please help with my blackberries

[OzarkHmsteaders]

this year I bought and planted 12 thorn less blackberry bushes.
I thought we were going to get to buy this house!!!
well, we're not going to get a contract,,so
my question is????
can I dig them up now,in winter,and plant them in big buckets,
and plant them again when I get planted somewhere???
I would just hate to loose these plants.
thanks in advance for your help.

[3kidsomy]

I don't know about your blackberries, but ours would survive an h-bomb! Don't see why you couldn't dig them up.

[Callieslamb]

I tried moving my thornless plants this year - I am not sure they survived it. You might try digging up some of the new canes that are coming up around the mother plant. Those would be much easier to survive transplanting.

My thornless have not been as easy to transplant as wild ones from my Dad's farm.

I potted up some of my raspberries to take with me when I move - if they don't survive, I am not out anything, but if they do, I saved myself $20 and a year's worth of black raspberries.

It's worth a try!

[Terri]

Yes.

When I dug my berry plants in the winter and moved them to a new row that I was planting, I lost 1/3 of them. Then again, I have never been noted for my success with plants: one reason I love blackberries is because they are very hardy. So, even with my klutziness I had a 75% success rate.

I carted around a North Star cherry tree to 2 different places before I finally was able to plant it. It is very happy in it's new home! It is now old and large, because we have had it in the ground for quite a while!

[OzarkHmsteaders]

thank you for your help
I am going to dig them up just before the move
if any make it I
will be happy,
again,many thanks