Planting fruit bushes

Karmacat

Hi Seakay - but I was thinking of burying the pots... won't that make a difference?

Hans_Mum

If your ground isnt frozen put them straight into the ground with some rotted manure or chicken pellets at the bottom of the hole, heel them in well a splash of water and they'll be fine

mummy_dumpling

where can I find some cheap please? the nearest proper town is 45mins away and has a limited choice of shops - no poundland around here sadly

hopefulshell07

I was in Homebase today and they had Fruit Bushes for £1.50 -£1.99 I think so not too expensive.

Karmacat

Hans_Mum wrote: »

If your ground isnt frozen put them straight into the ground with some rotted manure or chicken pellets at the bottom of the hole, heel them in well a splash of water and they'll be fine

Thanks, Hans Mum - the final position, against the fence at the back of the garden, is still lost in weeds, and even the provisional position, at the back of the "square foot gardening" patch has only just been dug over. And the soil isn't very deep, to be honest. Poor little redcurrants

sobie

Any plant purchased from an "indoor" shop that is shooting should NOT be planted outside now. These plants have been in too warm conditions and think it is spring already, any frost now will likely kill them. They will need to be carefully acllimatised back to "outdoors" conditions. which will take weeks!
You can and should plant DORMANT fruit canes/ bushes now as long as the ground is not frozen.

betterlife

if i buy fruit canes ie raspberries will they fruit this year thankyou.

susieb

They will if they are autumn fruiting, summer ones won't until next year as they fruit on last years growth. Autumn bliss is a good autumn fruiting variety.

Primrose

You can plant out your little fruit bushes now if they are bare rooted, or even if the roots are covered in compost but don't plant them out if the soil is frosty. In this case, store them temporarily in a cool place and be sure that the roots are kept moist. Snow is forecast for much of the country over the next few days so I'd avoid planting until that has gone. However, there's nothing to stop you digging, weeding and preparing the soil ready for them so that at the first sign of dryer weather, you can get out and plant them. I planted out five raspberry canes last week, watered them in well and piled the soil up slightly higher around the roots to protect them from frost/snow while they get bedded in to their new environment Once warmer weather arrives I'll scrape back a little of the earth to its normal level. Fruit bushes are normally quite hardy. They're out all year round whatever the weather, but when starting them off in their new permanent location, it's advisable to be a little cautious when freezing conditions are forecast.

ALIBOBSY

RAS wrote: »

Hi

is the porch enclosed?

The bushes need to be outdoors and to get rained on.

And to get COLD.

The porch is enclosed, but is stuck on the front of the house with no heating in it. To be honest it is that cold that at christmas we stored the jelly and trifle in it as a fridge overflow lol.
I could put the pots outside and just bring them in for frosts/snow?

We are still in the middle of project "turn the back garden into a kitchen garden" at the mo. Drainage is dug out but not yet finished will be done in the next week. Got the weed supressing membrane and some of the wood for the raised beds, so would hope to have at least the first few beds up and running for end of feb/March. Just don't want to miss out on good offers when available lol now.

ali x