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Mon, Jul 9, 12 at 11:24
| We are moving 5 miles away. I have several large fruiting tomato plants (cherry, brandywine, german strawberry). I was thinking of digging them and finding a way to keep the roots moist so that I can plant them at our new place. What are my options for bringing them along, any ideas? Anyone with experience in this? Thanks!!!!! |
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| Now is not a good time to transplant them. If you were able to take a large root ball, soil and all, maybe they would survive. |
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| Yes, if you can get root ball large enough to not disturb the roots they should survive. Bare roots-- doa. |
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| Every year, I have volunteer plants that I transplant to a better location. Most of them do fine. Dig them up with a root ball, transplant them into amended soil, and water well after transplanting them. Mine seem to survive just fine! I always have one or two that don't make it, bit that's not too bad considering how many plants I move! Good luck! |
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| I also think that "large, fruiting " tomato plants would not make the transition successfully. Good luck, though, if you try it. |
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| I have done it. While the tomato plants lived, they never recovered from shock. They stayed green, didn't grow much but didn't die either...It was about mid August that year. A bad thing for me was....I had to transplant in unprepared soil , of unknown quality. Were I to do it again, I would definitely put them in a prepared soil mixture. Shoot! If your choice is to leave them, or take them, then it's worth a try. IMO S ----- |
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| Yes, but I do not do it, if I can help it. We met a new friend who needed yard work & a dog sitter. This person had a raised bed, so my son gave her some tomato plants when he cut her yard. One had a 1/2 trunk & a few small tomatoes & it was bare root when we transported it. The plants are doing fine after two weeks in the new bed, 25 mile from my garden. |
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