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No, but I have 10 blueberries in containers and they grow big bushes, they do very well. XX Jeannine
I have blackcurrants in containers in my garden and these seem to do better than the bushes in the ground !!Have given up on gooseberries because I always manage to kill them within weeks :(
Quote from: Paul Heath on February 25, 2008, 09:23:24I have blackcurrants in containers in my garden and these seem to do better than the bushes in the ground !!Have given up on gooseberries because I always manage to kill them within weeks :(Do you kill all gooseberries or just those in containers ?How do you keep blackcurrants in containers ? What size soil etc ?
I have just a solo blackcurrent, never pruned it, is this necessary? I mean am I supposed to do it?
they're all really hungry plants so would need rich soil and feeding :)
Have a goosegog in a pot.....er well everthing I grow is in pots or troughs as I have a Patio Allotment!Gooseberry in 18" hexogon pot from Wilco's in peat bassed compost.First year last season and just got established. Prunned to about 3ft high (pot compost level that is) and kept within bound this year.Had a standard gooseberry (these do well in pots but more expensive) but it never broke (it failed to wake up in the spring after I had planted it).It seems to be doing ok (look prety good too) at the minute but the test is seing the fruit.As a rough guide of thumb I would say keep gooseberry bush pruned to not more than 'hight = 3x the depth of the pot' and 'width = 1.5 x the diameter of the pot' so for a pot 18" diameter x 18" depth keep plant within 4ft 6inch tall x 2ft 6inch across. This way you can trim/prune your plant to fit the pot.Don't have a blackcurrant as they tend to more spindley and open. They don't always look tidy in a pot. I am trying and do have other fruit though.
if thats the case, could someone tell me where to prune plz?Cos he must be about 5 years old now! :-[