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Transplanting plants

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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    edited May 2022
    As Jenny says, cut back the top growth (you can be fairly brutal). Otherwise the plants will just wilt because you will lose most of the finer roots.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • WildlifeloverWildlifelover Posts: 380
    Ok, thanks. At it will be out of the ground for around half an hour, if I give it a good water regularly will they be ok in time?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    No-one can guarantee that they'll survive, but it's definitely worth a try. They might do nothing for a while but then they should (fingers crossed) start to re-grow.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • WildlifeloverWildlifelover Posts: 380
    Hope so. It’s a real shame that so many plants will be lost, I just hope I’m able to salvage a small portion of them. 
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Personally, I'd just go and get some - where's the wildflower (and wildlife) protection laws when they wade in with the bulldozers? 😢
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