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any suggestions on what kind of fruits i can grow in my garden that doesn't involve trees? i'd be planting them in the border of my garden.. i've got strawberries on the go at the moment but other than that i'm short of ideas
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Raspberries
Gooseberries
BlackberriesA simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
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Blueberries of course
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do they all turn into prickly out of control bushes though? don't think i'd be popular if i turned the borders into a wild hedgerowComment
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I think you can get thornless raspberries and blackberries - I may be wrong, I often am.A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
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I have a miniature version of blueberry (tophat) in a pot and this is its 2nd year and there r loads of green berries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1cheers ReksComment
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yep you're right wayne, suttons do thornless blackberries.. i just don't like blackberries enough to warrant paying £18 for a bushOriginally posted by HeyWayne View PostComment
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blackcurrants, redcurrants, whitecurrants.
Aldi & wilko sell these for a quid or so a go in wintertime.Comment
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is it ok to plant them in winter? i've never grown fruit beforeOriginally posted by Hazel at the Hill View PostComment
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josta berries, they are really easy from a cutting and yummy to scoff when you are supposed to be weeding. We have thornless blackberries and we didn't pay that much for them.
Have you had a look at Blackmoor's site?Last edited by Lavenderblue; 16-06-2009, 02:18 PM.We plant the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed - Neil, The Young Ones
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thanks LB, just had a look and they're a lot cheaper.. i 'm a bit confused, it says 3 Litre.. i don't get it, i thought they sent cuttings or somethingOriginally posted by Lavenderblue View PostComment
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My fav fruit are, raspberries, tayberries, boysenberries and loganberries. I have these all trained down fences and they take up very little space.
I also have jostaberries, but for some reason I don't seem to like them as much as Lavenderblue."Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
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Think I would go for raspberries (although I have strawberries, blueberry bush, gooseberry bushes and redcurrants also growing) - don't really need a lot of care and as they send out new shoots every year, you end up with more of them year on year. Ours are the later fruiting ones (Sept/Oct) - sorry don't know what variety they are as we 'inherited' them - but we pick the fruit when it gets more expensive in the shops.Comment
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I grow most/all of the above and they're all fairly care free except for pruning. Raspberries grow well with strawberries underplanted. Thornless blackberries are great I have loads of them in the garden but be careful because despite my bestest efforts, when I moved the main plant a couple of years ago a root remained in the ground and I have them all over the place now.
Think of a thornless but tastier bramble and you'll get the idea.TonyF, Dordogne 24220Comment
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