Is it possible to transplant an adult hydrangea in the fall
Transplanting hydrangeas is permissible both in spring and autumn. Autumn time is considered the most favorable for transplanting various shrubs, and hydrangea is no exception. The advantages of an autumn transplant of this flower culture are several:
- the plant manages to take root well and acclimatize to real frosts;
- the next summer, the flowering of the shrub is guaranteed (with a spring planting, this will happen only after a year);
- valuable and scarce spring time is freed up for other garden work, which is usually always scarce;
- due to falling temperatures, the growth of fresh shoots is excluded, which still will not ripen and freeze in winter.
Overgrown hydrangea bushes need to be transplanted
The main disadvantage of the autumn transplantation of hydrangea bushes is a rather high risk of their death from frost due to insufficient rooting.
When to transplant hydrangea?
Adult hydrangea bushes, like other perennial horticultural crops, get used to the constant composition of the soil and climate. A transplant carried out at the wrong time is fraught with negative consequences - it will be difficult for the plant to adapt in another place, flowering will come later and will not be as abundant as usual
Important: the transplant is easiest for young hydrangeas under 5 years of age. In adult bushes, adaptation is more difficult.
Autumn is considered the ideal time for transplanting, because in this case, the hydrangea will definitely bloom with the onset of spring. The signal for work will be the end of the budding period, which begins around mid-September.
Autumn transplanting guarantees the following advantages: The plant will settle down and take root in a new place before the onset of cold weather. Thanks to its strong root system, the bush will successfully overwinter. Young shoots will not form, which will exclude their freezing. Hydrangea tolerates transplanting well in early spring, however, all manipulations need to be carried out before the onset of sap flow, while the kidneys are at rest.
Depending on the region, work is carried out in the last days of March or the first ten days of April, when the snow and soil melt. It is not worth delaying the transplant in the spring - hydrangeas, transferred to a new place with a delay, adapt worse than other specimens. In addition, such negligence affects budding, which may not occur at all - the bush will direct all its forces to rooting, and not to flowering. In summer, during flowering and even in August, it is not recommended to transfer the hydrangea to another area - injured bushes may not lay flower buds for several years. Often, severe stress provokes the death of the plant, so you should not risk it.
Transplanting hydrangeas in spring
As already noted, a successful spring transplant requires soil preparation in the fall.
It is also important to prepare the plant itself for a future move.
In the summer, after the flowering ends, the hydrangea begins to prepare for the winter period, and fall into a state of dormancy. This is where some of your help is needed:
- Gently collect the branches of the bush and tie them up, making a weak bunch.
- Further, your actions are as follows: dig a small round trench at a distance of about 40-50 cm from the bush. The trench itself should be approximately 30 cm deep. Put compost into it and water it well.
- In the spring, when the soil warms up enough, the bush should be dug up and transferred to a new, previously prepared area.
- At first, you should monitor the condition of the plant, water it abundantly, and cover it for the first winter and make a hillock.
The rules for spring transplanting are not complicated and even an inexperienced gardener can do it. Provided that the rules are followed, your beauty will quickly adapt and begin to grow actively, and in July she will give you a magnificent flowering in the form of lush inflorescence caps.
Top dressing for the first three years is not necessary, because you have taken a sufficient amount of fertilizer into the planting hole. Hydrangea will gradually take the components necessary for growth from the soil and feed on them for three years.
Mature shrubs can then be fertilized twice a year with a mixture of mineral supplements and organic matter.
Diseases and pests
With improper home care, the hydrangea begins to hurt. Often the flower is affected by gray rot. This disease occurs on the stems and roots of the culture and is recognized by the appearance of gray-brown spots covered with a whitish bloom. As the disease progresses, lesions also spread to the foliage of the plant. To treat rot, treat the shrub with Bordeaux liquid.
With excessive watering, hydrangea becomes sick with powdery mildew. This disease weakens the crop, and without treatment, its leaves fall off and the shoots are deformed. Such a flower dies without surviving the winter. Powdery mildew can be recognized by the yellow-green spots on the leaves. Over time, these lesions take on a clear shape and turn brown. For treatment, treat the culture with "Fitosporin" or "Alirin". If the disease is advanced, then use strong fungicides ("Skor" or "Topaz").
If the plant suffers from insufficient watering, then it is attacked by spider mites and aphids. These insects can be seen with the naked eye, and if you do not engage in pest control, they will destroy the shrub in a short time. To get rid of parasites, treat the plants with soapy water twice at intervals of 5-6 days. Insecticide "Aktellik" will cope with a large colony. Treat the culture with this preparation twice, observing the weekly interval between procedures.
