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gooseberry bush

businessblueybusinessbluey Posts: 8
in Fruit & veg
i have three gooseberry bushes all had good fruit last year , moved house and put them all in large pots one bush now has small berrys on it but other two have lots of shoots on branches but they dont seem to want to open up as in they are just healthy looking shoots but dont seem to be doing anything cant understand why one bush is looking great and other two not any help please

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  • businessblueybusinessbluey Posts: 8
    Ok will see if i can work out how to add pic 
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  • businessblueybusinessbluey Posts: 8
    All 3 had good fruit last year and all fruit at same time so not late varieties any ideas  was very careful moving them especially with roots got me stumped lol  
  • businessblueybusinessbluey Posts: 8
    I thought sawfly to start with but shoots appear  healthy 
  • businessblueybusinessbluey Posts: 8
    Its like they are stunted a couple of the shoots actually have small flower on them . Is there not a bug  that eats from the inside of the branches leaving just a hollow shell . Think i should bin them so as not to let anything spread as they are near my blueberry plants what you think ?   
  • businessblueybusinessbluey Posts: 8
    No i just removed them from container to see if that helped and no weed killer . The one thing i noticed thou was they were in smaller pots last year and root ball is in shape of last pot but roots are compacted into a solid mass wonder if i break root ball up if it would help probably knock hem back for this year thou any thoughts ?   
  • robairdmacraignilrobairdmacraignil Posts: 782
    If a plant in a pot has become pot bound and the roots are after starting to grow around the pot it can help them settle where you are planting them by breaking up the knotted mass of roots. You can even be a bit rough in breaking them up a bit as the damage will stimulate new root growth. If you just plant without loosening the ball of roots it can take longer for the plant to be able to send out new roots.
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