It's really great that berry bushes aren't exploitable, that they have variety and better models, I was extremely excited for this update. The bushes always felt lacking.
It's way worse that they are now unrealistically tedious. The inability to pick them up and immediately replant them is good enough. Waiting 8 months? Requiring fertilizer? Guys, you never tried having berry bushes in real life and it shows. You will accidentally have them take over your garden.
There is so many cool changes with them, please don't ruin that by making them useless and tedious.