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you'll suffer from 'rootrock'
Tried googling to no avail - what is this? When planting is too shallow and they move in the wind disturbing the roots?
A few plants this year seem to be planted out too shallow with roots exposed near the surface. Mounding up soil just washes away again.
hoefla-
Yes. When I planted a healthy Redcurrant with 4 or 5 foot-long shoots, I assumed that the existing soil level in the pot was my guide.
As the plant leafed up, it presented more of a 'sail' to any wind. It scarcely seemed to grow for a couple of years.
I checked and concluded it was suffering from rootrock, any new tiny roits that tried to grow were broken as the whole plant moved in the wind. Replanted it, ensuring the zone where the vertical shoots joined together was in the soil, and really compacted the soil.
The redcurrant sprinted away. Nowadays it has multiple branches 6ft long attached to pro-trellis and produces much fruit.
Also found a branch will root if it bends down to and touches the soil. Have given away a couple of rooted plants by snipping through the bowed branch.
mespilus
They'll cope. They were developped from woodland edge plants.
Just remember to plant the young currant plants deep
to encourage additional vertical shoots,
and,
really firm down the soil.
Otherwise you'll suffer from 'rootrock' and they seem never to establish/prosper.
Ask me how I know.