangea this week! i am so terrified of losing this beauty...what should i do? should i keep in outside and not planted? in the basement? it must be 15 years old - stands at about 5' tall. i don't want to kill this it but must get it moved. help! |
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RE: transplanting a hydrangea
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Congrats on your new house! Where is the plant now? In a patio pot? In the ground?
If it is in a pot I would take the whole thing pot and all and put it outside until the spring thaw. For added protection you can dig a hole in the ground (if you can get past the frozen crust) and put the whole pot in the earth. After May 1 in CT should be OK to plant.
If it is in the ground, that's going to be rough... the ground in my yard is frozen solid and I don't know how you'd get the plant out of the ground. |
RE: transplanting a hydrangea
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I think the ground is frozen I know it is here in orient .Can you put off the moving for a few more weeks until the ground thaws out? I 'm going into greenport in the AM e-mail me if you want me to take a look
Sounds like you must move it because of construction .Can't the workers start somewhere else .You are going to need a fairly large root ball with a plant that large.
Read my profile .I have been gardening out here for almost 40 yrs tom |
RE: transplanting a hydrangea
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| Put it this way: The ideal thing would be to transplant it now. But the Long Island soil just is not workable right now. Even if you replanted it, air pockets could be created when the soil re-freezes. Plus, you won't be able to water it regularly. I would try to preserve the biggest possible rootball and wrap it in burlap. Find the outdoor area that is least susceptible to bitter wind, cover the rootball with a heavy layer of mulch, and let the shrub wait there until spring. After you re-plant it, give it a healthy amount of pruning from the inside of the shrub -- as opposed to from the top -- and water it every day for the first month. Good luck! |
RE: transplanting a hydrangea
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| How did you ever make out moving that Hydrangea?. After this storm would be an ideal time. |
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