Looking for plant advice

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April 17, 2025
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I recently had to move 2 Marion berry plants, and was warned not to use 'too much' water in the new place or the roots 'might' rot (leaves are 'droopy' from the shock of being moved, so I am watering 'often' while new roots grow)
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If root rot from lots of water after transplanting is true... why do ALL plant roots not rot in the winter when rain is constant?

John T Smith

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I'm going back to daily watering... too many curled leaves with less frequent water to the transplanted roots

kglad

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any change yet with the increased watering?

John T Smith

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Slightly less curl... in 2 or 3 weeks I will go back to every other day and see how they look

May not get many-or-any berries this year, but right now I just want them to survive

John T Smith

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North of our house is a 'semi' major city street, with work later this year to add a walking path on the south side of the street... which means that the north side of our property is going to be 'torn up' to install several thousand pound concrete blocks as a retaining wall from our property up to the street level (currently have a 12-15 foot sloped bank... part of the 'torn up' land is where the berries were, I moved them before they could be destroyed)
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New location is on the south side of our house so the ground DOES dry out from the afternoon sun... I am now going to water every 2-3 days until the roots have had time to regrow

kglad

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good luck and keep this updated.

i've been amazed at how well things grow here. i've been transplanting beach roses since i moved-in 4 years ago (with mixed success/fail), but within the past month i transplanted 8 trees that sprouted near my driveway in the past 2 years.

everyone of them is thriving. the amazing part are the two alders. one was 10 feet tall and the other was 6 feet.

i figured no way they would survive, especially because 1/2 the roots were growing below a retaining wall. the 1/2 growing below the driveway pavers had a chance because i removed about 6 pavers to get decent access to those roots.

anyway, i ended up tearing most of the roots and having no soil/root ball. i thought they would both die, but both dramatically increased leaves and are starting to form catkins after the transplant from the east side to the west (beach side slope) of our property.

kglad

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some plants (eg, swamp grasses, rice etc) evolved to tolerate wet conditions. some thrive in water with no soil.

John T Smith

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Added info... this is Vancouver WA just north of Portland OR so winter here is WET

kglad

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we have lots of different berry plants growing wild (and cultivated) in nw wa state. i didn't think you could overwater a berry plant.

as a matter of fact, at least, some are difficult to eradicate by any means.

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