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Post by grindle on Mar 22, 2011 6:41:39 GMT
I have a big patch of this and want to move it, does it move ok? I wouldn't want to lose it
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Post by Louise on Mar 22, 2011 7:03:22 GMT
Having about 20 different varieties of these myself and shifting them around periodically, i'd say it would be fine to do.
They've got good strong fleshy roots and as long as they're watered well after transplanting they should cope okay, now's the time to do it so they can settle down again throughout the season.
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Post by grindle on Mar 22, 2011 8:00:38 GMT
;D thanks Louise
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Post by Geranium on Mar 22, 2011 10:03:23 GMT
As Louise knows - I can't grow Alstros. This is the first year that they've reappeared, and even then, the shoots are minute compared with Louise's. Fingers crossed that they actually grow into plants and have flowers on them!
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Post by seaburn on Mar 22, 2011 17:12:11 GMT
I bought two new ones late last summer. I didnt get them in the ground. and I have lost them
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Post by Louise on Mar 22, 2011 17:23:50 GMT
That's a shame, were they potted then ?
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Post by lesley on Mar 22, 2011 18:37:05 GMT
It looks as though mine have survived found shoots coming up yesterday.
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Post by Geranium on Mar 22, 2011 18:57:08 GMT
I checked on my two today - the first shoots got frosted, but the plants are sending up lots of shoots! Fingers crossed - this might be the first time I get flowers from an Alstro from a previous year!
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Post by Tel on Mar 22, 2011 19:33:53 GMT
We only have one cannot remember the name of the variety label went astray a long time ago. Ours as been moved 3 times, the only problem i found with it if you left a piece of root behind the plant you wanted to move reappeared .
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Post by Louise on Mar 22, 2011 19:36:47 GMT
Yes, they can be quite invasive if they're happy in their position !
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Post by seaburn on Mar 22, 2011 20:37:37 GMT
yes mine were in 2litre pots and in the fruit cage. I knocked the pots out at the weekend and it was bare soil with the shadow of roots left behind.
The orange king in the garden is as tough as old boots and is doing really well.
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Post by grindle on Mar 23, 2011 6:11:44 GMT
Yes, they can be quite invasive if they're happy in their position ! I don't mind them being invasive, I love them. I want to move this one forward so I can put a shrub in it's place
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Post by Tel on Mar 23, 2011 6:36:06 GMT
I like the length of the flowering period, they seem to flower for ever when they start.
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Post by Louise on Mar 23, 2011 6:55:39 GMT
Until the first frosts, Tel, they are great 'value for money' plants - for their flowering period being April-Nov and the fact that one plant can yield so many more ;D
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