Fruit canes

[Kar0n]

I've just planted 2 of each of raspberry, Tayberry & Blueberry canes (cheap type from wilkos etc). I planted them straight into the ground south facing against a fence but reading some of the posts I realise I should have used some extra compost and chippings. Any suggestions would be helpful for a good crop of fruit.

[starloc]

Raspberries I just stick them in the floor and they grow I have never added anything when planting, every year I sprinkle some sulphate of potash around them for fertiliser in January

Tayberries im not sure what they like I think just ordinary soil, but Blueberries they need acid soil , so most people grow them in a pot, another way is to dig a hole for the blueberries and fill it with ericacious compost and plant in that.
I dont like doing the second one as it could cause a hole that will drain at a different rate to the ground around, causing the water to collect in the compost and get too wet, lots of people do plant in the ground using this method though but I would grow blueberries in a pot

[Compo72]

I have a tayberry and loganberry from the Range Store to plant tomorrow

My blueberry bushes were planted in large 55 cm pots from BnQ a couple months ago
I made large holes in the bottom of the pot for drainage, put stones in etc
I mixed ericaseous and normal compost in the pot . Mulched the top with leaves

so far they look ok , I'm going to give them a feed of some ammonia of sulphate over the coming weeks
No doubt someone more wiser will say I'm doing the wrong thing !

Everything I have read does recommends two blueberry bushes to help fertilisation of each other

Unsure what will happen or they will eventually fruit .





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[Kirk]

The raspberries and tayberry should be OK, they generally do not need anything special.
The blueberry needs an acid soil, so unless you are on an acidic soil move them into pots with ericacious compost - they really dislike anything else, even tapwater is too alkaline = rainwater only.

If the tayberry is not thornless get some good gloves.
They taste nice.

[AllInContainers]

If the tayberry is not thornless get some good gloves.
They taste nice.

Mine taste really bad, all sweaty and grimey and disgusting





Oh sorry, you meant the tayberries, not the gloves ....

[Kar0n]

Thank you all for the advice it's really helpful. I've been to buy some ericaceous compost for the blueberry plants. Just going out to dig up the blueberries and put them in pots with the ericaceous soil. Glad I checked with the forum I doubt they would have produced fruit that's if they had survived in my soil.

Also I've read a lot about testing soil is it worth doing and what test kit would you recommend.