What to do with potted fruit plants - plant out or leave in pots?

[nrmartin8798]

So I bought a raspberry, cranberry and red currant plant (the raspberry and red currant are nearly still just cuttings) - I have space in my allotment for them to go straight out there but with winter looming should I leave then in their pots (two litres) or for maximum bedding in should I get them out into a plot now?

[burnie]

If your soil is now wet and cold I would keep them in their pots somewhere frost free so the root ball doesn't freeze, you can then plant pot grown plants anytime when the soil has warmed up a bit, you could put a cloche over the intended plot to get a head start.

[ameno]

Where do you live?
Where I am, in the South, I would definitely plant them now unless the soil were too sodden.
Further north, it may be best to hold off in case severe cold damages the roots.

[Derbydal]

Iv'e black curants ,jost berries and a black berry, that are all in pots and wev'e had a lot of rain of late do you think it would be best to put them into larger pots and keep them in the greenhouse ?
also iv'e a greengage tree that as grown from droped fruit would this be a good time to dig it up to transplant or pot up ?
atb Dal

[nrmartin8798]

Thanks all - i think I will leave them potted till early spring when the earths warmed up a bit - I'm in the Midlands so not to cold or hot here!

[nickdub]

If they were my plants in pots I'd stick them in the ground now - the soil here is still nice and warm. Any fruit tree such as a greengage should ideally be moved as soon as the leaves have fallen off it. Three things with a large tree - dig up as big a ball of roots as you can, get it back in the ground asap ie have a hole ready to put it in, and finally stake it very well so that the wind doesn't rock it to death - better too many stakes and a live tree than too few and a dead one.

[Babru]

It's been very mild up here, all my dahlias are still flowering beautifully. I'm just about to plant a red currant and white currant and have no worries about it.

[Plot70]

I have still got dahlias flowering. They were saved from a thicket of mugwort last winter.
I now have too many so if anyone is interested there will be plenty of thinings before the spring.