Very often even in the most thoughtful flower garden there is a need to transplant perennial plants. In this article, we will tell you how, and most importantly, when it is better to replant clematis so that it does not die the next year.
When is it possible to transplant clematis?
Carry out a transplant can be in the spring and autumn, but the second option is better for this. It is connected with the fact that if you do not meet the recommended deadlines for spring planting (end of April or early May) or if the weather is not right, then the bush this year will not please you with its flowering. Therefore, it is better to plant clematis in the autumn, because due to the fact that it no longer needs to bloom, the rooting will go much better, and the immunity of the plant will increase.
In autumn Clematis is recommended to be transplanted in September. For places located in the warmer climatic zone, even in October.
How to transplant adult clematis?
The process of transplantation of an adult clematis bush is not much different from the primary planting, but there are also some peculiarities: The root neck should be damped by 12-15 cm or 3-5 cm lower than it was planted earlier. And on light soils even deeper - 15-17 cm. It is correct to determine the depth of the landing pit. It depends on the length of the grown roots.
It is necessary to prune shoots and, if necessary, roots, to allow the plant to take root.
After transplantation during the week intensely watered.
If you notice that your clematis bush after the transplantation has quickly withered and withered, then this may mean that near the roots there is air under the ground. To get rid of it, you need to fill the soil around it well with water and compact it.
To transplant in the autumn of adult clematis should be treated very responsibly, because everything is important here: both the choice of the landing site, and the preparation of the pit. It often depends on this, the bush will be taken or not.