How to Reduce Transplant Shock for Perennials

Series Summary

For the avid gardener, winter can be a tough time. Some may think that the slow decaying of their plants symbolically resembles the inevitability of death. Heavy stuff. However, this is a rather unhealthy way to look at winter's effects. Instead, gardeners should look at winter as the much awaited plant's siesta. Like any good childcare provider knows, everyone needs a nap once in awhile. The best thing that a gardener can do for their sleepy plants is to prepare them with everything they need for their nap time. There are several ways that you can prepare your plants for winter. In fact, winter is one of the best times to do some rearranging in the garden as well. Transplanting your perennial plants will do wonders for your garden, and it will be less harsh on your plants.

In this free video series, learn how to transplant your plants. With expert advice from Amanda Kantor, you can start to rearrange your garden. Amanda uses irises as her perennial example; however, you can use other perennial plants as well. Learn how to avoid the risk of transplant shock. She walks you through the step-by-step method of transplanting plants. So, if you are worried that your green thumb will dry up before the winter months, take some time and learn how to transplant your garden today!

Video Transcript

"The first step that you want to do in dividing perennials is reduce transplant shock. We do this by thoroughly soaking the plant. You don't want to have too much pressure, water pressure, as it will just run off and not really thoroughly soak. By doing this, this will help send more energy into the root system and will ease in planting and rooting later. You would insert this into the plant and leave it there for at least a half an hour. You want to thoroughly drench the whole plant system so that it has time to absorb up as much water as possible before you disturb those root systems. I will just put this here and let it soak for about a half an hour."