HERB - H*LP Transplant emergency
RAISYA@aol.com
RAISYA at aol.com
Sun Aug 13 07:34:00 PDT 2000
This one bounced to me, sorry! - Raisya Khorivovna, list admin
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Greetings!
Since you have nothing to lose, try uprooting and replanting as many as
you can / want to. If nothing else, you could learn a lot about how to
do an emergency transplant! Here are a few tips I learned from similar
experiences:
1) Grow-eez, or some similar product. It seems to reduce shock, and
helps cushion the seedlings - sort of a gatorade for plants.
2) You know those long flats that are usually window boxes? Sometimes
they work better than smaller pots - you can get a whole row without
uprooting one at a time, so the roots have support.
3) Try to dig up a lot of soil around the plant, and that way you don't
even touch the roots. If you can.
4) Do you have a friend with a yard to store them at? If there's a shady
corner where they can all hide, it might help. If it's a *really* good
friend, digging holes and storing them in the ground would be even
better.
5) Yeah, I know it sounds weird, but it works: put the pots as close
together as possible. Touching the other plants reassures them.
-Caro
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