Fruit Canes and Bushes 99p Stores

Vixie_Pixie

babyshoes wrote: »

The fruit bushes I bought from the 99p shop last year all died Hope yours do better than mine!

thank you!

I'm gonna get my parents to nurture them. They have more luck than me lol

evie451

i think sometimes the pictures on the packaging these canes come in is on the optimistic side...........huge great plants laden with fruit etc my experience of the 99p canes is they dont even get a leaf on them!! i have had much better luck from the garden centre but you might be the exception.....you are only gambling 99p....:D

RAS

Hi

Get cheeky.

When you are still in the shop, gently scrape the bark low down on the plant with your thumb. if you see green, consider buying it, if it is brown leave it.

Alternatively break a root and see if that is live.

You need live roots and a live stem, even if only low down. I see a lot of dead twigs for sale in the cheap shops and sometimes even in the lower cost supermarkets.

RAS

evie451 wrote: »

i think sometimes the pictures on the packaging these canes come in is on the optimistic side...........huge great plants laden with fruit etc

Garden !!!!!!, I call it.

As a rule it takes plants that do well two years to produce much of a crop.

Vixie_Pixie

evie451 wrote: »

i think sometimes the pictures on the packaging these canes come in is on the optimistic side...........huge great plants laden with fruit etc my experience of the 99p canes is they dont even get a leaf on them!! i have had much better luck from the garden centre but you might be the exception.....you are only gambling 99p....:D

yep! i only got them coz they were 2 for 99p... i prob would have stuck to the roses if they were 99p each lol

Nettle573

Hiya there

Can anyone please let me know what 99p store is doing this? Or perhaps post a link to their site etc so I can see if they have them by me... Very interested in getting some but we have tonnes of different 99p stores where I am

Thank you in advance!

Nettle xx

ALIBOBSY

We have had various fruit bushes from Aldi/Lidl and Morrisons, they were something like 3 varietys for £2.99 from adli/lidl and £1.29ish from Morrisons.
All grew well last year, but not a huge crop, I am expecting better this year now they are established.

ali x

cootambear

Nettle573 wrote: »

Hiya there

Can anyone please let me know what 99p store is doing this? Or perhaps post a link to their site etc so I can see if they have them by me... Very interested in getting some but we have tonnes of different 99p stores where I am

Thank you in advance!

Nettle xx

The is a chain of shops that are called `the 99p store`.

Vixie_Pixie

my local one is in Thurrock.

website is 99pstoresltd.com

SailorSam

Morrisons aren't that cheap but everything i've bought there has grown well.