I've never had any trouble moving blackberries. I've dug up quite a few
and all of them were fine after I moved them. I haven't been able to grow
raspberries so I can't say anything about them. I've moved my blackberries
in the fall and spring and it work both times.
Bob Blum
Behalf Of Deborah Turton
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:37 AM
To: OGL@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: rooting rasp/blackberries
Would it be possible to just dig up some of the blackberries and
raspberries in the fall and move them. Or does it work better to root
the stalks and move them. Also should in transplant them in the fall or
wait until spring?
Deborah Turton
Would it be possible to just dig up some of the blackberries and
raspberries in the fall and move them. Or does it work better to root
the stalks and move them. Also should in transplant them in the fall or
wait until spring?
Deborah Turton
Miller Nurseries only ships brambles in the spring, a fact that is maddening
to me here in central Virginia where a fall planting would be *preferable*;
however, I agree with Bob Blum that either season would be *suitable*.
With lots of small canes popping up all over the place, now seems like the
perfect time to dig them up and put them where you want them.
Pat
Deborah asked:
"... transplant them in the fall or wait until spring?"
I planted some raspberries in the Nov. of 1999. They didn't come well the
next spring at all, although a couple of the Fall Gold survived. Lost the
Red Latham. Now the Fall Gold has spread into a nice patch, but last year
they produced so late that cold weather ended production prematurely. I hope
they fare better this year.
Peace,
Kris Johnson, gardening in harmony with nature in northwest Ohio
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maddening
> to me here in central Virginia where a fall planting would be
*preferable*;
Kris wrote:
"I planted some raspberries in the Nov. of 1999. They didn't come well the
next spring at all..."
Kris, do you think the difference in our zones is responsible? You're in NW
Ohio; I'm in central VA zone 7, and I think Deborah Turton is in suburban
MD, also zone 7. I find fall planting here preferable, owing to the early
hot summers that blast new plantings (of anything) trying to take hold.
Autumn here is long and mild; it *used to* rain nicely then, too, giving new
plantings a pleasant environment in which to get started. Winters are short
and not very cold.
Pat
They are easy to move, sort of weeds. Best in overcast or rainy weather of course, as in any transplanting.
Carol
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Bob Blum wrote:
I can only speak for the red raspberry which is the only type grown
here. This can be moved easily as long as it is dormant. We can usually
buy new canes here about the middle of winter, but I guess they would be
sufficiently dormant by late fall to move easily. If I am moving any of
my own around I usually do it then also. (But we do have a very mild
climate, if it was colder I would probably wait till spring.)
The usual recommendation is to take a single strong cane with its
attendent roots to plant, but if you wanted to speed things up you could
probably plant two or three together in a group. If you go to dig up
such a cane from a clump you will often find it is joined at the roots
to its neighbours and you will need to cut it free. You should cut the
shifted canes down to about a foot in height to balance the reduced root
system they will initially have to work with. Generally each will
produce just one new strong fruiting cane over the next summer and if
they have become by that time well settled in will then go on to begin
multiplying.
Moira
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Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
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That's no doubt true. I'm in a little section fo zone 6 by Lake Erie.
Peace,
Kris Johnson, gardening in harmony with nature in northwest Ohio
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NW
> Ohio; I'm in central VA zone 7, and I think Deborah Turton is in suburban
> MD, also zone 7. I find fall planting here preferable, owing to the early
> hot summers that blast new plantings (of anything) trying to take hold.
> Autumn here is long and mild; it *used to* rain nicely then, too, giving
new
> plantings a pleasant environment in which to get started. Winters are
short
