Japanese Wineberries - I've bought the plants but don't know how to plant them... Help please!

Hi all

I've bought some Japanese Wineberries form Crocus. They have come in tall thin 2L pots (22cm tall). I want to plant them out into their permanent beds today but cannot find any info on how to do it....

Should I make holes large enough to accommodate the pots and then plant as per the pot size. Or should I gently tease the roots out and plant them more horizontally in trenches, as you would plant raspberries?

Any help would be fantastic as I want to make sure I get this right.

Huge thanks

Max

 

Hi again

One other thing - once I do know how to plant them out, should i do it now or should I wait for this cold spell to pass? I'm in East Anglia....

Cheers

 

Hi Max

If the roots are going round and round the inside of the pot (pot bound) then tease them out, otherwise just loosen the soil before planting in the same size hole.

Spadeful of compost and a handful of blood, fish and bonemeal would help.

You're right about the cold snap, hang on till the weekend

 

Hi Zigs

Many thanks for the response. Yeah, bad timing on the weather!

So, will it not matter that the roots will be pointing downward into the soil, rather than horizontally along a trench (like when I planted my raspberries) to help the new canes pop up?

Thanks again

Max