Topic: Lidl's soft fruit bushes

[manicscousers]

next thursday, 21st, 2.49 for a 3 pack  :)
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_14994.htm

[oliveoyl_25]

Brill, thanks for that. Hope they have some left by the time I get there.

Also keeping my eye out to see if they do the fruit trees again this year.

[Digeroo]

Got some of these last year and they are all now doing well.  Actually had two gooseberries and a couple of raspberries already.  Problem is they come without any indication of variety.  Not sure when to prune the raspberries especially when they produced a crop in the autumn.

[chriscross1966]

THe lack of varietal names is a bit of a pest from the management point of view.... I'll have to see if I can pick up a couple of packs of the blackcurrants though.... not too fussed which variety  they are really, though with raspberries it would be nice to know.... I've got a pair I got from Aldi (IIRC) that are in pots (and will be going out soon)... they've been in pots for a year or so now and one of them pretty much always had a fruit or two on it through the summer... the other was a bit smaller and put up a few flushes of two or three..... Once I sort out the bottom of the garden with regard to the sheds then I'll know where I'm putting the fruit..... looks liek the pond will have to go through....

chrisc

[:(]

They didnt have many, only one mixed box that was still in the stockroom. Got some nice black and red currants.

[manicscousers]

got some raspberries and blackcurrants for the new fruit bed  :)

[darren2007]

just bought 3 pack of rasberrys today got them planted in there spot already 

[I love digging]

Went down to local Lidl today (apparently the busiest one in Bristol) and at first couldn't find any - boohoo!!
Then I found a couple of boxes on their side, so well hidden - and went mad!
I got 3 packs blackcurrants, 4 packs redcurrants and 7 packs raspberries .... so that's (gets calculator out) 9 blackcurrants, 12 redcurrants and 21 raspberries.
And it's going to pour with rain tomorrow!
Hope I've cleared enough space on my lottie - how long does it take to plant 42 fruit bushes - and how long to recoup the £35 I've spent?
I know what I'll be doing on Sunday  :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[I love digging]

Yaaaaah!  Planted them all today  :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[CDave]

Then I found a couple of boxes on their side, so well hidden - and went mad!
I got 3 packs blackcurrants, 4 packs redcurrants and 7 packs raspberries .... so that's (gets calculator out) 9 blackcurrants, 12 redcurrants and 21 raspberries.
I know what I'll be doing on Sunday  :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Understatement of the year surely  ;) :D

[Melbourne12]

....- and how long to recoup the £35 I've spent?
....  :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Good luck!  And the weather looks kind, too.

Given that redcurrants were selling locally for £2 for 125g, I'd say you'll get your 35 quid back next year from those alone!

[Digeroo]

Thanks for posting this thread.  I went on Friday expecting them to be sold out baut came away with a pack each of red and blackcurrants, and two raspberries. 

Just off to plant them out.

[Sinbad7]

Thanks for this manicscousers, bought and planted my raspberries today.

They looked really healthy.

[Digeroo]

I must say that I am very pleased with the size of the root balls considering the price.  They were not the twigs you get in poundland.

[chriscross1966]

I agree with Digeroo on this, compared to some of the fruit bushes I bought last year these seem like poerfectly sensible bare-root plants. Decent amount of root on them and they've all got multiple stems and visible living buds. I got two packs and got them iinto 8" pots of soil/compost/manure the day after I bought them. High hopes that they all survive.

chrisc

[Sinbad7]

Chrisc, how deep did you plant them in the pots?

I thought raspberries were shallow rooted and didn't really know how deep to put them in, so didn't plant them that deep.  I could always whip them out and put them deeper if they need it.

[chriscross1966]

On mine it was easy enough to tell how deep they'd been originally so most of them went into stadnard depth 8" pots, but a couple went into extra-depp 7" cos they had longer roots....