Phormium; moving/removing
My daughter has a big, established phormium which she wants to remove. She said she might dig it up and try to sell it. I recall on GQT once comebody being told to get the army in to help remove a phormium. Has anyone had any experience of digging one up? How hard a job is it? The base is about 18 inches and the height 6 ft-ish. TIA Pam in Bristol |
Phormium; moving/removing
Pam Moore wrote:
My daughter has a big, established phormium which she wants to remove. She said she might dig it up and try to sell it. I recall on GQT once comebody being told to get the army in to help remove a phormium. Has anyone had any experience of digging one up? How hard a job is it? The base is about 18 inches and the height 6 ft-ish. TIA Pam in Bristol I moved one like that once. Pick, spade a lot of muscle and yes, you can dig one up. As always try to keep as much of the root-ball as you can. Tough as old boots to dig up though. Easier than trying to split one in-situ though unless you use a pick. Keep it well watered after moving, especially if we have a hot dry Summer. Expect it to look a bit miserable for the first year after moving it. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
Phormium; moving/removing
In message , Pam Moore
writes My daughter has a big, established phormium which she wants to remove. She said she might dig it up and try to sell it. I recall on GQT once comebody being told to get the army in to help remove a phormium. Has anyone had any experience of digging one up? How hard a job is it? The base is about 18 inches and the height 6 ft-ish. TIA That seems to be a fairly small base for a 6' plant and it should be possible to dig it out with some dedicated digging. For a mature tenax with a large root area the following works. Dig a trench around it, undercut the main root area as much as possible, attach a wire rope or chain around the base then winch or tow it out. Place in prepared hole, soak well and again on following day. It should recover. -- Robert |
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