Tayberry

icecreamdogpark

What can anyone tell me about the tayberry? I`ve just bought one and don`t want do anything wrong with it so want to know....

When and what to fed?
Where to plant?
etc?

A._Badger

Plant your Tayberry so that it gets full sun and be aware that it will eventually get very large and the stems, on which the fruit will be produced, will need supporting - so grow it against a fence or a wall, where you can tie them in.

In with the soil taken from the planting hole, mix some well rotted farmyard manure, or compost, along with a good handful of bonemeal. Water it thoroughly, mulch it then stand back and await results! Try to keep it well watered in its first year and tie in the stems as they appear as they will carry next year's fruit.

Next Spring, feed it with something like blood, fish and bone, Growmore, or Vitax Q4 and mulch it again.

Tayberries ar very productive and well grown you should get pounds of fruit from next Summer onwards.

icecreamdogpark

Thats fantastic info thank you will put it in the full sun bed against a brick wall :j:beer:

MyRubyRed

What is a tayberry?

kimmee

MyRubyRed wrote: »

What is a tayberry?

It's like a large raspberry and very very tasty, sadly the birds like them too! My ex planted one for me last year against fence that only gets sun for part of the day but I've got loads of little tayberries ripening :j

Kay_Peel

MyRubyRed wrote: »

What is a tayberry?

A cross between a blackberry and a raspberry. The fruits start off as little red raspberries but then grow longer and turn crimson. They are my favourite berry for jam-making, pies and baking fruit muffins

The important thing to remember about tayberries is that the fruit grows on stems that are more than one year old. The shoots that form this year will fruit next year - so don't prune them.

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poppie123

I purchased a tayberry and planted it in March. Sadly it doesn't seem to be doing anything at all. Looks like a green stick in the ground at the moment.:(
I will leave it in and see what happens.

jollymummy

Great advice, thqnks. My pal has just given me a tayberry which I've just planted up at our allotment.