A bit of a dilema

[mothhawk]

What do your Mum and Dad say?

[Amandaod]

New place sounds much better, I'd go for it too

[Jay-ell]

Last year I had a plot 10 min walk from my house. I put a lot of work into digging out boulders, riddling out stones, pulling out weeds and improving the beds with copious amounts of compost and muck.

This year I jumped ship to move to a small but friendly site a bus ride away at twice the rent as it's more secure, there's people around and there's water.

Of course the new site also has Snadger on it.

[seasprout]

Go.!

All the poo you could ever want for free...? Go go for it.

[veggiechicken]

Of course the new site also has Snadger on it.

Never mind, you can't win 'em all

[noviceveggrower]

Hi, thanks for the advice everyone. I have spoken to my mom and dad and they have said the guy who sorts the plots out is off this coming week. So will be going down to see him on the 31st or 1st of September when he is back.
My fruit bushes I've just planted so they should come up fairly easily. My currant bushes were planted last year they will be a bit more work. Think my fruit trees will take the most work.
Think if I clear at the new site and then slowly move stuff across. So should be moved and ready to go in spring.
I have a Loganberry bush where I am now. How do I take cuttings from that or is it best to buy a new one?

[roitelet]

I have a Loganberry bush where I am now. How do I take cuttings from that or is it best to buy a new one?

If you can leave the move until spring, peg the tip of one of this years cane into a pot of soil and it should root and can then be separated from the parent plant in spring. If not then you could try to dig it up when it is dormant if it is not too big.

[lottie dolly]

last year i gave up some lottie ground,my loganberry was only a youngish plant,but it was dug up and put in a large pot,until it got it's new home at home,it did set it back a little,i wonder if you got a new hole already dug out and prepped,then lift the older one with a soil ball,it should be fine,they have finished fruiting now,when you get it in the new home,peg a branch down as has already been said,just in case,anything worth a try,at least any gain will be yours.

[noviceveggrower]

last year i gave up some lottie ground,my loganberry was only a youngish plant,but it was dug up and put in a large pot,until it got it's new home at home,it did set it back a little,i wonder if you got a new hole already dug out and prepped,then lift the older one with a soil ball,it should be fine,they have finished fruiting now,when you get it in the new home,peg a branch down as has already been said,just in case,anything worth a try,at least any gain will be yours.

I moved my Loganberries about two years ago to where they are now and they have gone mental sending branches everywhere. Think they will be to big to dig up and move so might have to go down the peg a branch down method.
I suppose it all depend what plot I pick and what it has on it already. Don't think I have room at home for them.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Late into the conversation, but would you sooner travel a short distance looking down at the floor, or a longer distance smiling up to the sky.

[rosiepumpkin]

You'll feel so much better. It makes such a difference having the right 'feel' even if you're like my other half and doesn't want to talk to anyone. We have a private plot on a wonderfully communally friendly site and it makes all the difference. So many plants I don't need to buy, so many people to donate my produce and excess plants too, I can have a natter when I want to and I stay clear of the bit of politics there is.

I'd get in early with your parents babysitting your plot when you're away, good to get em trained.

[Aberdeenplotter]

I'm now in my third season in my new plot and despite having been on my previous one for almost 20 years I have absolutely no regrets. Sounds like you have decided to move and I hope your move is as much a success as mine has been.

[rhonsal]

Go for it - sounds like a great site and you'll be able to spend time with your parents and help out on each others plots!

Double positive!

Good luck whatever your decision!

[Elfeda]

hmm, you can turn the current allotment into fruit orchard by keeping existing stuff as it is and keep it strimming add more fruit trees etc. then move on to new site for other stuff?

my neighbour lottie owner does it..he actually owned a fully developed fruit orchard and for the last one year he had been just strimming whenever it is over grown. so I happened to see him just 2 times.

[sparrow100]

I'd move in a heartbeat to a place as nice as that sounds and with family there already. I hope the site sec has some good news for you when he comes back. As others have said, would it be worth keeping the 2 plots running concurrently for a bit to help the move? Soft fruit should be easy to move when it's dormant. My shifting 30+ year-old goosegogs and redcurrants in Feb has worked a treat and I should have a stonking harvest next year. Even if you prune the loganberry back a fair whack to minimise shock, you'd be transporting something with a more mature root system, so it should get away quicker than a cutting in a new spot.