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Convincing a plant to start over somewhere new without telling it the trauma.
means Digging up a plant from one spot and replanting it in another so it can keep growing.
from From Latin transplantare — trans (across) plus plantare (to plant), a word that quietly moved house in the 1400s.
Shock factorPlants suffer real transplant shock from root damage.
Timing mattersCooler seasons reduce stress on uprooted plants.
Beyond gardensSurgeons borrowed the word for organs in the 1900s.