I Needeed a Transplant

Lily Transplants - A few of the Lilies I transplanted today.
@webeishere (36313)
United States
April 14, 2009 5:01pm CST
Yes you read this right. Grandpa Bob needed a transplant this afternoon. It was done and over in an hours time maybe and seems like things are normal and will be good as well. I am talking about my Lily's. They've needed to be moved for years. Today was so warm and sunny I got the gardening bug bad and transplanted a lot of lilies. I do not know if they will blossom this spring or not, but the bulbs were intact and I hope they do blossom. Have you transplanted any flowers or bushes etc lately? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@Darkwing (21583)
15 Apr 09
They should be ok Grandpa Bob. You've moved them early enough. I haven't transplanted much lately, but then I hardly need to because the birds are my little helpers there. lol. Brightest Blessings my friend.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
15 Apr 09
A few flowers need to be transplanted early spring as soon as the ground thaws. Most flowers they say wait till after they are done blooming before moving them. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@Darkwing (21583)
16 Apr 09
I tended to move mine when I thought the time was right. I moved peonies from the bottom of the garden up to the top and they've thrived and grown profusely up there. Also, against advice, I moved the Leylandi hedging from close to the top fence, to the side of the garden between myself and my neighbour. That is now a very tall, beautiful dividing hedge. Flowers, I always move in Spring, about March is a good time here.
15 Apr 09
Hi GRANDPA BOB, Nope I haven't but you have greenfingers so whatever you touch and transplant, it will grow and bloom, you have got that touch and you are loving and caring for your plants so they will give you back the pleasure of growing andd blooming so you can look at them with pleasure and love. Tamara
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
15 Apr 09
Yeah I've been told I have a green thumb. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@GardenGerty (160978)
• United States
15 Apr 09
No I have not, but I need to. I am having a hard time deciding where to put some hibiscus that my dad dug up for me last fall. They have been in a bucket, sheltered on my porch. I also have a lot of iris that were given to me for free, they just need transplanted as well.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
15 Apr 09
I have a neighbor whom asked me today if I wanted a Peony bush or two. I said yes and now I wait till she digs them up. I loike peonies a lot too. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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• United States
15 Apr 09
Last Spring, I did some landscaping and did not replace or moved any of the bulbs that were already there. Now the front is growing so unrudly. So, this Spring the tulip are about to blossom but I'm not sure if I should wait til they blossom or should I do it now.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
15 Apr 09
I have been wanting to transplant these lilies for a couple years now too. I'd say with tulips, wait till they are done blooming as they bloom so early. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
15 Apr 09
Hi Grandpa B, it looks like they are are going to bloom, looks healthy! I had some with my Iris, I put them all together in one place and I am loving to see that some that I transplanted last year have lovely flowers already!
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
15 Apr 09
I hope so. I've read that when they get transplanted they don't bloom the first year due to shock. So we shall see. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
14 Apr 09
Glad you are feeling better after your transplant. But I bet tomorrow you will not feel as well as you do today. hahahaha That is good you got something done that you have been wanting to do for a while now.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
14 Apr 09
I don't plan on doing anything tomorrow as far as gardening. But then it's going to be even warmer that it was today. So whom knows. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
15 Apr 09
Unfortunately we live in a Condo and cannot have any flowers, and such like this, as we have no where we can put them, but if I did have an area I am sure it is something I would consider from time to time. I am sure these will all work out for you, and it is nice to see you have had nice enough weather to be able to do this.
@eaforeman6 (8979)
• United States
14 Apr 09
Yes, we just transplanted the sego palm from this pot to my dads flowerbed on Easter sunday. I also transplanted two other plants into bigger pots. They needed more room to grow. Two have flowers on them and all the other ones are tropical and they are looking very happy.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
14 Apr 09
Waht is a Sego Palm? Does it look like the typical Palm trees? HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
15 Apr 09
I have never transplanted flowers or a bush before. I would be afraid of messing it up and chopping up the roots or something. I hope your transplant will prove to be a success in the coming months.
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@onlydia (2808)
• United States
15 Apr 09
That is nice to hear that is wasn't you. I need to plant my tulips and was wondering if I can just put them in the ground and leave then alone. What do you think. Your friend onlydia
@manunulat (604)
• Philippines
15 Apr 09
Yes grandpa,we transplanted some new buds into aluminum sausage cans, from a healthy barrel cactus mama. I think it grows fatter than using the terra cota pots. The fatter the cactus, the more chances that it would grow flowers. That's my transplant this sunday.
• Canada
15 Apr 09
I haven't yet, I need to get to that sometime this week or next week, or they will end up waiting till next year.......
• China
15 Apr 09
my mother once did that,but seemed she was not good at planting:0 maybe cooking is better for her.
• Kuwait
15 Apr 09
HAHA i thought you were getting like a heart transplant and i was like..what a transplant in an hour?!? i hope your lillies are fine after this complicated-sounding surgery!