Pound Shop Raspberries/Blackberries

[.commander]

Hello all! I brought some pound shop Blackberries and Raspberries on a whim. Lucky for me they have a variety on!

Now, my ground isn't ready and I'm not sure I can do it in the next 24 hours as advised on the packaging.

Can I put them in pots til then? I have 4 or 5 metal SMA tins which I was going to pop them in (about 30cm tall) or would I need bigger pots?

[arpoet]

No need to plant em right away. I would just pop them as they are in the greenhouse until ground conditions are better. Unpack them the day before you plant em and soak the roots in tepid water for a few hours.

PS. I use baby powder tins for storing things like BFB, growmore, etc and things like twine, ties and lables.

[.commander]

I don't have a greenhouse Will they be ok in the shed?

[Kier]

I don't have a greenhouse Will they be ok in the shed?

I would unpack them and keep the roots damp in anything with soil , shed is ok for a while but not if the weather gets warm IMHO

[.commander]

Ok thanks.

[Kristen]

I don't have a greenhouse Will they be ok in the shed?

Yup, no leaves on them yet so they don't need daylight at present. I'd keep the roots moist - wrapped in something damp and then put that + roots in a plastic bag so it doesn't dry out - not sure how long I would want to leave them like that though, when I've planted bare root this time of year its been in the ground within a week or 10 days max, but Raspberries are tough and maybe will be happy longer than that - the packet at Poundland may have been hanging around already though? hopefully someone else will have an opinion on that

[starloc]

I have bought them round this time other years, not planted till march, just chucked them outside in the shade in the box they were in they were fine, they hang round for ages in shops and still grow, just keep them cool

[Guest]

In regards to planting in the tins. If you have a tin opener that cuts the top rather than the side, it will drop to the bottom and give drainage and can also be push on to get plants out easier at a later date.

[Kristen]

they hang round for ages in shops and still grow

Indeed I've only ever bought mine bareroot, freshly lifted, promptly planted, but when I see them in bags, drying out, in the Sheds I do wonder if they just "survive" in the first year rather than "flourishing" - i.e. if you get a stronger plant established more quickly if they don't do the hanging-about thing?

Raspberries are tough as old boots of course ... snowdrops, on the other hand, will be dead hanging around and drying out in a bag on a peg ...

[Mark Lottie]

Hope they work out, I've bought about 4 raspberries from the £1 shops before and nothing ever came of them. The tayberries and black/red currants were ok though

[Kristen]

Dunno how many Raspberry canes you get in a bag for a quid ... but just checked a quality, rather than "cheap", online supplier and they sell for £1.35 each ... that doesn't include carriage of course.

[Samurailord]

And don't rely upon the variety listed on the packaging - a couple of years back I bought what was labelled as blackberry - turned out to be raspberry, raspberry - one was a tayberry, and redcurrant - turned out to be blackcurrant.

Having said that, they all survived and are now nice, healthy plants.

Andy

[simon12]

I only got 1 in 4 cheap raspberries to grow at all so ended up getting more expensive potted ones from a garden centre as it was to late for bare root.

[Bacchus]

I only got 1 in 4 cheap raspberries to grow at all so ended up getting more expensive potted ones from a garden centre as it was to late for bare root.

I second this as it's been my experience too.

[ancee]

Had black currants from there and they were very (are very!) successful! Just bought four roses, already starting to sprout in the box in the shop. I've planted them into an outside cloche. We've had awful weather, snow the lot. But I peeked in on them yesterday and they seem to be doing ok. Once it warms up ill move them. I got some last year and put them in a bucket in the kitchen with water. They all thrived amazingly well, grew loads, put on loads of new shoots and leaves and then died!