How do you move potted plants?

How do you move potted plants step by step?

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   Step 1: Determine which plants to take and give away or sell the rest in good time. our advice

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   Step 2: Water sparingly the last few days, so that the soil is medium to half dry on moving day.

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   Step 3: Place the pots tightly in open boxes and fill the gaps with paper so they do not tip over. our tip

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   Step 4: Wrap the pot and plant in paper if it's cold outside.

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   Step 5: Load the plants last in the car and drive directly to the new home.

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   Step 6: Let the boxes stand inside for a few hours before you unpack, so that the temperature difference becomes smaller.

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   Step 7: Place plants in similar light to before and wait with repotting and fertilising until they have adjusted. our advice

Source: Green Kingdom: Can you order plants in winter?, Moving Questions and Answers. The steps marked our advice are the editorial staff's own.

Does the removal company take the potted plants?

Not as part of the regular assignment. Bohag 2010, the general moving rules that many companies follow, count living animals and plants as things that are not included unless you have agreed otherwise. The rules also state that the company's responsibility can be adjusted or disappear when an item is particularly exposed to damage from the move itself, and living plants are one of the examples.

The companies have their own terms. Flyttdax in Gothenburg writes that short distances usually work if plants are loaded last in the car and the car drives directly to unloading, but their insurance does not cover plants. If you want the company to take them, write it in the booking. That is our advice. The whole list of what is not included is in the post what can the removal company not move.

Source: Bohag 2010: General moving rules for consumers (pdf, published by Cityflytt), Flyttdax: Questions and answers. Point 2 g and 12.3 b in Bohag 2010.

How do you move plants in a car?

Place the pots tightly in boxes without lids, so that the leaves have space, and fill with newspaper so that nothing slides. Large plants can stand directly on the floor in the car with a blanket around the pot. Do not place boxes on top of the plants, and do not let them stand in a cold or warm car while the rest of the load is carried in. This is our advice.

Grönväxtriket, which sends potted plants by post all year round, dresses the pot in paper that holds the soil in place and then rolls the whole plant in newspaper. The same method works in a removal van.

Source: Grönväxtriket: Dare one order plants in winter?. The advice in the first paragraph and the comparison with the moving truck are ours.

Will your potted plants survive the cold when you move in winter?

It depends on the distance and the plant. Flyttdax writes that short distances usually work well, but that longer distances are not recommended because the plants probably cannot handle the cold. Grönväxtriket writes that the most common reason why a plant cannot handle a winter transport is a wet root ball, because saturated soil freezes more easily and the roots are damaged. They therefore send plants that are medium to half-dry in the soil.

Grönväxtriket mentions Alocasia, succulents and palette leaves as extra sensitive to cold and moisture, and writes that some plants are sensitive even when it's not below zero. A newly grown, immature leaf on an Anthurium, for example, tolerates temperature fluctuations worse. More about moving in the cold, with tyres, ice and electronics, can be found in moving in winter.

Source: Flyttdax: Questions and answers, Grönväxtriket: Can you order plants in winter?.

How do the plants do well in the new home?

Leave the box standing for a few hours before unpacking, so the temperature difference is less and the plant does not get a shock from suddenly being in the heat. Unpack the plants first if they have been wrapped up for a long time.

Then put them in places with about the same light as in the old home, and wait with replanting and fertilizing until they have gotten used to it. That is our advice

Source: Grönväxtriket: Can you order plants in winter?. The advice in the second paragraph and about unpacking the plants first is ours.

What do you do with the plants you don't take with you?

Clear out plants before the move, just like furniture. Ask neighbours and friends, or give cuttings to someone who wants them. How you donate and sell what you don't take with you is in the guide to donating and selling furniture. Put the plants and other things you're driving yourself in Your moving plan, and read about how the day goes in step 5, moving day. If you're also moving fish, see how to move an aquarium, and the fridge and freezer are emptied according to the post about fridge and freezer.

The advice is the editorial staff's own.