bare rooted plants/moving (grow, spring, trim, roots)

[bgmv90]

Do you think any plant can be taken out of dirt pots and bare rooted, wrapped in moist paper towels, moved to new house, then be repotted?

Not very much time spent out of dirt? Like a couple of days?

Thanks.

[paperhouse]

It depends. Where are you located? Where's the new house? What kinds of plants?

I ship plants in the spring and fall doing that. Rooted cuttings get wrapped in newspaper and placed in plastic bags for their journey. Most survive. I usually send a couple in case one doesn't.

[BECLAZONE]

Originally Posted by bgmv90

Do you think any plant can be taken out of dirt pots and bare rooted, wrapped in moist paper towels, moved to new house, then be repotted?

Not very much time spent out of dirt? Like a couple of days?

Thanks.

How are you moving them? They need to be kept cool and damp and not just the roots., but two days is fine.
I am not sure where you are living, but most plants can be moved in this way when they are dormant.
You need to make sure you do it early enough in the year for them to be able to grow new roots before transpiration gets to a point that will cause them to dry out and die.
So if you are somewhere that has a proper winter then they should be fine.
Plus if you can put them in the shade for a few months when you have repotted them, then you will increase their chances of survival.
I wouldn’t advise you wash off all the soil though, keep as much of the root system as possible and if they are plants that can be trimmed, then trim them as hard back as you dare before the move.

Good Luck.

[si33]

Yes, as long as the roots are wrapped..and kept moist.. Ones which might have trouble include stuff like Bougainvillea..which are very sensitive..Beyond that, you should be fine..I have moved many of my specimen tropicals this way in the past..