Suggestions for fruit growing

I am already growing new potatoes and peas and today I am going to get some strawberry plants and some tomato plants.

Do you have any suggestions for other fruits that are easy to grow. Are blue berries easy to grow?

I live in Jersey so the climate is a little better than the UK and I can put the plants either in shade or direct sun. Any suggestions welcome.

Thank you

 

Blue berries are easy, but require acidic soil. There's a thread about them somewhere on this site.
Are you thinking about fruit bushes or could you grow fruit trees?
You might get away with a peach against a wall. We have one in a pot, it spends winter in the greenhouse but lives outside from late April. A potted fig should work.
Blackcurrants, redcurrants, raspberries are all easy.

 

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Thank you.

I generally grow things in planters or pots because I do not have a lot of soil area to work with.

Can I grow a blueberry bush in a pot in acidic soil on a balcony that gets sun all morning and is high up ( I suggest the balcony so that it is kept away from snails and insects found in the garden). Will the bush survive the winter?

I saw a lemon tree with lemons on it at the garden centre, it was really small and had fruit on it, would that work in a pot all year round.

Thanks

 

Yes, you can providing the pot is big enough for the plant to have room to grow. They will survive winter - I have two in large pots and both survived this (and last) winter unscathed, even allowing me to re-pot them in February when they were dormant. I can't recommend them enough - pretty, white blossom in Spring, fruit in Summer and red foliage in Autumn. Might be an idea to get two, for pollination purposes, at least that's what I was told, although there are self-pollinating varieties available. But two gives more fruit...

A lemon tree won't survive outside all year round. Summer yes, but will need wintering indoors, in plenty of sunshine.