Transplanting hydrangeas in autumn
Sometimes situations arise in which an immediate transplant of some plant species, including hydrangeas, is required.
For example, you bought another plot, and you are sorry to part with some varieties and types of crops, or you decided to build a summer kitchen or set up a recreation area on the spot where the bush grew. In this case, the transplant becomes an extremely important event.
Hydrangea will transfer the move from one place to another safely only if you do not shave the root system and comply with the technical requirements. Summer and autumn are suitable for this event, but September is considered the ideal time, or rather its end.
It was in this month that the inflorescences completely dried up, and the plant itself gradually falls into a dormant period. On the other hand, it is far from frost, and therefore the roots will calmly have time to take root and prepare for the harsh season.
In order to be sure about a safe wintering, the bush should be covered with peat or humus and the branches should be covered with non-woven material or spruce branches. This will make the hydrangeas more comfortable during the winter, and the branches will not break under the onslaught of snow.
Already in the spring you will get a plant that actively buds and develops under the influence of the sun's heat. Usually, when transplanting hydrangeas, many gardeners try to divide the bush into several plants, thus enriching themselves with additional flowering crops.
Under the condition of dividing the bush, the seedlings are placed in well-lit places, and the plots for them are prepared in a known way.
Hydrangea is a plant that will accompany you through life for many years, so it is so important for it to choose a worthy place on the site.If all the requirements for agricultural technology have been met, you will soon get gorgeous bushes, with abundant and incredibly lush inflorescences
Care advice
Garden hydrangea care does not end with planting and watering. In order for the plant to fully develop and delight you with its delicate flowering every year, follow the recommendations of specialists for the care of this shrub.
Moisture
The first thing an inexperienced gardener may encounter is low moisture levels near the plant. Hydrangea does not tolerate high humidity and water accumulation at the roots, but this flower needs water for active growth and flowering. Do not allow the plant to completely dry out the soil - it should always be moderately moist. In the dry season, the amount of watering should be increased. After each watering procedure, the soil around the plant should be loosened and cleaned of weeds.
Mulching
For long-term preservation of moisture in the soil around the plant, it is worth resorting to mulching. Mulch or mulch material is a mixture of natural materials designed to keep the soil from drying out. Peat, fallen leaves (cleared of parasites) or even coniferous bark can be used as such material. Choose the thickness of the mulch layer yourself, depending on the age of the flower, but experts advise leaving at least 5-8 cm.
Pruning
Hydrangea belongs to garden shrubs that can grow up to 30 cm in height in one season, and therefore this plant needs regular and preventive pruning. The procedure should be carried out in the fall, after the buds have dried. At this point, it is advised to cut about half of the growth of the entire plant. Preventive pruning is carried out every spring even before sap flow and a period of active growth. Here you should cut off all dry, diseased or broken branches, as well as shoots growing inside the plant.
When pruning, a lot depends on the characteristics of a particular type of hydrangea.
- If we are talking about a tree-like variety of hydrangea, then autumn pruning should be thorough - no more than 20 cm should remain from the ground to the tops of the plant.
- In large-leaved varieties of hydrangeas, only dried and discolored inflorescences should be removed. The shoots and branches themselves should not be touched - new shoots will appear from them next spring.
- In panicle type hydrangeas, young shoots also grow from old branches. First, all weak, frozen and dry branches from the plant should be removed, then strong and adult shoots should be cut off for 2-3 buds. When the plant is already growing up, it may need rejuvenation - for this, no more than 10 of the strongest shoots and branches should be left every season, and the rest should be completely cut off.
Top dressing
Like any garden plant, hydrangea needs to be fed with natural and mineral nutrients. They strengthen the branches of the plant, and the inflorescences themselves make them more lush and bright.
Wintering
Fortunately, hydrangea is a frost-hardy shrub that can survive even the harshest winters, but young and immature plants may need a reliable shelter. It will not only prevent the plant from breaking under the pressure of the cold wind, but will also prevent it from freezing under the snow. For the fall season, installing a shelter is optional, but the plant should be supported against gusts of wind.
For information on how to properly plant a hydrangea in open ground, see the next video.
Flower transplant
A hydrangea bush is dug along the borders formed in the fall. During the extraction process, its young roots will remain intact. No need to try to shake off the earth from the coma. You should also not rinse or prune the roots before replanting the hydrangea. Such actions will weaken the plant and prolong its adaptation process.A transplanted plant with a full-fledged root system will quickly take root in a new place and bloom in the year of transplantation.
