Raspberries,Gooseberry,Blackcurrant and Bluberry Help !

garddwr · « **on:** January 03, 2009, 16:47 »

Hi ,

As I mentioned in a previous thread I was going to go to Homebase today to buy some fruit bushes. Well I came home with Raspberries,Gooseberry,Blackcurrant and Bluberry bushes.

And ... I have several questions...

Are they fine in frosts or is it worth taking them in to the cold greenhouse ?

Will I get fruit off any of them this summer ?

It says they fruit June - September but when!

I will plant them in Feb/March on the new plot so what should the spacing be ? I am going to plant the homebase ones along with lidl ones !

Thanks

Trillium · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2009, 17:09 »

All plants are frost hardy but if they're not planted it wouldn't hurt to put them in a cold greenhouse to protect the roots.

Raspberry yield - depends on the type. If fall fruiting then you'll get harves this year. If summer fruiting, you might have to wait a year or 2, even up to 5 depending on the variety.
Blueberries - unless its a big plant, you'll have to wait a few years. You'll get a few berries off a young plant but the real harvest comes with established plants.
Gooseberries - you'll likely get berries this year but the main crop would come next year.
Blackcurrant fruits come on 2nd year canes (woody ones).

wighty · « **Reply #2 on:** January 03, 2009, 17:14 »

Don't forget Blueberries like ericacious soil (although it hasn't made that much difference to mine!

garddwr · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2009, 17:30 »

So not all bad they can wait till next year but 5 years. My goodness !

Thanks for all the answers and keep em coming.

Trillium · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2009, 22:31 »

As mentioned, its only some older varieties that might take 5 years to fruit. Developers are constantly improving varieties to fruit earlier so you'd need to research what you have and what the predicted maturing time for it is. I have one old favourite that's a definite 5 yr one. I recently bought a new hybrid that fruited like crazy the 2nd year with a few berries the first year.....but it 'burned out' quickly. So you takes your chances.

Dominic · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2009, 20:59 »

I put them in as soon as possible, maybe wait a couple of weeks for the current cold snap to pass.

Should fruit in the second year and get better from that, I think.

Blue berries are supposed to like acidic soil, so I use pelleted chicken poo instead of the pelleted NPK on them.

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Raspberries,Gooseberry,Blackcurrant and Bluberry Help !

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