Moving Plants...

[Sinchets]

 Only thing that speeds me out of bed is a sharply placed foot in the back!
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Not even for a coffee on the terrace with a mountain view? 

[Maggi Young]

I'd try moving the bed nearer the window..... 

[cohan]

i may not finish all of these this year...

...but it's the grand designs that make you leap out of bed in the morning 
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i may not be much more of a leaper than maggi...lol, though i have a feeling that while i am trying to get some beds ready for veggies, i may have to work on that, i'm much more of a stay up late than get up early type, but cant do much digging after sundown!
--coffee with a mountain view sounds good though-i hope you are not in an avalanche zone like hans (as seen in weather now!)

[Sinchets]

Fortunately not- though if we get as much rain as they forecast tomorrow, we could be slowly sliding down the hillside!

[cohan]

Fortunately not- though if we get as much rain as they forecast tomorrow, we could be slowly sliding down the hillside!

good luck with the rain! we are up to around +5C today, then later today it will get very windy, blow in some more snow (couple cm) and a couple more days with highs around -10C..no serious melting here yet, but when it comes, we will be very wet...lol

then i will have to get at that digging as soon as ground is thawed and dried a bit--the last couple of years were unusually wet from late spring on, and many people didnt get gardens (veg) planted, so my aim is to get it done early, before the rains start....

[Sinchets]

I'm with you on that- I did a first dig of some virgin land, to extend the veggiepatch, at the start of February after the snow melted, then it came back- so now i feel all out of time. So much do before the very wet soil gets too hard to dig. Most of our last lot of snow melted today so standing water in the meadow and drainage ditches all  running full. We are also due more snow next week- seems that Spring in the Northern Hemisphere is a little undecided this year.

[cohan]

I'm with you on that- I did a first dig of some virgin land, to extend the veggiepatch, at the start of February after the snow melted, then it came back- so now i feel all out of time. So much do before the very wet soil gets too hard to dig. Most of our last lot of snow melted today so standing water in the meadow and drainage ditches all  running full. We are also due more snow next week- seems that Spring in the Northern Hemisphere is a little undecided this year.

i think that 'expect the unexpected' would be a good weather motto for these times;
our real spring is still far away, though we should start having much higher ups between the downs--just today, with one 'warm' day, and the now much stronger sun, there was very noticeable melting around buildings and trees, or anywhere there's something dark to draw the sun..

[Rodger Whitlock]

As I will be moving gardens in late July of this year . . .

Daphne arbuscula
D. dominii (kosaninii)
Mature Hellebores
Paeonia species (I assume these will all be fine).
Glaucidium palmatum (have never moved these, am assuming they will be fine?)
Clematis species

When I moved in 1988, I brought along a specimen of Daphne retusa. It established in its new quarters without turning a hair. The method: in late Juiy as soon as I knew I'd be moving, I used a long transplanting spade to cut a circle all the way around the plant. At this remove in time I can only guess how big the circle was, but let's say 8"/20 cm diameter.

When moving day arrived in early October (two months later), I lifted the daphne by cutting under the root ball and lifting it without further disturbance into a largish pot. Planting out came the next spring when I started to get the new garden under control.

I only offer this as a sort of signpost on the path to "success in moving established daphnes". Your species may be an entirely different kettle of fish.

Besides the daphnes, the others should move reasonably easily.

PS: edited to correct 8' to 8"

[Kristl Walek]

Phase Two Moving Plants Question:

Mature Gentiana lutea???
or will this require a backhoe and a 10 foot deep digging hole?

[Maggi Young]

Kristl, may I ask what type of explosives you might have access to ?

[David Shaw]

If it all goes horribly wrong you can try distilling 'enzian schnapps'

[Maggi Young]

If it all goes horribly wrong you can try distilling 'enzian schnapps'

 Cunning Plan "B", that, I like it!

[JohnnyD]

We had the pleasure of a number of bottles of 'special' schnapps provided by the Tyrol tourist board on the occasion of them sponsoring an AGS display at Tatton Park.
At first we offered it to those who joined the society.
After a (very) short time we were pressing it on those who DIDN'T join, and no amount of effort from the herb society next door would improve it.
How this compares to enzian schnapps I don't know, but stick to G&T, it's safer!
J.

[Kristl Walek]

unfortunately i am an absolute celibate where it concerns alcohol---i have tried, but i simply can't manage to enjoy it.

but, back to the gentiana lutea---must i *really* start these again from scratch and wait 8-10 years for maturity?

has anyone ever managed to lift one, damage to plant assumed, and did it recover?

[Carol Shaw]

We had the pleasure of a number of bottles of 'special' schnapps provided by the Tyrol tourist board on the occasion of them sponsoring an AGS display at Tatton Park.
At first we offered it to those who joined the society.
After a (very) short time we were pressing it on those who DIDN'T join, and no amount of effort from the herb society next door would improve it.
How this compares to enzian schnapps I don't know, but stick to G&T, it's safer!
J.

Johnny some schnapps is drinkable most is dire! as for the enzian schnapps my memory says stick with G & T