Moving fruit trees? help

Hello to all, I have recently taken on an allotment, a derelict one at that. Now that I have cleared most of the rubbish i have found some blackberry and gooseberry bushes. Can I take these out of the ground and plant them in pots whilst I work the soil and de-weed it? or will this kill them?. If this is not an option does anyone know what i could use to kill the weeds that wont kill my bushes.

:( I await for your replys. thank you.

 

You are just about still in time for removing them, its best to transpalant when dormant but they will be starting to shoot roundabouts now

alternatively try to scoop across the surface of the soil under the bushes with a spade and remove the weeds that way

 

Thank you for your reply, the bushes are nicely situated and have started to bud. I do plan to make the area into a fruit cage and want to be completely sure the soil was weed free. which of the above would you advise to be my best course of action.

 

If they are already nicely situated and growing the safest and least stressfull option for the bushes is the 2nd one, one benefit is after scooping the weeds away you can replace the top section with some better soil/compost (top dressing)