Lots of questions, can anyone answer any please

Sunnyday

I`m all excited, i feel like a big kid now as i`m just back from the shops with my fruit shrubs. I went out for a mini greenhouse and some pots but haven`t come back home with either as i`ve spent my budget for the garden this month on fruit shrubs and other bits and bobs.

I have 1 blackberry (£2) 2 raspberry (£1 each) 2 blackcurrant (£1 each) and 1 redcurrant (£1) these are in a little compost with a plastic bag around the roots and then in a cardboard sleeve. The blackcurrants both have green buds on them.

My first question is should i pop these inthe greenhouse and wait until later to plant them or should i leave them in the house in the coolest room until planting, or should i plant now? i`m not sure if they will be ok or not if we have more frost and subzero temperatures.

My second question is that i have also bought some sulphate of iron as it says on the box it`s good for azaleas, should i dig some into the soil for the fruit shrubs before planting or not?

I have also got an enormous net of maris piper seed potatoes too, my garden sacks are outside ready and waiting so can i plant these now or again should i wait?

In my greenhouse i have 5 swede plants that are around 2" high and 6 cabbage plants that are around 3" high, they have survived the cold weather but are they likely to crop or is it past their time?

In the garden i have some poorly looking sprout plants that have sprouts about 1cm in size but they are like little cabbages, should i give up and pull them up as i suspect?

Next to the sprouts are broccolli plants that are about 18" high and don`t look too bad at all, are these likely to crop or is this the wrong time? i may just pull them up but as they look quite good i`m hoping that they may be ok. I plan to plant corn where the sprouts and broccolli are so if there isn`t much chance of these doing anything i was going to prepare the ground first.

My composter is crammed full so any furture veg peelings i plan on blitzing in the food processor until they are tiny and digging into the soil in advance of planting the corn, is this a good idea or not?

Sorry for asking so many questions i am really optemistic and the word green dosen`t usually apply to my fingers lol.

Thankyou for taking the time to read this.
I shall go and have a browse around and see if i can pick up any info.

SD

Sunnyday

Well the fruit shrubs are now in carrier bags in my shed, i`ve since read that i can plant them now so i`ve started preparing the border in the front garden for them. This is going to take far longer than i first thought though so i`m hoping for some dry weather early next week when i`m off work.

I`ve dug a huge spreading shrub up and there are 2 more to go, i don`t even know what types they are but it was really hard going and now i can hardly move as i`m so stiff unfortunately i`ve also managed to break my trusty old spade so i need to get another one.

From what i`ve read about the seed potatoes i should wait unless i get some that say earlies on the label, is this right?

Thanks for reading.

SD

Karmacat

Oops... I didn't see your first post, Sunnyday, I've just posted a remarkably similar question on an existing thread - about how to deal with redcurrants - I'm thinking I'm going to plant them in pots (they have little green shoots on already) and half sink them into what I've half dug, temporarily.

Hans_Mum

dont put your spuds in yet, early means they crop earlier not go in earlier, keep them in a cool dark place in egg boxes or something similar and leave them until end march begining of april (easter time) and put them in then

Zazen999

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/index.php

Try here for lots of good advice.

Hans_Mum

Zazen999 wrote: »

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/index.php

Try here for lots of good advice.

fancy seeing you here;)

Zazen999

Hans_Mum wrote: »

fancy seeing you here;)

Hiya!!!!!
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Karmacat

Aha! Knowledge! Thanks!

mummy_dumpling

ooh where did you get your cheap fruit plants from? I wanted to get some for my grandad's allotment as its his birthday next week

thanks

Karmacat

I got my little redcurrants from poundland.

1cat2fish

Potatos need to be stored in a cool light frost free place. They need to grow short fat green shoots before you plant them. It's called Chitting. If you keep them in a dark place you will get long with spindly shoots like you get on the lonley spud that you find at the back of the cupboard 3 months after you bought them. Happy gardening!