stehaggan Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Great news today ... We have the all clear I can have the allotment next to ours and can start cultivating as the past tenant moves his things off. So now we have a whole plot I want to fill with fruit and was wondering if anyone knows of anywhere to get cheap but quality fruit canes etc- and any suggestions what to plant. Who knows there may be some nice people out there with some cuttings? Any help would be appreciated. P.s today we have built a 4m2 extension to our WIR it looks massive - I just need to hVe my roof built in a week or so x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 we got our cheapest fruit canes last year from Aldi and Wilkinsons. Keep an eye on their web sites. Try your local pound shop as ours had cheap fruit canes last year too. You could also try asking on your local freecycle to see if anyone can give you cuttings or there's the 'grow your own' forum and the 'home farmer' forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Pound land had some fruit canes in last week, and wilkinsons had some for about £4. As soon as we clear a huge spot on our allotment we will be having fruit, although one book I have read has said autumn is best for planting. Gutted as I wanted to get raspberries and blackcurrants in soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Agree with the above. Lidl and Aldi have good fruit trees, canes and bushes. Poundland also sell canes and bushes, as do 99p Stores. Poundstretcher sell fruit trees, canes and bushes too, as well as seed potatoes and onion sets. I had some very good raspberry canes a few years ago which I found half price in the local Co-op. Three in a big pot for £2.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbug Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 agree with the above and home bargain too all cheap and good quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehaggan Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 Cheers guys I am going to have a good root around this week as I will need a lot to fill a whole plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 if you have brambles - keep them! I get fantastic blackberries from our (extensive ) brambles, but the 3 thornless ones I put in are USELESS! in fact I think they have disappeared now. a plum tree is good, I put one in 3 years ago and it crops like MAD - plum crumble, mmmmmmmmm. I'd be interested to know what people think about raspberries - mine have spread everywhere, but they are rather unruly and difficult to net so I think the birds get them all. which is a shame, because raspberries are my favourite summer fruit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 It is best to cut autumn fruiting raspberries down to the ground after fruiting and summer ones take out the canes that have fruited and just leave 3-4 strong new canes to fruit the next year. They will spread quite rapidly otherwise, I do hate to remove healthy canes though, so I replant them in another row, and now have 4, 30ft rows which is rather a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 do you net yours chickencam? and how can you work out whether they are summer or autumn fruiting when you have a) forgotten and b) lost any labels mine are spreading like wildfire, but unless I can find a way of getting the fruit off them I will have to do something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 .... and how can you work out whether they are summer or autumn fruiting when you have a) forgotten and b) lost any labels ... wait til the summer and see if they fruit, if not then wait til the autumn and see if they fruit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 wait til the summer and see if they fruit, if not then wait til the autumn and see if they fruit genius! why didnt I think of that? in that case, they are summer sorry stehaggan, hijacking your thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehaggan Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Ha don't worry beach chick... As I am planning on having a whole allotment of fruit I need as much help and info as I can get... I have now added autumn and summer fruiting varieties to my list lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 You can usually tell by the late winter which ones fruited in the autumn because they have a few dried brown fruits still stuck to the canes, but if not just deal with them as they fruit this year. We don't net ours because we have so many we can afford to let the birds have a few plus being on an allotment site the birds have plenty to choose from. We do net redcurrants because they can be stripped in a day by blackbirds. We have more trouble with pigeons eating our brassicas. We have quite a few Lidl fruit trees, they usually take a while to get going and are often on larger root stock which can be a problem if you are short of space, but I would recommend them it this is not an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
