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Old 26-01-2010, 05:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Kate Morgan wrote:
I am pleased to see that I am not the only nutter who feels that as long
as
the plant is alive I have to leave it alone to live as long as it wants
to
:-) I do nearly all my pruning and cutting down at this time of the year
because I cannot see little green bits that tell me the plant is alive,
yes


Not such a problem with roses, but when I prune the soft fruit bushes I
feel
obliged to plant every single branch I cut off if it has any new buds on
it
(which most of them do). I have about a billion blackcurrant plants
growing!



Have you informed Ribena? You might do a roaring trade there ;-)



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