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Moving Herbs - Broadway - 08-09-2021
Morning Folks
I need to move the thyme, bay, and rosemary plants to the plot and wondered if people has any advice / experience on...
- When I could/should do this?
- Could I pot them and then plant out later?
- Should I divide or take cuttings?
- Anything else?
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RE: Moving Herbs - toomanytommytoes - 08-09-2021
It's usually best to divide/transplant in early Spring or Autumn. I don't think bay and rosemary are propagated by division, but usually by cuttings or seed. Thyme can be divided but I've never done it to a large culinary thyme plant, only the creeping ornamental stuff. I would take cuttings as a precaution before moving in case the plants resent being transplanted.
RE: Moving Herbs - Mark_Riga - 08-09-2021
All 3 are susceptible to a hard frost. I've lost a few thyme and rosemary that way. So if the new site is exposed, they will need some protection if a cold spell is forecast. Our bay is well established now, a few years back a frost of -17C killed it off above ground but in the spring, new shoots appeared from the roots. A younger tree would not have survived. Best time to move would be as tomanytommytoes says with the least disturbance to the roots as possible: have the destination site well prepared, dig up the herbs with as much root as possible, transport to site, plant and water in well.
RE: Moving Herbs - Broadway - 09-09-2021
Thanks folks