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I know it is the wrong time of year but I have (for reasons that I cannot control) to move a gooseberry bush ASAP, any advice?

Give it a good soak before digging it out of the ground.  Get a good sized root ball.  Make sure the hole you are planting in is deep and has plenty of organic material at the bottom. Keep the bush at the same depth as it was before. Don't let it dry out between digging out and planting.  Give the plant a good watering and mulch.  I would also suggest a quick prune of crossing/straggley/old branches.  Then leave it well alone but water/soak if we get another dry period.

Good luck

Bill

P.S. organic material can include newspaper!!

They are pretty tough old things - they seem to transplant really well but I can't offer any better advise then Biil..

I've moved mine several times, the last time into buckets, and :) ave never lost any. Prune them back a bit and water well, that should work!

Thank you all, I moved it yesterday and watered well it. Do I need to water it (and a cutting that came off it) again every day for a few days or should it be fine?

I'd soak the transplanted Bush once a week for a few weeks, the cuttings I'd leave to their own devices, they will root anyway!