Comments on: 5 “Been There, Done That” Tips for Moving With Your Potted Plants http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/ Gardening Tips for Apartment and Condo Dwellers Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The New Year Is (Almost) Upon Us! | Ask Garden's Gardening Tips http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5580 The New Year Is (Almost) Upon Us! | Ask Garden's Gardening Tips Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:31:30 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5580 [...] Life On The Balcony [...] [...] Life On The Balcony [...]

]]> By: Mary C http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5432 Mary C Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:35:16 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5432 help moving trees up stairs.... cook lots of delicious smelling food and open your windows...preferably mid-afternoon. hungry teenagers should wander by and then you can barter goods for services... :D help moving trees up stairs….

cook lots of delicious smelling food and open your windows…preferably mid-afternoon. hungry teenagers should wander by and then you can barter goods for services…

:D

]]> By: melanie watts http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5422 melanie watts Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:43:21 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5422 Hope you have managed to lug all your plants upstairs. Great tips, I did sorta the same thing when we moved down here from the Peace. I had to move everything in a pickup truck It was a 4-5 hour drive. everything survived. Hope you have managed to lug all your plants upstairs. Great tips, I did sorta the same thing when we moved down here from the Peace. I had to move everything in a pickup truck It was a 4-5 hour drive. everything survived.

]]> By: Fern http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5409 Fern Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:51:20 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5409 Christina--Aww. Too bad for the Diffenbachia! Claire--That seems like a good way to do it too. Prue--Thanks! :-) Christina–Aww. Too bad for the Diffenbachia!

Claire–That seems like a good way to do it too.

Prue–Thanks! :-)

]]> By: Prue http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Prue Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:24:07 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5400 Hope the move went well. I'll keep these tips in mind for when (if ever) the balcony garden has to move! Enjoy the new place. Hope the move went well. I’ll keep these tips in mind for when (if ever) the balcony garden has to move! Enjoy the new place.

]]> By: Claire, Plantpassion http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5398 Claire, Plantpassion Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:27:16 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5398 I used to excel in getting plants in clients cars to get them home from the Plantcentre if they were outside our delivery area, - I found trees taped up like Fern said, in the passenger footwell, with the seat leaned right back get home in the best condition. - The main thing is remembering to water them in the weeks after moving with all the excitment in the house/ appartment I used to excel in getting plants in clients cars to get them home from the Plantcentre if they were outside our delivery area, – I found trees taped up like Fern said, in the passenger footwell, with the seat leaned right back get home in the best condition. – The main thing is remembering to water them in the weeks after moving with all the excitment in the house/ appartment

]]> By: Christina Salwitz http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5397 Christina Salwitz Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:24:35 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5397 Funny story for you: 22 years ago when husband and I moved in together, he went to his former house to pick up his stuff. Included were his, what I refer to as, "Bachelor Pad plants". He loaded them into his Dad's little pick-up and boldly headed up 405 to our new place. Upon arrival, I met him outside as he jumps out to show me what was once a lovely 4ft tall variegated Diffenbachia, shredded into a gazillion little tiny pieces in the back. We laughed pretty hard and have never forgotten this since! Funny story for you: 22 years ago when husband and I moved in together, he went to his former house to pick up his stuff. Included were his, what I refer to as, “Bachelor Pad plants”.
He loaded them into his Dad’s little pick-up and boldly headed up 405 to our new place.
Upon arrival, I met him outside as he jumps out to show me what was once a lovely 4ft tall variegated Diffenbachia, shredded into a gazillion little tiny pieces in the back.
We laughed pretty hard and have never forgotten this since!

]]> By: Fern http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5393 Fern Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:48:03 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5393 Bob--Moving large plants was the hardest. All of my plants made it okay. The rainstorm we had a week or so ago did more damage than the move. Whew! :-) Jenny--That sounds like a smart way to do things. Louise--You'll like tomorrow's post then. ;-) Bob–Moving large plants was the hardest. All of my plants made it okay. The rainstorm we had a week or so ago did more damage than the move. Whew! :-)

Jenny–That sounds like a smart way to do things.

Louise–You’ll like tomorrow’s post then. ;-)

]]> By: Louise @ Buddy Garden http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5391 Louise @ Buddy Garden Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:54:47 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5391 Congrats with the new place! Can't wait to see what you're going to do with the balcony, I'm sure it's going to look awesome. Congrats with the new place! Can’t wait to see what you’re going to do with the balcony, I’m sure it’s going to look awesome.

]]> By: Jenny Peterson http://lifeonthebalcony.com/5-been-there-done-that-tips-for-moving-with-your-potted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5389 Jenny Peterson Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:37:02 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=2326#comment-5389 Good ideas! Another one I use when loading plants in the back of my Silverado is when you lay your large tree or shrub down, lay the pot closest to the cab and the top of the tree towards the tailgate. That way if you have to drive on the highway at least the wind will be going with the direction of the branches/limbs/leaves instead of against it. Cuts down on damage! Good ideas! Another one I use when loading plants in the back of my Silverado is when you lay your large tree or shrub down, lay the pot closest to the cab and the top of the tree towards the tailgate. That way if you have to drive on the highway at least the wind will be going with the direction of the branches/limbs/leaves instead of against it. Cuts down on damage!

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