Sunday 27 February 2011

Gooseberries cuttings are starting to grow and so is everything else

I took some gooseberry "red desert" cuttings last year, and the little darlings are starting to grow again.


The "Victoria" plum tree is also starting to break bud


Of note my Denistons Superb plum tree has not started to grow yet and I think it might have died. I will post more later in the season

I planted some Goji Berry seeds back end of last year and they got to about 2inch high. These seedlings are also showing spruts (at one point they were bare stalks)




Weather in Wakefield today is wet and cool

10 comments:

  1. Looking good. I'm either going to be taking a gooseberry bush from my dad or taking part of his allotment which already has a gooseberry in it, either way gooseberry jam should be on the menu later in the year and crumble!!

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  2. cheers , the parent that these cuttings came from is quite big now and in a pot. so that is going to the lottie to, It is one called Red desert but I also have a green one and that is going to the lottie as well as it is also getting to big for the pot

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  3. I have now got my gooseberry bush in the back garden. It is a red variety I beleive but not sure of its name. The berry's it produces are a lot sweeter than the green ones my dad grows. Either way they both produce good jam and I may make a gooseberry wine or mead!

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  4. gooseberries are a great. I think I have 2 largish bushes now and 2 little ones. I got a new one from lidl this week called "hinnonmaki gul" a finish variety. My green one is lovely off the bush (or it was this year anyway) the red one didnt do to well, they were small and tart but they should be a desert type. I think the problem was not enough water as it is in a pot and got very large, too large in fact. good luck with mead and wine making then, when you get the produce.

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  5. I have to get a few gooseberries for my garden. It is my favourite fruit of them all. I grew up eating them. At least here in Canada they feel out of favour with the general population so it is not seen much any more. At least a person can still by a plant, but rarely do they have more than a couple at any store, worse usually in poor condition.

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  6. same here about falling out of favour. I have never every seen gooseberries for sale in a super market. dont know why either. I grew up on home made gooseberry pie. delicious to. last year didnt get many berries but the ones that came were eaten straight from the plant. awesome. Good luck getting some nice plants and eating your own

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  7. I checked with our gardening centre yesterday and they will be bringing a few plants in a couple of weeks. I already have them spoken for. So for the first time in years I will have this fantastic fruit to enjoy. However probably next year, still late but better than none at all.
    Gooseberry Pie, I have not had that since I was kid. T die for as they say !!!!!

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  8. thats great to hear Reg. you have to start some where, so next year it is. I bet you can almost smell those gooseberries. I have just bought another one to, a Finnish variety called "hinnonmaki gul" means nothing to me at all but the reviews on it are good, so I am game on for another one now that I have more space.

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  9. I have no Idea either what Hinnonmaki means but the best guess I have is it means multi-Branched or steamed. But I do know that gul is Yellow in Swedish. So for the short story it is a Yellow Gooseberry. That is what is best grown here in Canada. I hope that helps !!!!!! They are actually greenish in colour

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  10. LMAO... hahaha very funny. I know it is a yellow gooseberry. well yep, greenish to start with, yellow when very ripe.

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