Following up to Jim W

Did you remove the fibrous 'choke'? And did they when you had them in
Spain? I'm no choke expert, but it seems to me this may be the problem
even if they were baby ones.,
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you dont have to if they are very small but tough leaves are still a
problem however small AFAICS
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