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Margo Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 1984 Location: Summerhill Mayo Ireland
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject: FRUIT BUSHES |
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If its any help to anybody Aldi is selling fruit bushes also small fig trees. |
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forest flame Rank attained: Yew tree

Joined: 17 Jun 2008 Posts: 384 Location: DUBLIN
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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thanks margo
i just got a few gooseberries and blueberries.they are good quality and my previous gooseberries were eaten to bits with sawfly for the second year running so are now in the compost bin. |
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ian Rank attained: Ash Tree


Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 237 Location: Tallaght
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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thanks Margo, i got a couple of Gojiberries, all out of the blueberriies i was told these went in an hour he even called two other stores same story. Thanks for the tip.
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Margo Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 1984 Location: Summerhill Mayo Ireland
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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I bought Gojiberries last year. I understand they don't fruit till they are about 3 years old. |
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Gautama Rank attained: Silver Birch Tree

Joined: 29 Aug 2008 Posts: 172 Location: Cork
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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How much are the fruit bushes?
I paid €3 for the plants I have and am interested in how low Aldi/Lidl can go.
I bought aubergine and pepper plants in Lidl a few years ago, they were about €12 each. All I got from them were the fruit hanging at the time of buying. |
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Margo Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 1984 Location: Summerhill Mayo Ireland
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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I think it was €2.99 but no more. Crikey €12 for aubergine and pepper, I paid only a euro each for mine as they had been knocked down from €3 in Homebase and they have grown into lovely plants and flowering like mad. |
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gardenman Rank attained: Hazel Tree


Joined: 04 Aug 2011 Posts: 33
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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While it is great to see such bargains coming from the mega-stores, just a word of warning!
These plants are cheap for a reason. They are bought in bulk because the grower often hasn't been able to shift them and must get rid of them rapidly before they start failing.
A lot of pretty nasty pests and diseases are coming into Ireland on these types of 'bargains' which could have serious impacts on the Irish landscape and our gardens.
I won't go into it much more but suffice to say, Locally grown Irish plants are generally free of these serious pests and diseases and are in a much healthier state by the time they get to the gardener.
Time to support the Irish growers perhaps? _________________ gardenman77@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gardening-Cured/121518484610150 |
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