Moving an apartment is an event that requires responsible care for your relatives, pets, personal property. And, of course, indoor plants and flowers that decorate your home deserve attention too. For them, moving is stressful. If you want them to continue to please you, you need to carefully transport them to a new place of residence. In this article, we will tell you what you need to do to do this.
How to prepare indoor flowers for the move?
Two days before the move, it is better to stop watering and spraying the plants, as the potted soil must be dry so as not to damage the root system during transportation. You can cut out circles from cardboard or thick paper according to the size of the diameters of the pots and cover the soil with them so that it does not spill out when transporting indoor plants and flowers.
How to pack indoor plants and flowers during transportation, moving?
Arrange small plants in boxes, placing cardboard partitions between the pots. Alternatively, seal the free space with newspaper so that the pots are fixed and do not touch each other.
Tie the stems of medium-sized flowers to pegs stuck in the center of the pot. Wrap houseplants in paper and tie at the top. For branched plants, it is necessary to fix several pegs along the edges of the pot, tie them at the top. Wrap the entire structure with paper and tie at the crown.
For tall indoor flowers, pick up a bag of linen or oilcloth, a little wider and longer than the plant itself. The pot is placed at the bottom of the bag, which is tied on top with tape or rope. Outside, the bag is carefully wrapped with twine so as not to damage the crown. In case of cold weather, the flower can be insulated with an additional layer of film.
To protect your prickly houseplant from breakage of the spikes during transportation, and you from scratches, pin pieces of Styrofoam on the spikes and secure them with tape. Handle them especially carefully, as the needles are usually quite fragile and brittle.
How to transport indoor plants and flowers during cold weather and protect them from freezing in winter when moving?
If home flowers are transported during the cold season, place plastic bottles with hot water in a box with plants, fill the remaining space with crumpled paper. Close the lid with tape. Such packaging will save your favorite plants from freezing. When transporting large indoor plants, the branches are carefully twisted, fixed to pegs and wrapped with several layers of felt or other insulating material.
How to arrange indoor flowers in the car when loading during a move?
Houseplants are loaded onto a truck at the very end. First, large specimens are arranged, then boxes with small indoor flowers, and last of all, “problematic” ones that require special handling. They should be fixed in the car to ensure they are immobile during.
Upon arrival at a new place, the flowers need to be unpacked and the wrapper removed. Inspect each plant, remove damaged leaves and branches. Pour warm water over immediately. This will equalize the temperature of the soil with the ambient temperature and houseplants will recover faster after transportation. Until new shoots appear, do not apply fertilizer to the ground. Now you can arrange flowers in the apartment: light-loving ones closer to the windows, shade-loving ones away from the sun.
If you followed all the above tips, then your houseplants will easily transfer the move to a new apartment or house. And again they will delight you, create comfort and good mood!
Usually in winter, the desire to buy a new plant increases, so that at least from the inside, at home, there is some kind of greenery. It always happens - the less greenery on the street, the greater the desire to plant greenery on the windowsill. But the trouble is that the plants sold in the winter have already gone through the stress associated with transportation, and extra transportation (especially unsuccessful) can simply ruin them.
When we moved house, I transported plants in the winter from the old place of residence to the new one. I transported for a long time, in several stages: I have a lot of plants, and most of them are so large that it was possible to transport only one per trip. In the case of one or two plants, everything is simpler, but certain rules must be followed.
Plants are usually ready to endure 10-15 minutes of cooling without damage - this is what I took advantage of. In my case, the move was quite short. But even when buying a new plant, the time spent in the cold is also short. As long as the box keeps warm, the car will already have time to warm up, or the plants will already be in the subway (or in other public transport), where it is quite warm and you can not be afraid of freezing plants.
With large plants, this method, of course, does not work. Therefore, for large specimens, I made a bag (one meter wide and three meters long) from thin oilcloth. With the same success, you can use polyethylene or even paper (but paper can tear).
The length and width of the bag were such that both the pot placed on the “bottom” and the crown of the plant were freely placed in it. To make the plant more compact during transportation, the bag was tied with ropes on the outside (like a Christmas tree during transportation). You can also use duct tape, but I needed a "reusable" bag, so I preferred the ropes. About ten large plants a meter and a half high were transported.
