Blackcurrants - planting then moving?

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vineweevil1

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Blackcurrants - planting then moving?
« on: June 11, 2008, 11:56 »
Someone has given us some blackcurrants in pots.

I have an ideal slightly sheltered spot for them but at the moment we have oinions in it.  (Allotment new this year and things bunged in where we could, will be totally re-arranged next year.

Would we be able to move them in the autumn / winter when the garlic & oinions are done, or would they not like that?

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Blackcurrants - planting then moving?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 12:14 »
Octoberish would be fine. That's the time of year you move the previous season's cuttings.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Blackcurrants - planting then moving?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2008, 00:41 »
They love lots of old manure too.

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Blackcurrants - planting then moving?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 00:57 »
vineweevil1,
A friend of mine has given me a pair of blackcurrant bushes in 4" pots.
I've transferred them to 12" pots, with a mixture of soil and general-purpose compost, where they will spend the next 3 or 4 months before being planted in their final position in September or October.

They are best planted early winter, and like plenty of well rotted manure or compost in the planting hole which should be dug deep and wide enough to take the roots without cramping them.
Plant them deep; a couple of inches deeper than they were in the pots; and firm in well after transplanting.
The successes and failures of each year keep me motivated for the following year.


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