Author Topic: Aldi fruit bushes - how/when to plant? (Read 9026 times)

carlby · « **on:** August 04, 2011, 21:02:52 »

Hi,

I'm a new member and took over a half plot in late May. I bought 11 fruit bushes in Aldi today for £1.99 each. Goji berries, tayberries, blueberries, red gooseberries and loganberries.

The thing is I haven't a clue what to do with them now!

I don't have anywhere for them to go yet, as I need to clear ground first.

Can anyone please tell me when they should be planted, and what I should do with them in the meantime? Can I just keep them in the pots (9cm) or should I transplant them to bigger pots? Could I then just leave them outdoors until I plant them in the ground?

Thanks.

RenishawPhil · « **Reply #1 on:** August 04, 2011, 21:23:43 »

That's not a bad price. What's the plants like?. I might nip down to my local one.

carlby · « **Reply #2 on:** August 04, 2011, 22:29:02 »

Hi, they look nice, with new shoots. Haven't looked at the roots though (mainly as I wouldn't know what i was looking for!).

Growing4twins · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2011, 01:10:29 »

Oooo, have they got them back in??? Happy days :) I quite fancy a loganberry :)

TO be honest ive never had a bad plant from Aldi's I was in the same situation in the spring, i brought a gooseberry, a yellow raspberry & a normal raspberry. My garden wasnt ready for them to be planted so i soaked them for a day or so & then planted them into big pots, like the 1's you get from florists. They have done really well, ive had a fair few raspberrys off both plants & will probably transfer them around september time.

sunloving · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2011, 09:54:40 »

Yes i agree with above and those morrisons flower buckets ( 8 for a pound) with afew holes in would be perfect temporary homes for them.
Im off to find some blueberries and red gooseberries for a few gaps :)

x sunloving

RenishawPhil · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2011, 10:21:54 »

Well brought 10 plants and pretty pleases with them:)

brown thumb · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2011, 11:52:56 »

i also popped down to the local and got 2blueberries 2 gojiberries 2red gooseberries a fig a kiwi as there is already another on the next plot and a grape there were no more tayberries or logan berries left :'( ;) i will pop over again and check next week

RenishawPhil · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2011, 12:11:26 »

all but one was a gooseberry, got a bluebery, didnt want to bother with a fig,

Stevens706 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 05, 2011, 12:38:17 »

Welcome Carlby, if it is going to be a while before you can put them in their final position, why don’t you clear a small area and heel them in (temporally plant them) until you are ready, this will reduce the need to keep watering them.

carlby · « **Reply #9 on:** August 05, 2011, 21:02:49 »

Thanks for the replies.

It would be great if I could heel them in now, but would I damage/weaken them by transplanting them later.

Cheap morrisons pots sound great.

zigzig · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2011, 03:10:50 »

Get the biggest buckets you can find Punch drainage holes in the base (any thing will do like clean, well washed old containers) fill them with some fairly decent soil or grow bag material and then add the plants.

Provided they are well watered but not over watered. They will happily survive ( weather permitting) until you have a place ready to plant them Next year or even the year after. Depending on how big the containers are.

You could also set aside a part of your plot to plant them then move them later on (like next spring) if that is more convenient.

It is all a learning curve so enjoy the experiment.

carlby · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2011, 20:26:47 »

Thanks for that.

I'm thinking of growing them as a hedge but maybe they would be too bushy. Might be better to plant in big pots and mull over it.

Growing4twins · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:00:47 »

Well i think i left it a bit late to get my fruit bushes :( Gooseberry's galore but none of the loganberry's that i was after :( Still it wasnt a wasted journey, i picked up a fig which looked like it was on its last legs (but it has new shoots :) ) they reduced it 2 99p 4 me. I thought well if they r gonna reduce it ill go & get the grape aswell that looked like it was knocking on deaths door. She didnt even scan that 1, so i got 2 plants 4 99p, happy days :D :D

tomatoada · « **Reply #13 on:** August 11, 2011, 09:35:11 »

G/4/T which Aldi did you go to? I tried the one at the Maypole. None there. Thanks.

Growing4twins · « **Reply #14 on:** August 11, 2011, 10:14:12 »

I went to the 1 in northfield they had red gooseberrys & gojaberrys :) good luck with the hunt, if northfield is no good try selly oak, only 5 mins down the bristol road :)

sticks · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2011, 10:22:36 »

I had the last two Loganberry from Selly Oak on Friday :) They may have re-stocked since then but it was pretty much red gooseberry and goja berry plants left.

Growing4twins · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2011, 10:29:46 »

Sticks, im soooooooo jealous!!!!!!!!

tomatoada · « **Reply #17 on:** August 11, 2011, 12:05:45 »

Thanks for reply G/4/T. I will try Redditch next.

sticks · « **Reply #18 on:** August 11, 2011, 13:05:54 »

If I see anything in any of the other stores I'll let you know.

Spudbash · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2011, 15:42:01 »

I bought a gojiberry, two figs and two blueberries from the Reading store on the 4th and have finally got round to ringing Aldi to enquire the names of the varieties I've got. I'm not sure whether this information will be accurate for trees/bushes that others have bought, but, for the record, mine are: fig - Brown Turkey, blueberry - Bluecrop and gojiberry - no variety name applicable.

Knowing how frustrating it is trying to find a suitable site for a fruit tree or bush when you don't have all the relevant information, I also asked both the Aldi customer services person and Aldi's supplier for more details to be printed on the label, in future. Apparently, the most commonly-asked question is to do with pollination, but I also made a special plea for named rootstocks in the case of apples and pears.

Now to figure out where the heck to plant these bushes! ;D ;D

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