Can you transplant lilacs? How the project works best

Can you transplant lilacs? How the project works best

The best time to transplant the lilac

Before you hopefully get a spade and get started, take a look at the calendar. If the lilac is to survive, do not transplant it in the middle of the growing season - spring and especially summer are a bad season for this. Better to wait until autumn or early spring before transplanting. The easiest way to move the wood is in March or early April at the latest.

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Can you still move an old lilac?

In addition to the season, the age of the lilac itself is also an important criterion for the success of your project. Younger lilacs up. about ten years can usually be moved to another location more or less easily. However, if your specimen is already a few decades old, you should carefully consider transplanting - these lilacs often have broadly diversified roots that extend over many meters around the area and are severely damaged by cutting this system. You would have to put such a shrub or tree on the stick (ie cut back radically to about 30 centimeters above the ground) and only then move it.

Implement lilacs - this is how it works

In any case, pruning before transplanting is extremely important. Since the roots are damaged when transplanting, the remaining roots can no longer adequately feed the shrub. Therefore, pruning is a must so that the lilac can put its strength into the root growth and does not have to desperately try to nourish its above-ground parts of the plant (in vain). That's how it works:

  • First cut back the lilac by at least a third.
  • The older the lilac, the more it has to be pruned.
  • You can also put it on the stick, ie shorten it to 30 centimeters above the floor.
  • Now cut the ground around the lilac with the spade.
  • The radius should be at least the size of the shrub before pruning.
  • Drive the spade deep into the leaf.
  • Now take a digging fork and loosen the root ball by gently shaking it back and forth.
  • Lift out the root ball along with the lilac.
  • Feel free to leave a generous amount of soil at the roots.
  • Now dig a planting hole that is at least twice as large and deep as the root ball.
  • Fill it completely with water and wait for it to drain away.
  • Mix the excavated earth with compost and wood shavings.
  • Plant the lilac back in.
  • Water it regularly over the coming days and weeks.

The lilac blossom fails at least in the first year after transplanting. Many a specimen will only bloom again after a number of years.

Tips

Instead of moving the whole lilac, you can simply cut off root saplings or cuttings and plant them again in the desired location.

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