The longest was bougainvillea - four meters long, as it turned out. Before moving, she grew, bending under the ceiling. Bougainvillea usually loses almost all the leaves after transportation, but then grows new ones. As a result of the move, my bougainvillea did not shed a single leaf! She lost only two leaves, which simply did not fit in the bag and therefore froze on the street. However, she did not throw them off - it was I who tore them off myself when I saw that they were frozen - they remained green, but withered. In addition to the transportation itself, it is important to properly prepare the plants for it. Before moving, I did not water them for several days, so that there was no water in the ground, which could freeze during transport and damage the roots. Naturally, it is also not necessary to spray the plants in front of the road. For several days before transportation, it is better to refrain from watering and spraying - this can kill plants during winter transportation. The 80-cm pachypodium turned out to be a very difficult plant to transport (I call it "cactus with leaves"). The problem was that it was too prickly, too big and outweighed the pot. In any case, it would have to be supported by a prickly trunk during transfer and transportation. The way out has been found! On the thorns, I fastened pieces of foam plastic with a wide layer (to take it with my hands), wrapped the foam plastic with wide adhesive tape so that it would not fall off. After such preparation, the plant was placed in a "bag" of oilcloth. I carried the pachypodium, holding its pot in one hand, and with the other hand, holding the plant by the part of the stem that I "secured" with foam. Neither the spines of the pachypodium nor my hands were affected as a result.
Probably, any large cacti can be transported in the same way.
After transporting and installing the plants in a new place, they should immediately be watered with warm water (slightly warmer than room temperature), since the plants were not watered for a long time before transportation. This is also required in order for the temperature of the earth to equalize with room temperature as quickly as possible. And the sooner this happens, the better for the plants. Moreover, the more the earth in the pot cooled during transportation, the warmer water should be used (but not hotter than 30-32 degrees).
If you do not plan to transport your plants from apartment to apartment in winter, but just suddenly suddenly want to buy a plant you like in a store, I would advise you to postpone this purchase - because you do not have with you the necessary, prepared in advance, appropriate reliable packaging for plants.
And when you purposefully go to the flower shop in the cold season to buy a potted plant, why not take a large plastic bag or a folded cardboard box with you? They will help
The cold of a harsh Siberian winter can irrevocably destroy a bouquet in just a matter of minutes. So why not send flowers? In no case! Give and give again! And in order not to freeze a fragile gift on the way to the one (or the one) to whom it is intended, Amur florists will tell you how to choose, pack and deliver it correctly.
Cold winter is not a hindrance to ardent feelings ... and fresh flowers
In winter, flowers are given as often as in summer. Only Valentine's Day is worth something, and no one has canceled birthdays. In the cold season, the florist has an additional task - to tell the client how to protect the living (and often very expensive) composition from frost.
Where to buy a bouquet?
To get guaranteed not frozen flowers, you need to buy them only at stationary points - salons, shops, boutiques. Here, optimal thermal conditions are created for plants, even short-term hypothermia is excluded.
And another small nuance. Choose a flower shop as close as possible to the place where you need to deliver the bouquet. It is good when the point is located near the metro station - in this case, the flowers will also be less in the cold.
What flowers to choose?
First of all, fresh and strong. The less they stood cut, the more resistant to cold and temperature extremes.
It is also believed that dark, bright colors have a better chance of surviving the cold than light ones. Or at least the devastating effects of frost on them will not be so noticeable.
Transportation of plants is a laborious process that requires careful preparation. After all, one wrong step can damage the flowers and lead the plants to death. If you are worried about the safety of plants, give them as much attention during transportation as you would other things.
How to prepare plants for a move
It is better to start preparing two weeks before the scheduled date of the move. First of all, you need to choose a package. For transportation, plastic containers in which flowers are transplanted are best suited. Transportation in pots is not safe, as they can break easily. In this case, the plant will be left without capacity, which will lead to its death!
Transplanting flowers should be started a week before moving. If you do not have time to transplant, you can leave the plants in pots. Then the pots are put into cardboard boxes and separated by partitions. As partitions, you can use cardboard, paper, fabric or foam rubber.
It is important to choose a box according to the size of the pots. Those. in one box it is necessary to make plants approximately the same in terms of parameters. The best option is to use a separate container for each plant.
