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Posted by Anna_B Sydney, NSW (My Page) on Fri, Jul 15, 05 at 20:16
| My son & DIL are about to demolish their house and rebuild. In the garden are several very old roses planted by the previous owner, quite probably more than 20 years ago. They want to keep these roses if possible. Now, my query is how do they go about moving them and is it better to pot them or bag them. They want to do this within the next few weeks. |
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RE: Moving Old Roses
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| Hi Anna I would pot them as then their roots can get established.
Prune them first and make sure that they are well watered the day before you move them.
Cut off any broken roots so they are clean and put in a big pot with potting mix. Keep them well watered and give them some Seasol to help the roots recover.
In a pot they can wait for the 12 months or so it takes for a house to be built cheers Deryn
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RE: Moving Old Roses
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- Posted by leyla Central Vic (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 17, 05 at 21:13
Ann, I have just move about 500 roses not 20 yrs old by any means but some where fairly large. What I did was dug them out soak them in a large bucket for some hours or overnight in Maxicrop plant starter. Try and get as much root system as possible and prune the bushes down but not too severely. I planted them into garden beds as I find pots need to be monitored to closely for moisture - and the moisture need to be kept up!!! I watered my plants twice a day for about a fortnight by then the rains took over and they are now all budding up beautifully.
I'd probably take some cuttings as well, stick some of the prunings under the rose shifted and others in pots on their own. See how you go - good luck.
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RE: Moving Old Roses
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- Posted by Anna_B Sydney, NSW (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 18, 05 at 3:15
| Thank you, Leyla & Deryn. I'll pass this information on to son & DIL, though you know who'll be doing the looking after if not the actual digging up. Funny how so much stuff finds its way back to Mum & Dad's place to be looked after.....just for a bit. |
RE: Moving Old Roses
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- Posted by Snodge Outer Sydney (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 24, 05 at 22:47
| Unfortunately our planned demolition will result in house on top of my favourite rose bed - most of the teas - so since we've finally agreed what we're doing, next weekend will see some actual rose digging up and moving. The apple grove is giving way to refugee roses...ah, too much insect pest for the apples anyway....The quince is still there.....after the effort grubbing out the apple stumps hubby ( who was all for just culling all of them), has joined my camp and is considering seeing whether we can leave the quince alone! Quince blossom is so lovely. I have my fingers and toes crossed. Last time I had to move a happy Maman Cochet she wasn't well pleased! On the up side, the years of mulch and manure under the apples has left the soil very nice indeed. |
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