Poundland raspberry canes anyone tried them?

[glacey]

Bought a couple of raspberry canes in poundland called 'rubus idaeus' english name 'Malling Promise'. Just wondered if anyone else had bought these before and if they were any good or is it a case of getting what you pay for?

[rustylady]

I bought some Poundshop raspberry canes a couple of years ago and they've done really well. You're lucky they had a variety name though - usually they don't. Found a description of Malling Promise here MALLING PROMISE product information - Chris Bowers and Sons, Suppliers of specialist fruit trees and fruit plants throughout the UK.

[singleseeder]

The plants in Poundland and the like are often not well cared for once in the store. If the plants look ok when you buy them, and you soak them in a bucket of water before planting (even if it is in a bucket of soil or heeled in for the short term, I am sure they will be fine. Remember, all plants actually want to grow.

It is the lonely specimens that you find at the end of the season that you should leave on the shelves. Just have a look before you buy.

[donnakebab]

I bought some blackberry canes from pound land a couple of years ago. I planted them on my new lotty and they didn't fruit the first year but have done ok this year. (I may have them in the wrong spot so possibly could do better). Go for it.

[rustylady]

Donna, blackberries fruit on canes formed the previous year. You prune them like you do summer fruiting raspberries (cut out the fruited canes and leave the new ones to fruit the next year)

[donnakebab]

Well I've done that all wrong then but still think I need to move them (not enough sun). Only fruit canes I have grown before are Autumn Bliss raspberries in my garden. Thanks for the knowledge

[donnakebab]

Having said that if I left the canes that grew this year there is a real possibility they would have encircled my allotment and beyond...what have I done wrong?

[hamamelis]

I bought some last year (not sure if it was poundland or one of the other pound shops)- they opened not a single leaf between them, and turned out to have no roots at all, so not ideal. They might have been there a while, though it wasn't the end of the season, and they had odd packaging so you couldn't really see the canes properly.

I think I got unlucky though- other plants have been fine, I think I just got the dud batch. But hey, it's a quid.

[rustylady]

Having said that if I left the canes that grew this year there is a real possibility they would have encircled my allotment and beyond...what have I done wrong?

You haven't done anything wrong - blackberries try to take over the world. You can shorten the new canes at the length you want them, but they are probably best grown on wires like a fence.

[glacey]

Thanks for all the replys and information will let you know how they perform.

[jdlondon]

Got one from my 99p place today, not called Poundland but it's the same Malling Pormise, and I'm just following the instructions and soaking the roots now in water. The cane though, snapped right off and looks dry through and through. Since I just started growing things last September, I'm not sure if this means it's a goner.

Still, being endlessly hopeful, after the roots have soaked for a bit, I'm planting it out. Reading through some online guides, some suggest some kind of vitamin B1 added to the soaking water - can I just pop in one of my human vit B pills or am I totally kooky?

[hollychap]

i bought 2 gooseberry bushes from poundland 3 yrs ago and they grew ok going to check my local store out tommorow see if theres anything for the lottie

[kerryp]

i got some canes years ago & my dad looked after them while i was moving house etc. they werent the fastest of growers & also looked very dry but they are starting to come into their own know a few years on. Not that i have a clue what im doing with them but from not doing much they seem to give me the odd bery or 2 ;o)

[DannyCarter85]

I have one in my garden from last year from poundland it gave me lots of raspberries off one cane right up to november. In hind sight i should of bought more. I went to poundland today but they didnt have any im hoping they will arive soon.