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I have a couple of plants in the tunnel which I'd like to move elsewhere - how do they respond to being moved please? Thx
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They don't like being moved and will probably bolt. However if they are in the way you could try. Take them with as large root ball as possible and maybe they won't notice. They are biannual plants and if in their second year will go to seed.
You could sow some more seed.
Best of luckGardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet -
I think probably not - they have a deep root plus if they are from last year, they'll be thinking about running to seed soon. Maybe better off sowing some more?
Happy to be corrected as I have one which I'd like to move, too, but the few attempts to lift it took everything else out of the container, too, it was so well rooted.Le Sarramea https://jgsgardening.blogspot.com/Comment
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If it was me, I would take some slices and pot them up or heel straight in.Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=twComment
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Glad you asked that RL, I thought it was some highly technical term I'd never heard of!Originally posted by rustylady View Post
Thx for all the advice - I think that for now, given that these are the only 2 plants I've got at the moment, I'll leave them be and plant my peppers around them instead. I'll wait and see if I can ever get any seeds to germinate (20th Feb and still waiting, lol!), and then risk moving them. Or even wait until the peppers are finished later in the year before trying to dig them out, if their roots are really going to be that big!sigpicGardening in France rocks!Comment
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Slices of the plant. I've successfully transplanted parsley this way when giving away pots or raising new plants.
I leave the centre and take divisions from the outside of the plant.Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=twComment
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Parsley seed needs changes of temperature to germinate. So, what I do is take out a drill in the ground and water it with very hot water then so the seeds while the ground is hot, seems to work. Or you could try any thing that gives big changes of temperature. My Parsley, sown in a pot, was up in 14 days.
If your seeds haven't germnated you could try a few days in the fridge or try again, it's been a funny old year for germination so far.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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