If the raspberry bushes are spreading too much or are in an inconvenient place, you can transplant them. This is very easy and can be done almost at any time of the year.
How to transplant raspberries successfully?
To transplant raspberries successfully, dig up the plant carefully, paying attention to the roots, soak it in water for a few hours, and choose a sunny location. Mix compost or manure into the soil, shorten the roots and shoots, plant the raspberries, water and lay down a layer of mulch.
The best time to implement
Basically, you can plant your raspberries all year round. However, it is cheaper to wait until after harvest before transplanting. Then the plants have enough strength to form new roots. They then grow faster.
Digging up the raspberry plant
Plunge the digging fork into the ground about 20 to 30 centimeters around the plant. Then carefully lift the raspberry bush.
Make sure that you dig out all the roots and especially the fine hairs on them.
First place the plant in a water bath for a few hours.
How to transplant the raspberry
- Dig a new planting hole
- Mix soil with compost or manure
- If necessary, dig in a root barrier
- Short the roots and shoots of the plant
- Insert raspberry plant
- Press the soil lightly
- Pouring
- Apply mulch cover
Choose a location in the sun and make sure the soil has enough nutrients. There should have been no berry bushes on the site before.
Check whether the roots are he althy before planting. Leave only a few canes per plant. Shorten very long shoots by half. Cut off long extensions of the roots with sharp secateurs (€14.00 on Amazon).
Tips for moving raspberry plants
Raspberries cope very well with being moved. However, in the first year after transplanting, the bushes will only bear a few fruits.
Raspberry bushes bear fruit for up to ten years. It is therefore usually not worth moving older plants. It is better to plant young plants straight away. You can easily grow raspberries yourself.
Lay a layer of mulch under the new shrubs. You then have to water less and also keep the weeds at bay.
Tips & Tricks
Does the raspberry droop its leaves after transplanting? Then you should check whether the soil is sufficiently moist. If necessary, water a little more often. But make sure that the irrigation water does not accumulate on the roots.