Looking ahead to the winter, I need to move some currant bushes that I planted in totally the wrong place.
Varieties of red and black currants, and maybe some gooseberries.
Do I need to prune them back before moving? And would November/December be the best time to do it?
Peter
Am in process of moving currant bushes now, just because they're in totally wrong place & moving them now will save them from the possibility of being run over with a hay baler (I don't suppose you want any more info than that...)
This has caused some shock to the developing fruit (some have dropped off but not all) but otherwise looking fine. I've only pruned before moving when the bush was huge and meant couldn't easily see where to dig around the base. The cut off bits have been stuck in ground as cuttings just in case.
I'm not saying you should follow my advice and move now but it's interesting to see that moving at totally the 'wrong' time of year hasn't caused much harm.
QuoteThe cut off bits have been stuck in ground as cuttings just in case.
Black currants root very easily. Red currants are a bit more iffy prefer layering.
Quote from: Digeroo on July 22, 2012, 16:03:35
QuoteThe cut off bits have been stuck in ground as cuttings just in case.
Black currants root very easily. Red currants are a bit more iffy prefer layering.
In August last year I literally pruned and cut some red currant and white currant sticks off some bushes I was given and bunged them into pots of soil. Put in the corner of the garden behind the shed in 2 labelled pots and 6 months later they are bushes about 18" tall.. no problems with growing any reds or white.. I potted on a few months ago and have given loads away to peeps at the site and some are now already 3' high!! Still have some waiting for more give aways!!
I would move them in a few weeks after they have fruited so they have some summer to continue growing. Thats what I did when i was given them and this year they are fruiting well..
Hi Gavin. The bush we gave you last year was to big to get through the fruit cage door so lopped branches off. I put them in a bucket of water & they have all rooted ;D.
Quote from: grannyjanny on July 22, 2012, 18:57:54
Hi Gavin. The bush we gave you last year was to big to get through the fruit cage door so lopped branches off. I put them in a bucket of water & they have all rooted ;D.
I did some of them as well..
My OH moved some of our blackcurrant bushes in the spring, gave them a good prune and feed but none of them have produced any currants. Maybe he took off the flowering shoots but even those bushes that weren't moved have not produced fruit. Plenty of new growth on all the bushes though so should have a good crop next year.
We only have about a dozen plums on four trees this year. There are none on the mirabelle so no jam making this autumn. We have four pear trees all without fruit so it has not been a good year.