What is the best time to re-plant a rose bush? Want to move it but don't want it to die!?

Answer 1

Don't do it yet. In the autumn: end September beginning of November, dig it up .Try not to break the roots but if you do, trim the broken ones. Dig a hole big enough for the roots to spread out, put compost on the bottom and replant the rose in the hole at the same level which it was at before. Then cut it back so that it will not be moved by the wind during the winter. Many roses can be propagated by cuttings. Take pieces of non-flowering wood in the autumn, cut off any soft wood and cut the bottom off just below a leaf joint so that your finished cutting is about 9 inches long. Use rooting powder if you like and insert half-way in the ground. They should start rooting by next spring and would be a failsafe, and you will have some some wood from when you cut it back.

Answer 2

You can replant any plant at any time, but the best way to do it is to soak the roots of the plant copiously (maybe 2 or the buckets of water over a one hour period). dig the hole (over sized) and soak that the same way. then replant giving it plenty of compost as a filler... stamp the soil around it so it is completely compacted then keep watering for 3 to 4 days (A must)

Answer 3

if you are careful, you can move them anytime, water it real good before removal, I mean soak the ground, and dig it out,taking a big ball of dirt with it, try not to injure the roots too much, wrap it in either wet newspaper or wet burlap, get it to where it is going and replant in a wet hole, keep the ground moist after that. remember too that roses are heavy feeders

Answer 4

I shifted one last year, wait till flowering season over, prune back hard dig out carefully and transplant into hole with losts of well rotted manure.

Answer 5

On a miserable, overcast day, well after it has finished flowering. Don't move it in flower - it'll die. Don't move it on a hot sunny day - it'll die. Water it in really well (unless it's raining when you move it - ideally).

Good Luck!

Answer 6

using a root stimulator will help minimize transplant shock. Fertilome makes a good product I've used successfully.

Answer 7

Best result will be In Autumn

Answer 8

Fall is the best time to transplant anything.

Answer 9

november

Answer 10

any time, as long as you keep it watered everyday preferably early morning and late afternoon !!!