Moving fruit bushes

[Helsbells]

I am thinking about moving the fruit bushes on my allotment, they are small, but I don't want to kill them from the shock, any thoughts on this? Can I do it?

[Flo]

Sure you can. Wait till around November when they are dormant though. You need to look up how to prune the bushes so that you only move what is necessary above ground and take a very generous root ball when you do move them. Make sure that you prepare the ground well where you want to move them to with lots of compost/well rotted manure dug in though - you can get on with that now. When you move them sprinkle a generous amount of bone meal round each one to encourage the roots to grow. In spring when they show signs of life again apply a general purpose all in one fertiliser.

[Helsbells]

Thanks thats really helpful.