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How to transplant arctosis
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Posted by Temecula z9/19 CA (My Page) on Sun, Apr 6, 03 at 10:23
| I have orange clumping south african daisies that must be moved to another part of the garden. I will wait until evening to lessen the shock and will try to take as much soil with the roots as possible. How well do these transplant? Are they touchy at all or fairly easy to move? Thanks! |
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RE: How to transplant arctosis
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| Last year I transplanted Arctotis grown from seed and they recovered within a week. Just remember this plant dislikes too much water -- plant in sandy, loose soil with some organic content. RJ |
RE: How to transplant arctosis
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My suggestion would be to wack it back to stubs, take the cuttings and root them in a contianer. Plant the main plant where you desire. The rooted cuttings can then be placed around the mother and create a larger display.
They are not sensative at all. They can be pruned, moved, burned (well not really) and still be fine.
Every year I cut a lot of them back to 2" from the base and they are back in full vengence in no time. John Ingram |
RE: How to transplant arctosis
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| Thank you for the advice. I haven't done it yet, but will just after Easter. Sounds like I won't have a problem. |
RE: How to transplant arctosis
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| In my experience seedlings and smaller plants do transplant well. In case of mature Arctotis I sometimes succeeded, sometimes (to be honest: in most cases) failed miserably. Also, when I dug up mature plant for friends, they reported that it did not survive the move. I hope you will have better luck. |
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