How to Transplant a Jasmine Bush

Transplanting Container-Grown Jasmine

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  Dig the planting hole with a shovel twice as wide as the nursery container and as deep. Tamp down the dirt at the bottom of the hole lightly with your hands or your feet. If digging the hole smoothed or compacted the sides of the hole, use the shovel's edges to roughen the walls. This makes it easier for the roots to penetrate the soil.

• 2

  Remove the shrub carefully from the nursery container. Set the plant in the center of the hole. The root ball top should not protrude above ground level. Use the hand trowel to add or subtract soil from beneath the root ball adjusting the plant's position.

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  Hold the plant in place with one hand and scoop enough excavated dirt back into the hole to fill it 3/4 of the way to the top. Pat the soil down around the plant and water it to remove pockets of air. Once the water is absorbed, finish backfilling the hole with the excavated dirt. Water the plant again and add more soil, if necessary, to cover the root ball and level the site with the surrounding ground.

• 4

  Spread mulch around the jasmine. Completely cover the planting area, but do not spread the mulch against the main stem. Organic mulch, such as bark chips, protects the plant and adds nutrients to the soil. Spread the mulch 1 to 3 inches thick. Water the plant thoroughly.

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  Prepare the planting hole before digging up the jasmine from its current location. Water the yard-grown jasmine before you dig it up softening the soil and moistening the roots. Use the shovel to dig up as much of the root system as you can. Do not break any roots. As soon as the jasmine is out of the ground, take it to its new location and plant as for container-grown jasmines.