[Rugratzz]

I have just taken over an allotment at the moment its just graas and weeds, with some plants of some sort. I live in Denmark,  little country east of Newcastle, but the locals are not much help. I have two problems

Please help me out, I have 6 fruit bushes 3 red current and 3 black current,  I would like to move them as they are dotted around the site, and I would like to get them together. When would be the best time of year to move them, I have read conflicting information some people say early spring and other say at the end of the year. If I take as much soil and roots as possible when should I do the deed?

Secondly I have some bamboo, a sort of bush (well whats left of it) around 8 feet by 2 feet. I want to remove it. is it just a question of digging it out and with some lick getting all the roots, or is there a better method, I can only use natural weed killers, as they have funny laws here in Denmark regarding the chemicals you can put into the soil.

I hope this is the right section.

RR

[sunshineband]

Welcome to the forum and good to have another member 'from abroad' Always interesting to compare ideas etc.

Firstly, the really best time (imho) to move fruit bushes is in mid autumn when leaves have dropped as the soil is still warm enough to encourage root growth before winter sets in, and leaves do not lose water from the plant before the roots are fully functional again.

Some say spring is better, and if this is the only alternative, as long as the bushes are moved before the leaves grow, it should be OK.

The bamboo is a thug and the only way to deal with it is digging and burning, I'm afraid 

Hard work, and anything left soon grows again so get out any new bits straight away.

Hope that helps 

[Yorkie]

Welcome to the site 

[Rugratzz]

Thanks sunshineband and Yorkie

Everyone i asked took in a deep breath and smiled. Well thankfully there is not to much of it.

Thanks for the adivce.

I certainly will be asking questions. Its my first Allotment, when in the Uk I had a large garden and grew spuds, peas carrots and the like. Its hard to get different types of veg, that I consider to be normal in the Uk Swede, cannot get it, its seems you can ony get a couple of types of potato, not the choiceds you have in the UK. it seems I will have to do some ordering over the net, assuming they will allow it into the country, they have some odd rules

RR

[sunshineband]

You may find that potatoes have some odd rules attached to them about exporting outside of Britain -- usually has this made clear on the site listing them.

Seeds might be easier --- not sure