Fruit plants from one of those pound shops

[muck lover]

Just been down again and bought two 'Black' Raspberries and 3 x Blueberries so thats it for now.

Man you have it worse than me!
I do find fruit much easier to grow them vegetables. I never noticed much of a problem with birds on raspberries. The only thing they really eat would be the red currents and blueberries. My strawberries are all grown indoors in the poly tunnel or I think they would get them too.
You’re going to have to buy a big freezer. Totally worth it. I’m tempted to go down and get more of these fruit bushes myself.

[Bluenowhere]

They come wrapped in miles of what seems like black cling film but they have healthy strong stems and buds.

Thanks so much Muck great tip off I took a special trip to my local one today got myself two white currants, a red currant and a hazelnut (good for a bit of fun as realise it will take a number of years to do anything) for £3 each a real bargain and as you say really healthy looking.

Concur with the miles of black plastic but certainly had kept the rootball nice and wet despite the surface being really dry. Currently having a good soak prior to planting to be sure.

[kobzy_garden]

B&Q Fruit plants

Just been to B&Q and found the fruit bushes and you are right they are an absolute bargain, so bought 4 x whitecurrants @ £3 each, 2 x yellow Raspberries @ £3 and 3 x Redcurrants @ £2 had to be really strict with myself not to buy more. Tempted to go back and get some Blueberries as the stems on all of the fruit bushes are really thick and all are showing signs of good strong buds. The rootballs are really good as well and are all damp as they are open at the top and the last rain storm had watered them well.

Just got back from B&Q with 3 redcurrents, they all look so vigourous already!! Was prepared to pay the £2 but even better as the price was slashed to a quid, how could i not take 3...?
So, I'm going to reserve a bare part of the lottie just for redcurrants. Looking forward to my bumper crop next year.

[nickdub]

Just got back from B&Q with 3 redcurrents, they all look so vigourous already!! Was prepared to pay the £2 but even better as the price was slashed to a quid, how could i not take 3...?
So, I'm going to reserve a bare part of the lottie just for redcurrants. Looking forward to my bumper crop next year.

Bank on needing some sort of fruit netting system if you want to eat any - redcurrants are the top of the blackbird "we love this" chart. :-)

[muck lover]

Agree absolutely regarding birds and redcurrants. A red currant bush will be stripped by blackbirds in a day. Whilst you are out buying a net. Every single berry.
I don’t bother to net black currants or autumn raspberries and I grow strawberries inside. However I wouldn’t consider planting a red current without first planning for a way to net it.

[It never rains..it pours]

Just got back from B&Q with 3 redcurrents, they all look so vigourous already!! Was prepared to pay the £2 but even better as the price was slashed to a quid, how could i not take 3...?
So, I'm going to reserve a bare part of the lottie just for redcurrants. Looking forward to my bumper crop next year.

Thanks KG for the heads up, my back is starting to dislike this site, saw your post so went up road to B&Q last night and brought a couple of Red currants for £1, had grapes too for £2 but didnt think could hope for that weather here
Thanks for the blackbird tip, will plant together so one net. My exsisting blacks they never touch, planted a white one few weeks ago, do they go for them ?

[Snowwhyte]

I went to check my local B & Q and the fruit bushes weren't on sale although they were 3 for ten pounds for some of them. They did look good but in the end I didn't bring any. I did get a bag of seed potatoes and a wilted looking rhubarb for 50p each. I did have a look in b and m, Poundland and Wilko's and ended up coming home with two blueberry bushes, a blackberry, a red gooseberry and a potted rhubarb for about £8. Every fruit bush I've had from the cheap shops has survived so I'm hopeful they'll do okay.

[Runtpuppy]

planted a white one few weeks ago, do they go for them ?

I remember reading somewhere that pink blueberries are not attacked by birds because they don't see colours very well. For them, pink appears the same as white, and a white fruit is usually unripe. Since they would rather eat ripe fruit, they tend to ignore pink berries. I assume it would be the same for white currant, but not sure.

[It never rains..it pours]

Thank you Runtpuppy for that interesting information