If you need to transport the plant over a long distance, you need to place its roots in a plastic food container. An earthen lump of a bush is immersed in the prepared hole and the roots protruding from it are carefully straightened, giving them the most comfortable position
During transplantation, it is important to correctly place the root collar of the bush. It must be strictly at ground level
If, after immersing the earthen coma in the hole, the root collar turned out to be below or above the ground level, the hole must be enlarged or reduced by pouring a little soil. The roots of the plant are covered with soil extracted from the hole. It is not necessary to tamp the root zone so as not to damage the young roots. A layer of mulch 5-10 cm thick is poured onto it. Sawdust, peat or humus can be used as mulch.
After transplanting, the plant needs to be watered well. It is advisable to pour 1-4 buckets of water under the bush, depending on its size. There should be enough moisture so that all the soil around the roots is well moistened.
Spring chores
You need to start transplanting in early spring, immediately after the frost has receded. There is no need to wait until the soil is completely thawed. It is necessary to have time to do everything necessary, until the buds begin to bloom on the branches. During this period, the root system of the hydrangea will suffer minimal damage during relocation. The plant grown in a greenhouse is transferred to the open ground later, when the air warms up well. He is planted in another place already with leaves. An early spring transplant is recommended to be combined with rejuvenating pruning of adult bushes. In the process of rejuvenating pruning, branches older than 3-4 years are removed to their very base. Weak and frozen shoots are also cut out. Shortening the shoots allows the plant to transplant more easily and form large inflorescences during flowering.
Flowers are formed on the shoots of the current year. Shoots develop from buds found on all parts of the bush. Therefore, hydrangeas are not afraid of strong pruning.
When to transplant hydrangea
The timing of transplanting hydrangeas in autumn or spring should be chosen correctly, depending on the type of this flower and the wishes of the gardener.
Hydrangea cannot be transplanted in summer, because the flowering plant should not be disturbed.
If you do not pay attention to when you should do such a responsible business, then dropping its flowers, the hydrangea will not bloom next year, and perhaps it will never bloom at all
Having chosen the time for transplanting, the hydrangea should be transferred to its new place along with a large lump of "native" land. This must always be done very carefully. In this case, there will be no external damage to the roots of the plant.
When deciding to transplant a hydrangea in early spring, you should choose a day when the buds on the trees have not even had time to swell, and the earth has not only got rid of the snow cover, but has also warmed up enough. It is absolutely impossible to transplant hydrangea into frozen soil.
For confident plant survival and an answer to the question of when it is better to transplant a hydrangea, you should not hesitate to answer - only in autumn is the best time for a good rooting of hydrangeas. In mid-September. In this case, it will take root until the onset of cold weather and successfully overwinter. At the same time, young growth will not appear on it, which will die in winter.
Diffuse light in a quiet, humid place protected from the winds under the trees - and the hydrangea will be "happy" and "contented". The moisture-loving beauty will die in dry soil, but "stagnant water" does not suit her either.
The procedure for transplanting a garden beauty should be prepared in advance.
First, two weeks before the event, you should dig a shallow (one "shovel bayonet" wide and deep) ring-shaped trench 35 cm from the trunk of the plant requiring transplantation.
Second, fill this trench with compost. Moisturize for as many days until lateral roots appear there (from a week to 10 days).
Thirdly, tie the bush with a rope (so that the branches do not interfere) and dig it along the edge of the trench (outer). Remove the bush from the ground very carefully, shaking it a little and along with the roots. In this case, the thinnest lateral roots are intact. But you don't need to completely shake the soil off the plant.
Fourthly, when replanting, a bush (along with a lump of earth) should be installed in the pit very evenly. Top up and add potting mix to the sides. The plant should not be deeply buried. It is good to spill it with warm water (not hot!) And mulch the soil, sprinkling the surface near the plant with a thin layer of sawdust.
This is how the autumn transplant of "panicle hydrangea" and "large-leaved hydrangea" in the garden should be carried out.
When is it better to transplant hydrangeas: in spring or autumn, is it possible in summer
Some gardeners believe that hydrangeas can perfectly tolerate a transplant at any time.
However, it is believed that it is advisable to transplant and even more dividing shrubs in the spring, and not in the fall, because it is always difficult to predict when winter (frosts) will come, and over the summer and autumn the shrub will definitely take root.
As for when to transplant hydrangeas in the spring, it is better to do this while the bush is sleeping (the buds are not swollen), in other words, in the early spring period, but already at positive temperatures and, of course, after the snow melts and melts. So, in the Central lane (Moscow region), you can carry out the procedure already in April-early May.
On the other hand, it is in the fall, as a rule, that most flower growers are engaged in transplanting hydrangeas to another place.
