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Moving house

butchpt2503butchpt2503 Posts: 12
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Hi all, 

I am moving house around August time but want to take some of the plants I have with me when I move. I have been told I should pot them up now .... 

Is this right? 


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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Yes.  Have a look at this thread - https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1011661/moving-house-taking-potted-plants-with-me

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • butchpt2503butchpt2503 Posts: 12
    I was thinking more about the health of the plants. We currently live in a council house so all the plants in the garden are mine 
  • SuesynSuesyn Posts: 664
    I think that plants are part of the fixtures and fittings if they are in the ground so if you want to take them you should either pot them up or list them on the form you will get from the solicitor. Personally I would be inclined to pot them up now so that there can be no dispute as the future purchasers may be disappointed that a plant which was growing in the garden but that they didn't know the name of is no longer there. 
    We moved in the middle of winter, having had the house on the market for about nine months, so I was pleased that I had potted up what I wanted to keep and didn't need to rush to get the plants into the ground. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Far better to do it now rather than in August ... dig them up with as big a rootball as possible, use a mix of good soil (or JI loambased No 2) and some multi-purpose compost and give them a good watering.  Keep an eye on them during the summer ... make sure they don't get dried out ... but don't let them get soggy. 

    If we get a dry summer it will probably be best to wait until the cooler autumn period before planting them out again ... it'll give you time to prepare their new homes.

      Good luck and enjoy the new house and garden.  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The sooner you get them lifted into decent pots where they can recover from disturbance to root systems the better.  Do it now while they're still full of spring growing energy and not yet pouring it into flowers and seeds.  

    Use the best potting compost you can get - ericaceous where needed or John Innes no 3 with a bit of multi purpose compost to aid water retention.  Keep them watered and fed till it's time to move and then again until you're ready to plant.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    I used black builder's buckets and drilled a few holes in them. Get them on "special" at one of the usual stores. Much cheaper than big plantpots if you just want them for moving purposes.
  • butchpt2503butchpt2503 Posts: 12
    Cheers I'll look at getting them lifted next week 

    There are only 3 I'm planning on taking anyway and they are the Acer's I bought for around £3.99. They were tiny at the time but are huge now. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    IN that case, the bigger the pot the better and make sure you give them a good soaking before lifting.

    Last year I bought roses thinking their new bed would be ready but the drought here made the soil solid so I went out to find suitable pots and ended up in a household store buying cleaning buckets for just 2€50 each.  A quarter the price of similar sized pots and handy carrying handles too.  Just needed to drill some holes in the bottom.

    Still in there cos, of course, when the drought did break we then got over a year's worth of rain in just 3 months and now the ground is too wet to make the beds and lay the paved centre.... and we're too busy making raised beds in the potager.   Typical.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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