Transplanted blackcurrants - shutting the stable door...

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obelia

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We've been given a couple of blackcurrant bushes by an allotment neighbour who is relocating. 

We're still half way through digging all the weeds and grass out of the planned fruit bed, but rather than leave the blackcurrant bushes lying around, we put them straight into the part of the bed that had already been weeded.

Of course now we are reading all the advice that says we should have put lots of organic matter in the planting hole, should have pruned before moving, etc... but it's a bit late for that  :unsure:  Is there anything we can do to rectify the situation, short of digging them up again?  And should we prune them or not?  Any advice would be gratefully received!

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Re: Transplanted blackcurrants - shutting the stable door...
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2012, 13:24 »
you'll find that digging them up again won't be half as much hard work as it was before because the planting hole won't be compacted ( :wub: some of us have been down this road ...)

But yes, my advice would be to dig them up  - better to get that right from the start and have healthy bushes that will last for years.  And plant the bushes deeper than the original soil level.  As for pruning - absolutely (it can be done after planting)  Pruning promotes new growth the following year for fruiting the year after so regular pruning is an essential task  ;)

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Re: Transplanted blackcurrants - shutting the stable door...
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2012, 14:18 »
Blackcurrants are quite shallow-rooted so if you want to you can dig them up. If not, they're fine left in place and all the nutrients placed as a mulch all around them. They actually prefer to grow in a bit of a hilly mound so that will work out perfect for them. The nutrients will leach down over winter and they'll be ready by spring.

As for pruning, I personally prefer spring pruning in case there's a lot of winter wind damage and I don't want to be left too short of good canes.

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Re: Transplanted blackcurrants - shutting the stable door...
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2012, 15:57 »
They are also pretty hardy plants and will cope fine with being lifted again, especially as it is getting colder and there isn't much growing going on.  :)
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Re: Transplanted blackcurrants - shutting the stable door...
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2012, 12:02 »
Thank you all!  That's very reassuring - we'll dig them up and replant them then.  Thanks for the tip about spring pruning, too - I hadn't even thought about wind damage!


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