Preparing Plants for your Laurel Movers

You have seen florists and nursery owners stack their products carefully onto the back of a truck but when it comes to moving your house plants, it may not be as simple as it looks. The truth is that living plants will have to be carefully transported and the last place for them is the back of a packed moving truck. Most Laurel moving companies will advise against it, although some taller plants, like large shrubs or small trees may be accommodated if there is room.

Be sure to ask your moving company about a plant-moving service and what options that you may have. However, it’s more than likely you’ll have to move plants yourself. Maybe you can hire a trailer and drive them yourself. We’ve put together a guide to help you ‘green-thumbed’ people to prepare your plants for the journey.

Pruning

With a journey in sight, you should prepare your plants by pruning them back about two or three weeks before the move. Branches may get broken in transit and this would not be healthy for your plants. So, read up on the best way to prune your plant and best time too.

Take Cuttings

If you are unable to take a plant, particularly a garden plant then simply take some cuttings. Place the cuttings in a bag and wrap them in moist paper for the journey. It’s best to do this on the day of the move, not too long in advance. If you are looking to move garden plants then be sure to check out the soil type and climate at your new home. Some plants, as you know, can’t be brought because they may not suit the environment.

Tie carefully

You may need insert rods into the pot and tie branches to them. Do this carefully and follow whatever advice the gardening manuel gives you. It’s only too easy to break the branched while doing this, but as the gardener yourself, you’ll know the care with which you should always handle plants.

Box them well

Plants can be placed in black sacks and then into boxes. Cushion them with moist paper or rags, but be sure not to clutter them. It might also be an idea to place pest repellent strips or flakes on them to ensure the bugs stay away. Once these boxes are packed and sealed, be sure to identify them for the movers with ‘Not For Loading’ as you probably won’t want them on the truck. The larger plants, as mentioned, will hardly have a box big enough for them. Also, don’t forget the plants need to breathe so punch holes in the box too.

Unpack Immediately

When you reach your new home, unpack your plants first. There are plenty of important things to unpack but it is likely that allowing the plants to stay too long in the box will only result in them dying. Get the plants into sunlight and water them as quickly as you can.

Since you are a plant lover, you’ll have learned quite a lot of things about plants and moving them. But these suggestions, we hope, will help to clear up some uncertainties and allow you to prepare your plants properly for a move.