Moving Pachysandra terminalis-Japanese Spurge within Winter?!? Hi, I am moving some Pachysandra terminalis-Japanese Spurge from my old...
Hi, I am moving some Pachysandra terminalis-Japanese Spurge from my old house to my spanking new house but I have to do it in a minute (late fall, in the neighbourhood 40-50 degrees) before the house sell! What can I do to ensure this transplant is successful come spring? I would love any advice!!!
Answers: The quicker the better! Plants don't photosynthesize below 50 degree F, so they won't be able to put roots down to capture themselves settled before winter. If you can't draw from them in the ground, attain some and put them in pots and child them through the Winter, then plop them surrounded by the ground in the Spring. If you do transplant, obtain as much of the root system as you can. Dig the new hole (don't consent to the roots dry out, wrap them in dampness newspaper and plastic wrap to transport, or stick them contained by a pot), water the hole - after the sea has drained out put the pachysandra within and water it again. Don't fertilize as you don't want to promote new top growth (that will stress the plant for the winter) - unless you use a fertilizer to be exact REALLY high contained by the last of the three numbers (0-0-50, etc.) as that will stir up root growth. You could also cover the pachysandra with a deposit of dead leaves for the winter, to confer it extra protection against drying out, etc.
(Yep, if it's in a pot treat it approaching any other indoor plant - make sure it get the right amount of sun, water, etc.; and later transplant it outside in the Spring.)
Go ahead and verbs it up and transplant it, making sure that you water them resourcefully before you verbs them out and again after you've transplanted. If your plant look distressed a couple of days later and don't come across to want to take the transplant you can cut them down as investigational growth will come up from the roots in spring.If you're not moving until spring you could transplant into pots immediately and move them in the spring.