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Good crop of gooseberries
Had a good crop of gooseberries this year despite (or because?) of the late
spring. Last year I only had lbs. from the three bushes but this year had 12lbs. Many of the berries were smaller than usual though. Did not keep a note of previous years but I am sure it was about the 5 to 6lb mark. A friend who lives in Alloway, however, said that he had a worse crop this year compared to last year. |
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Good crop of gooseberries
"Trefor Jones" wrote in message ... : Had a good crop of gooseberries this year despite (or because?) of the late : spring. Last year I only had lbs. from the three bushes but this year had : 12lbs. Many of the berries were smaller than usual though. Did not keep a : note of previous years but I am sure it was about the 5 to 6lb mark. A : friend who lives in Alloway, however, said that he had a worse crop this : year compared to last year. : Massive crop here in Plymouth too. In fact this could be the best all round cropping year in my thirty odd years of allotment gardening. Crops have been wonderful. Mind you we have no water shortage here and can water daily with a hose. No blight yet for the first year in recent memory. Pouring down this afternoon so that is very welcome as long as the blight stays away www.rraa.moonfruit.com |
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Good crop of gooseberries
Robert writes
"Trefor Jones" wrote in message ... : Had a good crop of gooseberries this year despite (or because?) of the late : spring. Last year I only had lbs. from the three bushes but this year had : 12lbs. Many of the berries were smaller than usual though. Did not keep a : note of previous years but I am sure it was about the 5 to 6lb mark. A : friend who lives in Alloway, however, said that he had a worse crop this : year compared to last year. : Massive crop here in Plymouth too. In fact this could be the best all round cropping year in my thirty odd years of allotment gardening. Crops have been wonderful. Mind you we have no water shortage here and can water daily with a hose. No blight yet for the first year in recent memory. Pouring down this afternoon so that is very welcome as long as the blight stays away I've had a very good crop of loganberries and strawberries. Gooseberries middling, and rather small - that much later and lack of water beginning to kick in. Apples are a good crop, but as yet they're only golf ball size. But I think they've got their roots well down so they should be OK. Mulberry is doing very well. Where I can really see the effect of the dry soil is in the autumn berries - a very poor set on holly and pernettya. I think there may well be a lot of birds heavily dependent on bird tables this winter. -- Kay |
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Good crop of gooseberries
Trefor Jones wrote:
Had a good crop of gooseberries this year despite (or because?) of the late spring. Last year I only had lbs. from the three bushes but this year had 12lbs. Many of the berries were smaller than usual though. Did not keep a note of previous years but I am sure it was about the 5 to 6lb mark. A friend who lives in Alloway, however, said that he had a worse crop this year compared to last year. I have a wonderful 17 year old gooseberry bush that I think was mislabelled - I thought I'd bought Whinhams Industry, but that's red - these are green/yellow. It me a 25 lb crop or more, just from the one bush. That's far more goosegogs than I need! Jim |
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Good crop of gooseberries
On 31/7/06 23:04, in article , "Jim
Jackson" wrote: snip I have a wonderful 17 year old gooseberry bush that I think was mislabelled - I thought I'd bought Whinhams Industry, but that's red - these are green/yellow. It me a 25 lb crop or more, just from the one bush. That's far more goosegogs than I need! Jim I wonder if it's one of the dessert gooseberries, rather than one of the cooking ones. Have you tried eating one raw? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (email address on website) |
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Good crop of gooseberries
25 lb crop or more, just from
the one bush. That's far more goosegogs than I need! Jim Gooseberries are also known as "hairy grapes" in some circles! With your excess produce you could make some wine from them - it comes highly recommended! -- David .... Email address on website http://www.avisoft.co.uk .... Blog at http://dlts-french-adventures.blogspot.com/ |
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Good crop of gooseberries
Sacha wrote:
On 31/7/06 23:04, in article , "Jim Jackson" wrote: snip I have a wonderful 17 year old gooseberry bush that I think was mislabelled - I thought I'd bought Whinhams Industry, but that's red - these are green/yellow. It me a 25 lb crop or more, just from the one bush. That's far more goosegogs than I need! I wonder if it's one of the dessert gooseberries, rather than one of the cooking ones. Have you tried eating one raw? Yes. They do get to a stage where they are quite nice. I belive it is a dessert - I have had other goosegogs in the garden that were never anywhere near as nice, and never performed as well. Jim |
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