What new fruits are people trying next year?

[4390evans]

I tried the cucamelon this year and well, to be honest I think the seeds were that of something else because I got a load of pods that produced seeds that looked nothing like the ones i sowed....

Im thinking of doing the tomatillo again, I done it last year and I started to enjoy them by the end.

What are you guys trying for 2016?

[vixylix]

I'm trying Cucamelon for the first time - and golden raspberries. very excited! I dont really have room for fruit at the moment, so looking forward to having a bigger garden and going fruit crazy once I move house!

[sparrow100]

My strawberry tree has flowered for the first time - am looking forward to pom-pom fruit next year. Am really hoping the pomegranate twig and my baby fig get big enough soon to start - and that the quinces don't fall off next year.

[4390evans]

My strawberry tree has flowered for the first time - am looking forward to pom-pom fruit next year. Am really hoping the pomegranate twig and my baby fig get big enough soon to start - and that the quinces don't fall off next year.

Are those edible? Where did you get your tree?

[craftymarie]

I shall be trying inca berries, crystal apple cucumber and two types of strawberries - hoping my raspberry plant works too. Looking at my list I see I haven't got many fruit seeds it is 80% veg so perhaps I need to rectify that.

[veggiechicken]

I have a pepino grown from seed that I hope will fruit next year.
Have planted a nectarine and a donut peach and have 3 more varieties of raspberry waiting to be planted.

[Philthy]

My blueberry bush acquired for this year, only something else had all the berries off it. Birds probably. Maybe deer (they seem partial to just about everything else). Either way, I'll be getting a bit of netting for next year.
I'm also keen to try one of the hybrid berry types; tayberry maybe. Anyone know if these extra large berries come at the cost of flavour?

[sparrow100]

Are those edible? Where did you get your tree?

You mean the strawberry tree? I brought it back from a garden centre in Italy. Cost 7Euros. There is one on the riverbank near me and the fruit doesn't taste great. The ones I tried in Italy were really tasty. Am hoping it's a varietal difference and not a climate difference!

Philthy, tayberries are gorgeous. I think I like them better than any other berry, bar cape gooseberries.

[Potstubsdustbins]

Just planted 3 patio raspberries in their containers just hoping they fruit next year.

[KevinM67]

I bought some cranberry seeds earlier this year - however, I never realised they needed around 3 months cold storage before sowing.
So I will be starting them off in a while, with the hope they are ready for sowing once the winter months are ending.

I would really like to grow some grapes - although I'm unsure where or what support structure I would need for my plot.

[craftymarie]

Next door grow grapes which are all up on side and top of their wooden hut. When we used to have a washing line, the tendrils would clasp on and start growing across it. Shame we decided to use a rotary line instead as I miss getting those freebies.

[Lisasbolt]

I am doing some cape gooseberries, tomatillo i planted some last year but the cold got them and killed them and i am sure i will buy a load of strawberry plants for them just to die. Might try them in the shade this year.
I am not a good fruit grower, i neglect them and forget about them and the heat kills them. We really do eat enough fruit, must eat 5-10 portions of veg a day but maybe 5 portions of fruit a week!!!!

I planted 5 blueberry bushes this year from lidl and they were doing really well till temperatures got to 44 degrees in the beginning of May and they collapsed and died.

[Aberdeenplotter]

I'm going to grow some more autumn fruiting raspberries. Only a few of the canes planted a couple of years ago survived but wowsers, the fruit is amazingly good at a time when raspberries are normally out of season

[Jay22]

Well I am trying Strawberries again...got the freebies last year via the mag but they all failed. DTB, very kindly sent me replacements which, so far, are looking good!

[Invicta]

new fruits

This autumn I have planted a couple of american Black Raspberries, variety Jewel, so I am hoping to get some next year. I also planted a Fig, variety Brunswick, in a big container, I suppose it will take a few years to fruit. I have planted Cowberries as an edging round my Azaleas, mainly as an ornamental but the berries will be a bonus [Swedish people call them Lingonberries]. I hope to get my first fruit from the Pink Currant I planted last spring. I agree that Tayberries are delicious, I suppose they are too fragile for commercial use like Mulberries.