Thread: Jostaberries
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Old 21-05-2007, 09:05 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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"Joe Higman" writes:
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| Does anyone know how to grow these? They are said to be a cross between
| gooseberries and blackcurrants but which parent do they favour? Should I
| prune them as a bush, like a gooseberry, or to produce suckers (sorry if
| this is the wrong word) like a blackcurrant.

Eh? My blackcurrents and Jostaberries don't sucker much! You can cut
them back fairly hard, but that's not the same.

I grow them but, the few berries we have got, have been uninspiring.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.