Question: Can I move my vegetable garden

I have a garden of beets, carrots, onions, tomatoes, squash, eggplant, and cucumbers that are all just starting to fruit. This is my first vegetable garden and I am very proud of how well all of them are doing, however I have to move in a couple of days so was wondering if i could dig up my plants and take them with me? Do you think it will make them go into shock or should they survive the transport?
Thanks!

Sorry to tell you, but the root crops (beets, carrots, onions) do NOT like to be disturbed. I don't know about moving the others.

It's highly unlikely that many will survive, but if you are determined and have spaced the plants far enough apart, a clam-shell post hole digger just might lift the root crops one at a time into the right sized pots.

Eggplants, maybe -- depending on the height of the plants and the spread of the root system, but it will really set them back - fortunately they are warm/hot weather plants, so might recover and give you a late harvest.

I doubt the toms and squash would make it, but of you have fruit on the toms, pull them up and hang them upside down - the fruit will ripen, so you will get some harvest. Also, I have cut some side stems and re-rooted them with about 75% success.

It's a lot of work, so good luck.

Awww, thats a bummer! :(

Is it too late to start some new seedlings?

I've moved full-sized tomato plants with some success, although like Bubba_MoCity said, it did set them back. I did some pruning to get them down to manageable size, then dug as much of the rootball as I could and put them into very large (maybe 15 gallon?) planters.

Good luck!

I have moved tomato plants with success as well. I watered them well then the next day I dug up a big ball of dirt all around them (since it was moist it all clung to the roots) and plopped it carefully into a readied pot and filled more dirt in around it. Then watered again.

I have to agree about the root crops (and the cucumber) though. I would try the eggplant and squash though.

Onions can be eaten at any stage. If you place the eggplants and tomatoes into pots, taking as much soil as possible around the root ball, they might be okay. The root crops will probably not make the adjustment to a new environment. If you are moving further north, it might not be too late to set some seeds. Which zone are you moving too?

I'd at least try the clamshell, post hole digger for the root crops. Just make sure you have your pots at the ready, and work quickly as you can getting them in after you lift em. You'll probably need to baby them some after they're moved, too...