"Jonno" . wrote in message
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Staycalm wrote:
I have been given three mature French lavender plants. They'd been cut
back and had a good water last night in their old home.
Today I potted one up into a large pot and two went in the ground.
They've been watered in well but should I hit them with some soluble
fertilizer?

Liz
Where are you?
Its possibly not a good idea to molly coddle French lavenders.
They are very hardy, but sometimes transplanting damages the root system.
Over Watering any lavender is going to cause problems so watch how it
goes.
I found its quite easy to take cuttings of these, instead of transplanting
them to make new plants, which quite often will grow well and look better
than the older plant you have tried to move.
The best times I found in Melbourne were around autumn times, though I
didnt really do it then because of seasons but because I was moving house.
A large percentage struck and now we have more than enough lavender to
give away.

Sorry, yes I'm in Melbourne.
I got the plants for nothing so it's no biggie if they don't take. We seemed
to be able to pry them out of the ground fairly easily without too many
broken roots. I put the younger, nicer shaped plant in the pot and the
others are space fillers in the back yard. I plan to take cuttings later (if
they survive) to use when planting out our currently barren front yard.

Liz