[Nufan182]

Good morning All,

I have been away for some time, my apologies for that.

Has anyone bought fruit plants from Poundland? They have some Redcurrant,  Blueberry, Blackcurrant, Strawberry plants on sale.

I would quite happily grow from a cutting, but £1.00 for a small plant with a semi-established root system!? Should I chance it?

Hope you are all well.

Nufan

[surbie100]

Other people might have had more luck with them, but all the ones I have ever bought have not made it. I may just have brown thumbs when it comes to this.

[3 allotments]

Hi i bought 6 last year and none of them survived also bought 12 rose bush plants last year only 1 has survived 6 feet tall with lovely yellow orange flowers

[Debz]

I got Blueberry plants from there and they have been great.  I dont't know what variety they were though because it doesn't say on them.

[JayG]

If they're anything like the ones appearing from time to time in the low cost supermarkets you need to choose with care - you obviously won't know anything about their provenance, but it's a fairly safe bet they won't have had much (if anything) in the way of care since they arrived at the store. Avoid anything looking at all dried out - they can only put up with so much abuse.

I don't use Poundland myself - the Sheffield stores are either in the city centre or too far away to make it a sensible proposition (my nearest store is at "Unit 4, Block 6, The Moor, Sheffield, South Yorkshire" - sounds more like a high security prison than a tempting retail location!  )

[mumofstig]

Scrape the bark with a finger nail - if it's green underneath, they're still alive.........

[Nufan182]

Thank you all very much for your help.

I may approach with extreme caution and finger nails at the ready and buy one of each, keep an eye on them and see if I can nurture them to some form of health.

I will also look for someone on my Allotment Site who may be able to offer some cuttings to grow from.

Again, many thanks to you all.

Nufan

[m1ckz]

pick the ones that are shooting ,, i got 5 an there fine

[GreyScales]

I've bought four blueberries this year. Two T&M, one Wilkos and a Poundland one.

It was the first to be planted, yet it's the only one not showing any new growth right now >_>

I'm not sure what to think, I'm just leaving it be and hoping it decides to wake up. Wasn't impressed with it at all upon purchase, the 'soil' just fell off it and it just looked like a bit of twig, but what do you expect for a pound?

[dmg]

I bought 2 blueberries last year which grew well and I got 2 redcurrants I potted them up and left them in the unheated gh to establish and all are doing well. Its just the luck of the draw if you get them when they first come in or lying sitting for a couple of weeks

[JayG]

Found myself in Lidl this afternoon, and in the interests of this thread had a look at the plants on offer:

A single clematis, with no buds, in a pot of completely dried out soil - one to avoid. 

Several small rose plants with the pot and lower stems protected with plastic wrapping - they looked like artificial plants at first glance because they were bright green and shiny, but on closer inspection they had apparently been sprayed with some sort of green wax, presumably to help stop them drying out. Some had healthy-looking buds on, some didn't....... 

[mumofstig]

The green wax on roses is very common, even from the major suppliers 

[JayG]

The green wax on roses is very common, even from the major suppliers 

Gosh, didn't know that and never seen it before (thank goodness roses aren't native to Brazil!)

[TheWhiteRabbit]

I picked up a load of Joan J and Polka bare root raspberries off eBay a couple of weeks back. They were fantastic - great root system and they're rearing to go. They worked out at about £1 to £1.50 per cane inc postage.

[Beetroot Queen]

I have had mixed results, tayberries did well, blueberries didnt. Its worth a risk but as said above I only picked ones that had green shoots on