Re: papaver orientale -Reply

So once their dormant, move, water and let
them continue to go dormant and they came
back fine the next year in their new home?  I
was hoping to move them in the spring because
so much is in the way at this point.  Darn. 
Thanks.

>>> Anne Long <along@ameritech.net>
06/09/98 11:35am >>>
SUSAN SAXTON wrote:
> 
> I have several oriental poppies I would like to
> move.  All were purchased in 4" pots 1-2
years
> ago.  I know they have a tap root and don't
love
> being transplanted.  I have never tried
moving
> them before.  Any suggestions on when or
how? 

I moved my poppies after the foliage died down
and they did
just fine.  Digging the plant with a big clump of
soil around
the roots helps. The thing is that since poppies
can be propagated
from root cuttings, some little poppy plants
sprang up from bits
of root left in the original spot. I dug these out
and transplanted
one but it didn't make it, though friends have
had better luck with
these young offspring.  I hear the tip is not to
overwater -- water
the transplants once deeply, then not again
unless you have a drought.

Anne LD

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