How did your cheapo Poundland/Wilkinsons fruit bushes fare?

UnluckyT

I bought a redcurrant plant from poundland and a shrub, both 'died'- thought it was a bit too good to be true.

TravellingAbuela

I bought a Gooseberry and a Blackcurrant from Poundland earlier this year. Both have grown nicely though the gooseberry was under attack by the dreaded sawfly in early summer and ended up leafless! New leaves grew, however, and I have high hopes for them both next summer!

kippers

I bought a gooseberry bush three years ago from wilkinsons and this year it had loads of fruit on it.

I just think the cheaper bushes take longer to establish as they are small so don't give up.

Primrose

I think the problem with these plants is that they're often overstocked and kept in poor conditions with no daylight for far too long, with the roots drying out. At these prices they are probably the "runts of the litter", i.e. the poorest quality plants which wouldn't be accepted by nurseries, so it takes a pretty good amateur gardener to be able to rescue them and bring them back to life. So you lose the first year while they hover between life and death, whereas a good quality plant would be establishing good roots and setting itself up either to fruit in a limited way that year, or certainly in abundance the following year. .

Sunnyday

The ones that i planted this year in the front garden have grown but not produced any fruit yet, there are 1 blackberry, 2 redcurrants, 2 black currants and 2 blueberries.

The ones in the back garden are blueberries - planted this year and still small but have had the odd berry on, blackcurrants - last years and have had lots of fruit, raspberries - planted this year - again lots of fruit.

So far so good, i`m quite pleased with the fruit produced so far and hope for more next year.

SD

cjb02

AWESOME

LIDL - 8 fruit trees from Lidl are doing great, settled in nicely (no fruit but first year) got lots of leaves and even some flower buds.

ALDI - those 2 x 3 fruit bushes in a pack for 3.49 or something, got a red currant/raspberry and gooseberry. - all went great guns, grew lots (no fruit, but again first year)

WILKINSONS - 1 kiwi plant Boskoop - £6.50 lots of leaves, looking good, 1 grape vine looked half dead when bought called Boskoop Glory - £1.50, leafed up nicely, doing great

I am very happy with my purchases. I dont think any thing died on me.

mothershipton

i bought one raspberry cane from poundland, seems ok, gave a handful of good rasps. Does anyone know what i do with it now, do i need to cut it back ?

MrsFreeburn

Mine always seem to become "dead twigs" as someone mentioned above!

Farway

Oh, nearly forgot, my Lidl fig flourished in a pot and now has some tiny, smaller than pea sized, figs in the leaf axils, so hopes are high for a figgy harvest next year

sassyblue

Pear, cherry tree (and couple of houseplants) from Lidls all died, but everything l buy from Morrisons lives