A very productive currant bush is in an unfavorable place when you are redesigning your garden? Then just transplant it. But this is only worthwhile if the shrub is not too old.

Does it make sense to transplant the shrub?

Before you transplant currant bushes, consider whether the move is actually worth it. Shrubs older than 15 years hardly bear any berries.

After transplanting, you can only harvest a few currants in the first few years. It takes two to three years for currants to be as productive as they were before they were transplanted.

You should therefore only move currant bushes if they are younger plants.

The best time to move

It is best to transplant your currant bushes in autumn. Then the soil is nice and moist and does not dry out so quickly.

If you wait until spring, the shrub will need a lot more care. In addition, the currant takes root worse.

The individual steps of transplanting currants

  • Dig a new planting hole
  • Refine soil with compost
  • Dig up a currant bush
  • Prune roots and shoots
  • Put in the planting hole
  • Fill with compost and press down
  • Water well

Transfer Tips

Dig out the new planting hole generously. It should be larger in diameter than the shrub's root ball.

Use the spade to cut out a circle around the currant. It should be larger than the bush diameter.

Lift the plant out of the ground with a digging fork, making sure to dig up as many of the roots as possible.

Prune currant

Remove all but the one-year-old branches. You only have to cut the shrub again in the second year.

Shorten the roots only a little so that the plant retains sufficient roots.

Place the currants in the new location with plenty of soil from the old planting hole.

tips and tricks

Transplanting older currants is usually not worthwhile. Simply pull offshoots from your shrub. Propagation is by cuttings or sinkers. This will give you new currant bushes of your high-yielding variety, which will produce berries for many years to come.

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