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nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 5:07 pm Post subject:
The cuttings take really easily, just stick em in the ground in autumn or march time and water them, hey presto loads of plants. I'm planning to make a bit of a hedge with mine, that I can just drape netting over.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
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Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 5:18 pm Post subject:
Now there's an idea, I need to get some hedging sorted, cheers Nettie

gil
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 10 8:50 pm Post subject:
I didn;t find the cuttings took as fast for me as tip layering - where you pin the ends of the branches down to the soil and that bit eventually takes root.

nettie

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 1:13 am Post subject:

touchwood wrote:

Now there's an idea, I need to get some hedging sorted, cheers Nettie

I'm hoping to do a mixed hedge thingy with goosegogs and blackcurrants too (admittedly it won't be that high, but it will divide off an area of the garden), and another of raspberries. I have pulled out raspberry shoots from the fruit bed, potted them up, and they have all lived. Hmmmm lots to do.

nettie

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 1:16 am Post subject:

gil wrote:

I didn;t find the cuttings took as fast for me as tip layering - where you pin the ends of the branches down to the soil and that bit eventually takes root.

Either's good, whatever's easiest. Anything that gets shoved in the ground and grows new roots over the winter is fine by me!

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Erikht

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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 8:37 am Post subject:
Red currants and white rum. Lovely schnapps.

touchwood

Joined: 12 Jul 2009
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Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 8:12 am Post subject:
I've made some sorbet which I think OH is going to beat me to Then yesterday I tried some cordial, which went down exceptionally well with some lemonade and vodka (Chickens loved the left over seeds etc) Now if I can get rid of this in my head, I'm going to try some Jelly.

nettie

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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 10 8:46 am Post subject:
I had some crushed into yoghurt yesterday with the first few blackcurrants and a couple of strawbs. Yuuuum

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