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Old 15-10-2012, 11:35 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Soft fruit - sun / shade
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Hello all

I'm replanting various black currant, red currant, gooseberry, raspberry.

The strip of ground in question ranges from
full sun all day to partly shaded in the afternoon.

Which of these need the most sun ?
Which will tolerate - or even prefer - a little afternoon shade ?

Best regards
Ray

I don't think it matters too much.

When I planted my fruit cage, I thought I was clever, planting it
with the rows east-west and putting the autumn fruiting
raspberries to the south of the summer fruiting ones, thinking
that they would both get the sun when needed. works OK, but what I
forgot was a blackcurrant and gooseberry planted behing the
raspberries! It does not seem to have affected the quality of the
fruit that much, but certainly the blackcurrant does not produce
such good sized fruit as the other bush across the other side of
the garden.

Certainly, in this area you need to protect the redcurrant and
raspberries from the birds.

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales
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