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Moving House with Plants
KJP
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We're moving house in a few weeks, and the removal company are happy to transport our two olive trees and our acer (all in large terracotta pots). However, we may have to go into storage for a week and I don't know how to ensure that our plants will survive. Are there specialist removal companies who can look after plants in store until the owners are ready to take delivery?
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Further to philippa's suggestions, do you have a friend or relative who could help out?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The house we're moving to is empty so leaving them there in advance of the move isn't the issue - it's getting them there in the first place. The easiest and cheapest option would be to store them with everything else, provided they could have some light. Otherwise they would need to have their own dedicated removal van (which I'm sure they would love!) but it all adds cost. Ditto if a friend or relative offered to give them space for a week. It's a long distance move. I'll let you know what the removal company says - I've emailed them to see if they can keep them somewhere light - if so, problem solved!
Hope you can resolve it - I wondered if it was a distance job. I think most of these storage places are enclosed though. Where are you going to be staying once you move out? Can you not have them with you?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They should both be going dormant at this stage of the year so, as long as they're well packed up and have some air around their heads and don't get squished by packing cases they should be fine for a few days.
When we moved from Harrow to Belgium I brought a Japanese maple, a rhus typhina dissectum, a Worcesterberry, a pot of proper English raspberries and a few other plants in smaller pots with us - all gifts or having special associations for me. They spent 4 days in a sealed removal truck in June and were none the worse for wear. I still have them all 24 years later - except the acer which succumbed to a very hard winter one year.