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As you know we are clearing our Plot prior to our move to Dorset and I didn't want to leave behind the...........

12 Blueberry plants
12 Raspberry canes
8 Gooseberry Bushes
2 Thornless Blackberry plants
4 large Rhubarb crowns
god knows how many strawberry plants.
2 grapevine plants

I wondered if I put each rooted fruit plant into a green bag within a small amount of soil whether that would suffice a few weeks before we get a chance to re home them in our new garden.

or if you thought it necessary to trim the root stems and paint them with that transplanting gel you can buy so they survive the journey better.

or.....if the root stems would just survive the uprooting process and leave them uncovered  and go into "dormancy" over winter and I just re plant them all in the spring..?

any thoughts.

Cheers

GazNjude

What I would do is to dig them up at the last minute and pop them in an old compost bag , they will keep fine like this for a couple of days. When you get to your new plot then 'heel them in', this is to make a slit trench in a corner of the plot , pack them tightly all together  in the trench, and cover the roots with soil. They can then stay like this until you have prepared the ground ready for them, no need to rush they will be quite happy in the trench until Feb Or March depending on how early the spring is. The important thing is even though the plants are in dormancy the roots must not dry out at any stage.

"When I had this problem, I uprooted everything into a baby bath and other containers that I had without any special treatment, and everything survived.....figs cuttings, soft fruit, everything. They just lay in the bath etc until I had time to replant them. But you may be more meticulous than I was".

This is the reply that I accidentally put on the wrong thread, copied here in case it helps.....

I guess this pretty much covers my query I intended to post - I was wondering about digging out my raspberry canes and redcurrant bush to get rid of the **** ***** ***** ******** bindweed in them - that bit of the plot seems to have a particularly macho strain with  very thick stringy roots that just go on and on for ever, I've dug yard after yard of the stuff out today.

Sounds like as long as I don't let them dry out before I've finished and replanted them they'll be fine - am I right?

Adrian