The GruzVoz company also presents other packaging materials. Employees of the company will select the appropriate container depending on the parameters of your plants.
Stop watering the flowers a day or two before your move date so the soil becomes firm and doesn't crumble during transit. Start packing immediately before moving.
How to properly pack plants
Wrap the branches and stems carefully with a plastic bag, paper or bubble wrap. Then we install containers or pots in cardboard boxes. We fill free gaps in the container with paper, cloth or cardboard.
Small plants often fit completely into the box easily. In this case, close the container tightly and wrap it with tape. Cut holes on the sides of the container so that the green pet breathes.
Large specimens are transported in a regular bag made of linen or oilcloth. Place the pot on the bottom of the bag and tie the bag around the outside. The packaging is similar to how Christmas trees are packaged. In warm weather, large plants can also be placed in cardboard boxes, and the top left hanging out.
If you are transporting a cactus or other thorny plant, use pieces of Styrofoam. Secure them with tape on the thorns. This will help preserve the thorns and prevent you from getting hurt during the packing process.
GruzVoz companies can easily and quickly handle packing, loading and unloading capricious pets. Entrust transportation to professionals, and not a single plant will suffer during the move!
Transportation of plants: at a close distance and to another city
You can not transport flowers in the trunk of a car, as well as on the roof of the car. A small and stuffy trunk inside the car will destroy the flowers, because they will not receive oxygen. The roof rack of a car is also not suitable for transportation, since it will not be possible to securely fix the plant without damage. With such transportation, the earth will fall out of the pots. In addition, flowers can suffer severe heat stroke from the sun or damage from wind and dust.
To deliver flowers around the city, it is better to use a truck, the van of which is equipped with special fastening straps and other means. It is good if there are windows in the body that can be used for ventilation.
When moving far and moving to another city, it is better to use a separate car. The ideal option would be, which maintains the required temperature throughout the trip.
Of course, for many, ordering a separate flower car for a standard office or apartment move is a hardly feasible option. Therefore, when loading, follow the following rules:
- Of all things, install the plants in the van last;
- Arrange large specimens first, then small ones, and finally “problem” plants that require special attention;
- Make sure that there are no heavy objects nearby that, when moving the machine, could fall and damage the flowers;
- Securely fix the cargo so that it does not move during transportation;
- When moving long distances, including moving to another city, periodically open the van to let the flowers breathe (if there are no windows).
The company contains dozens of different variants of trucks. The manager of the company will definitely select the transport that is suitable for the delivery of indoor plants.
After transportation
When the plants are delivered to the new location, immediately unpack the boxes. Remove the wrapper, remove paper, tape and other auxiliary packaging items. Clean the flowers of damaged branches and leaves. Pour warm water, then arrange in place.
When watering, use exactly warm water, as it will quickly equalize the temperature of the plants and with the temperature in the room. According to research, flowers recover well after a stressful move when watered at 25-30 degrees above zero.
How to transport flowers in winter
When transporting in cold weather, place two small plastic bottles of hot water in the box between the pots. Gaps are filled with paper or cloth. Warm bottles will keep your pets warm.
Flowers must be transported in a fully closed container. If the plant does not fit, then cover with a bag or pack it entirely in a bag. Carefully twist the branches of large specimens, fix with pegs and wrap with insulating material.
Order turnkey moving in the company "GruzVoz". Employees of the company have experience in transporting any type of cargo, including capricious plants that require careful and careful handling.
To order an office or apartment move in Moscow and the Moscow region, call the company manager or leave a request on the website. We deliver 7 days a week 24 hours a day!
For some reason, in late autumn and winter, there is a particularly acute desire to buy some new plant. This often happens when dreary long evenings come. Probably, the absence of bright colors on the street affects, and the soul asks for a holiday and delight for the eyes. And then the legs themselves carry to the flower shop.
And it happens that you just need a gift for someone, but you can’t cancel the frost on the street.
How to bring home the desired purchase without negative consequences?
When buying indoor plants during the cold season, you need to consider that they have already experienced a lot of stress during the long journey from greenhouses to store shelves. And you need to carefully plan their transportation from the store to your home so that they are not yet.
Happy shopping and happy travels!
Irina Lukyanchik (Belarus)
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