Berry trees

[Guykp57]

Bought 3berry trees from Homebase in pots 25p each a couple of wks ago and want to know when to put them up at allotment?

[veggiechicken]

Whats a berry tree, Guy?

[Guykp57]

Gooseberry, raspberry,and Loganberry VC, sorry being bit vague. It's just the stem no growth.

[veggiechicken]

Ahhh. fruit bushes - or in your case, fruit sticks. Are you sure they're still alive?

[Guykp57]

Hope so, how can I tell the look like brown sticks stuck in pot

[veggiechicken]

Scrape away some of the bark with your fingernail. If its green underneath its alive. Or you could plant them out and hope for the best

[Guykp57]

Cheers VC, will check in morning and let you know.

[veggiechicken]

Good luck!! At worst, you've bought some flowerpots

[FB.]

Gooseberry, raspberry,and Loganberry VC, sorry being bit vague. It's just the stem no growth.

It's unusual to have dormant plants at this time of year; check that the plants are alive as VC said, although very occasionally (I said occasionally; not often!) a raspberry "cane" can appear to be dry and dead but the roots still alive.

My raspberry canes are 7-8ft tall now, leaves as big as the palm of your hand and each cane has dozens of fruits at varying stages of development.
My gooseberries are falling off the plant because they're over-ripe.
As I type this I'm munching my way through a cereal bowl piled high with raspberries and the occasional gooseberry (some disease-resistant, virtually thornless European x America hybrid variety whose name I forget - it's not especially remarkable) which were picked early this evening.

[veggiechicken]

I was trying to break it to Guy gently, FB!! You are rubbing salt into the wound

[rustylady]

Oh dear Guy, I think you've been had