Few Tips to Moving and Packing Your Garden

Although this isn’t the season, but if you’re planning a big move this summer and love your garden as much as I do you’d want to read this piece. It'll help to maximize your plant’s potential to put down new roots successfully.

It is a well-known fact that the majority of moves happen in the summer, and that is the worst possible time to uproot your plants. The dry weather can damage your plants and minimize chances of survival. To ensure your plants will thrive in their new home, prepare a plot in advance. Dig out some simple trenches to accommodate your plants.

Uprooting

Uprooting is the most crucial step, uprooting your plants is a delicate procedure. Before you start the uprooting process, make sure the soil and the roots are moist, if not water your garden. By doing so, you'll help make the soil more manipulative; moreover, the roots will be flexible enough, not to break.  Using a sharp shovel dig a ring around the plant, keeping as much dirt as you can on the root ball. Now carefully wrap the root ball in a damp burlap sack and place it in a bucket.

If you not sure about how much you’re supposed to dig around the plant, measure about one foot from the base of the trunk. Then the diameter of the stalk, this measurement should be recorded in inches. Next, multiply this value by 18, the value you yield is the radius of the root ball.

Packing

It is important to remember that plants should be the last on the truck and the first off. Secure the planter or buckets you used to store your plants make sure they’ll stay put, and there aren’t any slips or slides. Once you arrive at your destination, cut off any roots that may be damaged during transportation and immediately place them in the watered trenches you made before.

What’s Next?

To get the best out of your trenches mix the soil with peat moss and wood chips. By doing this, you’ll me maximizing your water retention. Check on your plants on a daily basis to make sure soil around the roots are well placed and well maintained. Some plants might not make it, but the purpose is to save as many as possible, this is a very delicate procedure, be pedantic!