[Allotment Angel]

Just got an email through from the Aldi shop and they are advertising packs of 3x fruit bushes for £1.99!  Mixture of raspberry, blackberry, redcurrant, tayberry, blackcurrant and goosberry.  Sounds like a bargain to me.  Available this Thurday 15th.

[fluffypebble]

Thanks for that I have been paying £2 each (allegedly reduced so muggins thought she had a bargain)

[king cauli]

thanks for tip,sounds like a real hustle,must get some tayberries,great stuff

[frazzy]

:shock:  thst realy good thx for the tip will get there first in the que lol

[Heifer73]

Hi

Now I am wondering where my email is from Aldi :?

[richyrich7]

Hey that looks like a good deal they are also doing seeds at 29p a packet Here's a LINK to their special offers.

[Ice]

Thanks for the tip.  I'm really boracic at the moment and will be there first thing on thursday.  

[yummy]

They are up on the website too if anyone wants a peek.

Can I ask if anyone has bought fruit bushes from Aldi/Wilco's before please? Are they ok? The only reason I ask is it seems too good to be true when there are other places charging alot more.

Just want to make sure before I storm Aldi's at 9am Thursday

[richyrich7]

Yes I've bought them from wilco's before, their OK but check them if you can before buying I've found that the ones that are showing signs of growth look for buds starting to open etc grow better than those that have gone leggy. The earlier you buy them the better in my view, you also want to think about getting them in asap not sitting in the bags for a wek or two. :oops:  
Also they tend not to have too big a root ball compared to those you would buy at a garden centre. But their ok with a bit of tlc.  

[yummy]

ok thanks.

I need to have a think then cos my fruit area isn't ready to be planted yet. (still covered in weeds and grass oops).

Do you think they would mind being potted up for a few weeks and then moved again?

[richyrich7]

They would be fine potted up no worries or you could just "heel" them in on a  spare bit of ground and lift them when you are ready.

[yummy]

Almost forget that today was fruit day at Aldi!!

I had just walked to the plot and then remembered so raced off again to Aldi. We have 18 plants hehe  

[toptonk]

Bought two packets of onion seeds,a broccoli and some carrots in lidls this morning all for the same price i paid for my sprout seeds bought in the local garden center.has anybody tried them because at 29p a packet you cant go wrong.

[Ice]

Bought the last six fruit trees, two packets of seeds and some cheap plasters at the checkout, what a result, but what a strange shop. :shock:  Thanks AA

[flatcap]

no tayberries left in local aldi got a pack with gooseberries red/blackcurrent i didnt bother with seeds there only 19p a packet in nettos