[Porffor]

treated myself to a gooseberry, blueberry and blackberry bush. To start my fruit 'slope'.

But.. am wondering if i need to fleece them in the winter or if they'll be ok? we're on a hillside so get a fair bit of rain/wind.

Thanks

[DD.]

Not sure about blueberry, but the other are 'ard as nails!

[slowcompost]

Never heard of any need to fleece fruit bushes in the winter.
Dont know about blueberry but I've got the other 2 and they're as hard as nails.
I suppose blossom could get nipped off in a spring frost but its never happened to mine.

[gobs]

Blueberry is at least as hardy.

Make sure they don't go dry in the summer, hm, if we get any, perfectly wrong time of year for planting.

[Porffor]

They are potted up.. and being dumb I said blackberry not black CURRANT lol it's the current i have not brambles! lol

They are all plants in fruit from a garden centre. figured if well watered they'd be ok and mother nature is helping me with that one at the moment

Thanks all for the advice on fleecing or not... will see how the winter goes.

[DD.]

No matter - blackcurrants will be OK.

"Soft fruit" does not describe them well when it come to hardiness.

[Porffor]

lol glad they are hard! they'll need to be by us.. We merrily pick blackberries in the woods near us.. always find somewhere and bake a few cakes

Hope to make the back slope totally fruit, with a middle section to the fence line (hubbies been busy putting in steps up the slope) so we can get to the back fence and intime put in a gate.