Aldi Fruit Bushes

[Bobyn]

Help please!

I've bought 2 sets of fruit bushes from Aldi containing 3 raspberry, 1 blackcurrant and 1 tayberry in them. But when I've opened the packets the roots aren't labelled

I want to be able to plant out the blackcurrants in one section of the plot and add the raspberries and tayberries to the current row of raspberries.

Does anyone have any advice on how to tell the blackcurrant root apart from the others please??? There are 2 roots with new green/white leaves shooting from them and I thought maybe one type of the fruit starting to sprout earlier, hopefully someone will tell me that's the blackcurrant.

I'll be very grateful if someone can help

[blue411]

what a nightmare! I bought a fruit bush for £1 from Wilko's and i didnt notice it had no growing instructions or even its name on the box! luckly someone on here was able to help me, so im sure someone will be along shortly to assist!

[greendean]

hi

i bought the same but i havn't opened them yet. i will look when i get home
one thing i do know is that blackcurrant plants have a distinctive smell
gently rub the one you think is blackcurrant and have a sniff!
without pictures it's difficult to say which is which

[Bobyn]

hi

i bought the same but i havn't opened them yet. i will look when i get home
one thing i do know is that blackcurrant plants have a distinctive smell
gently rub the one you think is blackcurrant and have a sniff!
without pictures it's difficult to say which is which

Thank you, thank you! I'll get them out in the morning and have a sniff then. If I'm still stuck I'll take some photos and post them and further advice... fingers crossed two will smell different.

[Bobyn]

Also, one seems to have small thorns, do blackcurrants have thorns??

[lynda66]

they do all look different, i can tell my raspberries from the blackcurrants, but have no idea about the tayberry ..... a picture would help, the raspberry is probably the one with thorns ........ possibly lol

[sarraceniac]

If it is any help, my raspberries do not have real thorns, but my tayberry (a raspberry/blackberry hybrid) has very spiky little (and nasty) thorns like a bramble.

Just editing to say that I googled tayberry to see if mine was weird. It isn't. The tayberry is famous (infamous) for it's vicious spines.

[greendean]

just had a look at my aldi soft fruit

blackcurrant has two or three branches with small buds all the way up
tayberry i would say is the thinner dark cane
raspberry the thicker cane

hope this helps

[Bobyn]

Thank you all so much for your invaluable help. I'll be bookmarking this site!