As for the approximate dates, in the Middle Lane (Moscow region), hydrangeas are transplanted in late summer (August) - early autumn (September), in the South of Russia, a transplant can be carried out even in October.
Video: transplanting hydrangeas in the fall
Caring for a transplanted hydrangea
After transplanting, hydrangea needs particularly careful care. It should be comprehensive.
In the garden
For irrigation, use only purified soft water. The plant does not tolerate the influence of lime. It is best to water the bushes with rainwater. When using tap liquid, it must be settled and heated.
For the prevention of chlorosis, vinegar or lemon juice should be added to the water. Also, to prevent the disease, it is necessary to add iron salts to the soil.
Important! Hydrangea is a moisture-loving plant. Therefore, 2 buckets of water should be poured under each bush.
To achieve lush flowering, the culture must be systematically fed. For this, mineral fertilizers are used. They should be applied at least 4 times a year.
The plant needs to be watered regularly
To change the color of the buds, 2 times a month it is worth adding iron salts and alum to the soil. If you use them on only one side of the bush, you can get inflorescences of different shades on the same plant.
To prevent root rot in the first year after transplantation, it is worth using a weak solution of potassium permanganate. You can also use any other fungicidal preparation. This will help disinfect the soil and avoid the development of dangerous diseases.
Important! In the fall, the plant needs pruning. The place of the cut must be sprinkled with activated carbon or cinnamon
You should not cut the bush too much. Instead, it is recommended to tear off the foliage at the base. In a region with a harsh climate, the bushes need to be spud up at the stage of preparation for winter.
Houses
In order for the indoor hydrangea to tolerate the transplant normally, it needs to be looked after especially carefully for 2 weeks. At this time, the flower pot should be in partial shade. In this case, it is necessary to control the condition of the soil. It should not be too wet or too dry. After watering, the soil must be loosened.
When growing a hydrangea in a pot, it should be properly cared for.
The flower needs an annual transplant, which is recommended in April or after flowering. 2 weeks after the procedure, you need to put the pot with the bush in the chosen place.
Important! The culture does not tolerate drafts if the windows are open. Also, the plant does not withstand exposure to direct sunlight.
A culture transplant has a number of features.
In order for the hydrangea to normally transfer the movement to a new place, you need to know when to transplant the hydrangea, as well as pay attention to choosing a site for it and choose the right soil composition
Strict adherence to the planting technology is of no small importance.
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Transplanting hydrangeas in spring
In the spring, the obligatory pruning of ornamental shrubs is carried out. The remaining branches are neatly tied together to facilitate work. The specimen is carefully dug in, removing the top layer of soil. Gradually deepening, completely free the root system. The earth is not removed from the roots.
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The hydrangea is transferred to another place with a lump of soil. Be sure to maintain the level of planting, avoiding the deepening of the basal neck. A lump with roots is placed in a pit, adding a previously prepared substrate. A specially prepared earthen mixture guarantees good nutrition for the hydrangea for the next two to three years. However, this does not preclude the need for top dressing.
With a spring transplant, the first watering is carried out in a couple of days in order to exclude hypothermia of the root system. Fertilization is carried out after one month.
Autumn transplantation is carried out similarly to the spring one with some differences. First of all, the above-ground part of the shrub is not pruned. Only dry peduncles are removed. The specimen is dug along the outer edge of the circular trench. Watering is carried out immediately after planting. The transplanted plant is not fertilized so as not to provoke the growth of new shoots.
Temperature
When providing home care for a hydrangea flower, keep the room at a comfortable temperature. From spring to autumn, +20 ° C will be an ideal indicator for culture. Do not forget to regularly ventilate the room, because without fresh air, the development of the flower slows down. In the summer, take the pot out to the balcony or terrace. But do not forget to protect the plant from drafts and sudden changes in temperature - such conditions are destructive for a capricious beauty.
After flowering, when the plant begins a dormant period, transfer the hydrangea to a dark place with a temperature of + 7 ... + 10 ° C. A basement or cellar will do. Before doing this, remove all leaves and cut the strong shoots to half their length. And remove small weak branches at the root. Put the pot on its side and store the culture in this position until February. Please note that you need to prepare the plant before the beginning of December. Otherwise, it will not have time to recover.
If you do not have such premises, then you can preserve the culture until spring on a glassed-in balcony, where the temperature does not drop below +4 ° C. To make the plant overwinter calmly, cut the shoots two-thirds of the length, cover the plant with spruce branches and wrap it with non-woven material.
When the buds hatch in February, return the flower to its usual place. Keep in mind that without a cold wintering, the culture will not restore the strength spent on the buds. And then it will bloom again only after a year.
