Question

Morning.  Im not a gardener- at all.Morning. Im not a gardener- at all. But would like to grow some fruit?!?! (hopefully). What are the best fruits to grow that are easy please. Thanks.  

Answer 1

The best fruit to grow is the one you eat the most  as gardeners we often fall in to the trap of wanting to grow everything and anything, even if we don’t actually like it or eat it very often. Ask yourself what fruit you can/do eat a lot of, cook with etc and go from there  

Answer 2

As above. They're all fairly easy too. I wouldn't suggest starting from seed unless you're an extremely patient person as it can take several years for fruit bushes and trees to produce fruits. Lots of places have affordable trees and young plants (I got raspberry and blackberry plants for £2 each at Morrisons and I know Tesco sell fruit trees for 2 for £10)

Answer 3

I was in the same boat last year, I managed beans and strawberries.  

Answer 4

Raspberries are easy to grow too

Answer 5

Strawberries are really easy, so are raspberries

Answer 6

When got an allotment my father's 1st bit of advice was what do you love to eat but don't buy often due to cost/quality in the shop (both my father and his father had allotments when they were able). For me this was raspberries and strawberries, I'm rubbish with strawberries but my autumn fruiting raspberries are amazing. I chose autumn fruiting raspberries due to less looking after the summer fruiting and they don't start fruiting much later anyway.  

Answer 7

I love my apricot tree, give me at least 25kg of fruit every year

Answer 8

Plum and pear are easy to look after and you get a lot of fruit.  

Answer 9

What sort of space do you have to do it in?  

Answer 10

All fruit needs annual maintenance. I like raspberry and blackberry canes and similar. Canes are Great up a fence don’t take much room. Cordon trees are great apple, pear or plum. if you have a warm sunny wall try peach or kiwi , kiwi is exotic and easy very heavy cropping iafter a couple of years. Currants need an annual prune and are fun apart from birds can be prone to steeling. In essence most fruit is easy and requires just once or twice a year a few hours annual maintenance .  

Answer 11

The ones you like to eat

Answer 12

Blueberries. I bought £1 plants 6-8 years ago and have had more fruit each year . need ericaceous compost but are lovely.  

Answer 13

It depends entirely on what *you* like to eat. Most native or naturalised fruits are relatively easy. If you're going for fruit trees, check they are on dwarfing root stock, learn how and when to prune them, and check wether theh need a different variety to pollinate them, as not all are self pollinating Blueberries need two or more *different* varieties to get a decent crop, and need ericaceous compost. Strawberries are easy. The plants fruit best in year 2 and 3, and you can pot on and plant out runners ( new plants that form ) to replace old plants after year 3. Rasberries - There are summer and autumn fruiting. Cut autumn fruiters down to an inch or two above soil level this time of year (Dec-Feb ) and summer ones cut down once they finish fruiting. Rasberries do spread so keep an eye on them over time and dig up escspees. Also remove old stems that no longer fruit, or any obviously dead or diseased ones.  

Answer 14

Rhubarb is a perrenial , simply mulch around ( not directly on ) the crown in winter, start picking about April . You can "force" the atems to shoot early for sweeter pale stems, but be sure to only force a rhubarb plant once every 3 years or so, not every year as you will weaken and kill it. When you buy a young rhubarb crown, do not pick any stems for 2 years. Give it time to establish. When you do pick, pill from the base so the stem pops out. Don't cut them off as the bit left will rot and send the rot into the crown itself.  

Answer 15

If you want uncommon varieties not seen in shops, you're best off going with a specialist fruit supplier such as Pomona fruits. More expensive certainly but there is more choice. I'm considering getting a Saskatoon.  

Answer 16

My raspberries are easy  

Answer 17

Apple trees, plum trees seem to be easy. Strawberrys are kinda easy to

Answer 18

Raspberries and blackcurrant.  

Answer 19

Thornless blackberry and autumn fruiting raspberries.  

Answer 20

Blueberry shrubs, I have one in a large planter it's never failed to give me a good crop, no need for pruning back either :)

Answer 21

I grow lots of different fruits , but I find black currants the easiest to grow. The birds don’t pinch them , they don’t spread , they don’t prickle, they have survived on my heavy clay soil through boggy and brick dry conditions . All you do is pick fruit, and prune off a third of the main branches in autumn.