YAY! Goosegogs!

[bussinspain]

I have ONE gooseberry on a 2 year old plant, and about 6 gooseberries on a stick of a plant that I bought from Lidls a few weeks ago - der?

[roitelet]

Don't eat them all at once!!!!!!!!!

[bussinspain]

I just want enough to make a crumble and a pot of jam.

[Moopmoop]

A lot of people avoid the cheaper shops for fruit bushes etc but I think they're great. I have a gooseberry from wilko's, a blackcurrant and redcurrant from the factory shop and a raspberry, tayberry and blackberry from Aldi. All very cheap, all correctly labelled and all productive. What's not to love?

[Alison]

A lot of people avoid the cheaper shops for fruit bushes etc but I think they're great. I have a gooseberry from wilko's, a blackcurrant and redcurrant from the factory shop and a raspberry, tayberry and blackberry from Aldi. All very cheap, all correctly labelled and all productive. What's not to love?

Depends, you do need to check them over as in quite a few in the shops round here they are pretty much dead. Also I've found labelling can be iffy and you're not necessarily buying what you thought you were, less of a problem with, say, different varieties of gooseberry but a much bigger issue with fruit trees when different types of root stock can make a huge difference and there is more difference between the varieties. I bought quite a few fruit bushes when I first got my lottie and have since added to them. The more recent acquisitions are from a local supplier, were much bigger and only marginally more expensive.

[Martin H]

I agree with Alison here. I'd happily buy rasps and other soft fruit if they looked alive, but wouldn't buy a once-per-lifetime thing like an apple or pear tree.

[Jay-ell]

As Mr T would say "That's Goosberry - Fool"

[BUFFS]

I have gooseberries, raspberries, blackcurrants and peaches, apples and apricots, all from pound shops or aldi and all producing amazing amounts of fruit for 10 or more years now so I just keep an eye on what comes in, when it comes in and buy accordingly. from one blackcurrant (poundshop) we now have 13/14 bushes, we still have plenty of that flavoured ice cream in the freezer, all we need is some warmer weather sometime soon to enjoy it..