Moving geraniums

[LizyDrippin]

Hi

I need a bit of advice

I have a hardy geranium growing in a very large pot (it was originaly three bare roots)

I would like to put the plants in the garden, (split the root ball for several plants etc)

Can I do this now, or should I wait for the end of the season?

And what would be the best way to do it?

Thanks in advance for any help


Liz

[Sweepster]

It's usually recommended to divide plants in Spring or Autumn - I don't think doing it now would do any real harm as long as you kept them well-watered until they got established.

You can use two garden forks, back to back, to prise the rootball in half, then in half again, etc. I generally just chop it up with a spade though.

[rana]

True hardy Geraniums are tough as old boots, so splitting it now using Sweepsters method should be no problem. I am suprised it is not outside all year, while they will die back in winter they always grow back again the following spring.

[Two_Sheds]

My neighbour dug his up last week and gave them to me ... I puddled them in really well and they are doing well, flowering their socks off

[LizyDrippin]

Thanks for the replys.

The plants are three years old, and have been in the pot outside all that time, it's only now I can put them in the ground because I have a flower bed at last.

I think the main problem will be getting the root ball out of the pot, it's just under two feet round and is solid root ball, it weighs a tonne, should only take three of us I'll do the supervising

[rana]

Sounds like you'll need a chainsaw to get through the root ball !