CULT:Transplanting Late


> 
> One of the things I try to do when it comes time to dig and replant a
> clump is to withhold water for about a month to put them into a
> natural dormancy. They survive transplanting much better then. Of
> course you can't control rain, but if you can comtrol the watering,
> this might help.
> 
> In terms of your heavy losses when transplanting a second year clump,
> I would think they would have re-acclimitized by that time and look
> for some other reasons. Just a thought, but then, I wasn't there
> either.
> 
> John                     

	I never finish moving things around on time; does anybody?

	For a clump that needs moving or division and it is late in the 
season, I get the soil around the clump very damp and just break 
or cut apart and lift 'clusters' of the clump with the rootball and mud 
intact.  The 'clusters' are then placed in their new soil-enriched 
excavations elsewhere in the garden.  Most bloom normally the 
next season and show no signs of transplant shock at all.  They 
don't heave out over winter either.  This can be done all winter long 
in my climate if you can stand to be outside in the cold doing it.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8

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