If you have ever needed to move ginormous perenial plants fall is the time to do it. The goal when moving large perennial plans is to ensure you get as much of the root as possible. Is that transplant? Shock in the fall is not a big deal since everything is on its way out anyways. H here is a video on how to grow transplant, large perennials, such as hostas, grasses, and everything else in between. 
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Ashley,doesn’t all the stomping of the rootball cause soil compaction?
It's not quite fall yet, should I wait a couple more weeks for slightly cooler weather?
Allah always with those whom do hardworking
We had to have a new retaining wall in the garden. It was the heat of summer so not ideal. Dug up the perennials and plonked into boxes. Put in the shade and made sure they were wet. Life happened and the wall was put off and off and the plants were still in boxes for a few weeks. Kept them wet and they mostly stayed alive. I lost a couple of peonies but on the whole they all seemed to transplant well!
I seem to have done it right‼️‼️
Do you have suggestions on when to foliage-prune and when not to? Just dug my pepper plants yesterday and plopped them into 5g buckets for winter storage, but we have some nice weather still to come. I have no idea whether to prune them back to leafless stumps right now to minimize wilt stress, or let them photosynthesize and establish a little in the buckets before hibernation
Nice to hear you emphasize the importance of watering plants before digging them out to relocate them.
Nah, you look great Ashley. Those hostas are HUGE, mine are going to sleep right now. It is a little early for them but they had almost a 2 week head start this year.
I still like to spread compost on my perennials every 2nd year before October rolls in. But I have to get in there and thin most of my lilies out as they have grown into a real jungle of a mess.
What is the mulch called? Transcript isn't helpful
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