Planting fruit bushes

susieb

I have planted mine today

mummy_dumpling

I bought some fruit bushes from Aldi too but can't tell which plant is which as they are in a triple variety pack. I have raspberries, gooseberriy, blackcurrant, tayberry and redcurrant (I think). I can't even tell which are the 3 raspberry canes in the same pack Any tips for identifying which is which?

I will be planting some in pots and some in the allotment but don't know when/how to do it. At the moment they are in my downstairs wc which is on the end of the house and has no heating (its the coldest place I have available). Some of the bushes have green shoots starting to come out.

Help please!

martinsoton

mummy_dumpling wrote: »

I bought some fruit bushes from Aldi too but can't tell which plant is which as they are in a triple variety pack. I have raspberries, gooseberriy, blackcurrant, tayberry and redcurrant (I think). I can't even tell which are the 3 raspberry canes in the same pack Any tips for identifying which is which?

I will be planting some in pots and some in the allotment but don't know when/how to do it. At the moment they are in my downstairs wc which is on the end of the house and has no heating (its the coldest place I have available). Some of the bushes have green shoots starting to come out.

Help please!

I also had that problem! I opened them up and no markings on them.. anyway I remembered someone telling me that they put coloured mark on the canes which correspond to the coloured dots against each type on the card front.

I also bought two other packs so have tried to work it out by process of elimination so may have a little surprise when they fruit (I hope). Mine too had little buds so hopefully they are ok.....

theGrinch

Farway wrote: »

No, UK fruit trees are hardy and will survive frost & low temp without any problems [assuming we are not talking Artic, which in London, or even Scotland is unlikely]

just checking as the instructions said avoid wet soil and frosty conditions.

arkonite_babe

We have a thread similar to this already, I'll add your query to it so all the replies are together. Posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to catch up

leiela

Hi i have some blueberry Bushes, but im not sure my soil is acidic enough for them, is there a way of making my soil more blueberry friendly??

They are in pots and i planted them before i knew they liked acidic soil, i've looked around for some peat moss and haven't located any (will try the major gardening stores tomorrow) do i really need to "re-plant" them or is there an easier less disruptive solution to the problem?

elliep_2

I was wondering the same thing (though I haven't bought or planted mine yet). Can you use fresh manure? I know that the acidity can be a problem for most plants but for something that likes acid would that be a good thing?

Primrose

elliep - definitely don't give your blueberry plants any manure. They like arid acid soils. The best way to get good results is to buy special compost from a garden centre.

ixwood

Pine leaves (and bark I think) are acidic. The soil under any pine trees will be very acidic.

I'd just remove some soil and replace it and cross my fingers (but I'm a lazy gardener).

1jim

Just bought some raspberry canes (10 canes of Glen Moy) from garden centre yesterday, the instructions tell me to plant them all together in one hole, I havnt opened the base yet but it seems like all of the canes are in some soil/compost at the base. I thought that the canes would need to be planted seperatly...what should I do
also will be getting an allotment later in the year (no time frame yet but should be soon as our village is creating some so just waiting on the legalities being sorted) how easy are these to move later?
thanks