Comments on: How to Move With Your Plants http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-move-with-your-plants/ Gardening Tips for Apartment and Condo Dwellers Mon, 21 May 2012 20:47:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 5 “Been There, Done That” Tips for Moving With Your Potted Plants http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-move-with-your-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5387 5 “Been There, Done That” Tips for Moving With Your Potted Plants Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:57:45 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=237#comment-5387 [...] year I shared tips from a master gardener on how to move your plants to a new balcony with as little damage as possible. They were pretty good tips, but required you to move your plants [...] [...] year I shared tips from a master gardener on how to move your plants to a new balcony with as little damage as possible. They were pretty good tips, but required you to move your plants [...]

]]> By: Fern http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-move-with-your-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-816 Fern Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:42:58 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=237#comment-816 <b>Sue</b> -- In all fairness to Julie Bawden Davis, who came up with these tips, she did make the same point you brought up about temperature. I wanted to make the list pithy, so I simplified her advice. Perhaps I shouldn't have, because as you and she both mentioned, you can cook a plant--just like a person or pet--in a hot vehicle. Your idea of covering the windows is a good one! <b>Jen</b> -- I know! How many times have any of us seen someone driving on the highway with their plants whiping around in the back of their truck. What's the point of that! The person would have been better off just leaving their plants for the next tenant/owner. Sue — In all fairness to Julie Bawden Davis, who came up with these tips, she did make the same point you brought up about temperature. I wanted to make the list pithy, so I simplified her advice. Perhaps I shouldn’t have, because as you and she both mentioned, you can cook a plant–just like a person or pet–in a hot vehicle. Your idea of covering the windows is a good one!

Jen — I know! How many times have any of us seen someone driving on the highway with their plants whiping around in the back of their truck. What’s the point of that! The person would have been better off just leaving their plants for the next tenant/owner.

]]> By: jen http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-move-with-your-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-815 jen Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:14:17 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=237#comment-815 Funny how many people I have seen just dumping those poor tropicals in the back of a pick up truck on their move. Wondering why there are no leaves left on them when they reach the destination. Jen Funny how many people I have seen just dumping those poor tropicals in the back of a pick up truck on their move. Wondering why there are no leaves left on them when they reach the destination.
Jen

]]> By: Sue http://lifeonthebalcony.com/how-to-move-with-your-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-813 Sue Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:45:21 +0000 http://lifeonthebalcony.com/?p=237#comment-813 Good advice, but I'd add - think about the temperature in that enclosed vehicle. If they're houseplants, a long journey in a cold truck could be fatal - cover them with fleece to protect them. And in summer, transporting them in a car with sun through the windows, or in the boot, could cook them alive. Cover glass windows so the sun doesn't burn them. Good advice, but I’d add – think about the temperature in that enclosed vehicle. If they’re houseplants, a long journey in a cold truck could be fatal – cover them with fleece to protect them. And in summer, transporting them in a car with sun through the windows, or in the boot, could cook them alive. Cover glass windows so the sun doesn’t burn them.

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