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| You will occasionally want to move a rose bush | | | | the better a bush can feed from the soil. |
| from one location to another, but fear shocking | | | | The second, and less simple way, is to prepare |
| the bush too much and having it die. However, | | | | the rose for the move by digging a trench in |
| here are two effective ways to minimize the | | | | early spring in a semicircle round the bush at a |
| shock to the bush so you can successfully move | | | | radius of a foot, or slightly more, from the stem, |
| it to another, more suitable place in your flower | | | | depending on the size of the plant. This will cut |
| garden. | | | | the roots in that part. Fill the trench with loam |
| The first, and simpler way, is by driving a spade | | | | that is of good quality but does not contain |
| down vertically to its full length of blade about | | | | fermenting manure of any type. A network of |
| twelve or fifteen inches from the bush and | | | | fibrous secondary roots will form and permeate |
| repeating the process in a circular form until all | | | | the rich new soil. After three months, about |
| lateral roots have been cut. This should be done in | | | | Christmas time, complete the circle in a similar |
| June or early July and the bush should be moved | | | | manner. In the autumn, about four months later, |
| two or three weeks later. | | | | the bush can be lifted with a good ball of earth |
| Dig a sloping hole leading to the vertical spade-cuts | | | | held together by a mass of fibrous roots. |
| on one side, remove some of the surface soil | | | | The rose bush has been safely root-pruned in |
| round the bush to reduce weight, drive the spade | | | | either method of transplanting, and will reduce |
| under the plant, and gently lift it in a ball of earth. | | | | shock ensuring the plants survival. You may be |
| The ball can be made more adherent by wetting | | | | wondering why you would need to use that |
| and dabbing the outside of it. Slide it into its new | | | | second, more involved method, when the first |
| hole by way of another sloping cut, fill the spaces | | | | method is so simple. Well, the only time it is |
| round the ball with friable soil and water it heavily. | | | | necessary is when moving a very large old rose |
| The bush must be pruned and all leaves carefully | | | | plant. |
| clipped off to reduce loss of moisture and | | | | So now you have 2 great methods for |
| consequent shrivelling. | | | | successfully transplanting rose bushes. Although |
| You see, by cutting any strong root at a | | | | you don't want to do it very often, feel free to |
| reasonable distance from a plant, it forces the | | | | get your flower garden just the way you want it! |
| growth of many smaller ones of the feeding type. | | | | Happy planting. |
| Roots feed only through their terminal points, and | | | | |