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sean
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:39 pm Post subject:
Yes. They're pre-pubescent so the skin isn't hairy.

cab

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:41 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Yeah, it's hairless and green, you eat it whole

I'm seeing a ripe gooseberry. Whats the plant like?

tahir

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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:43 pm Post subject:
This is a good resource on it: https://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=11308

tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:44 pm Post subject:
https://www.kiwiberry.com/kiwi%20berries%20css.htm

Andy B

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:53 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

Nope, not just you. I'm trying not to buy very much fruit from outside of Europe and to get my veg from the UK. It's been hard dropping my weekly banana dose though :/.

What is the season for bananas?

tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:53 pm Post subject:

Andy B wrote:

What is the season for bananas?

All year round

cab

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:59 pm Post subject:
Oh... I've seen that listed as hardy kiwi before. Of course. Cool, now I know.

tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:01 pm Post subject:
Yeah, I'm going to be growing it on a modified T bar trellis, 3 runs x 30mtrs (they take up huge amounts of space)

cab

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:03 pm Post subject:
Blimey... How many plants will that be?

tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:05 pm Post subject:
15, 12 females of 4 cultivars plus 3 males

cab

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:07 pm Post subject:
6m each? Thats a hell of a size for a vine plant.

tahir

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Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:09 pm Post subject:
Yup, and the top of the frame is 2 mtrs wide, so each plant will occupy 6x2m flat plus the bits that dangle down from the trellis

Blue Peter

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:20 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Yup, and the top of the frame is 2 mtrs wide, so each plant will occupy 6x2m flat plus the bits that dangle down from the trellis

Can you point me to a picture? I'm no good at visualizing stuff like this (t-bar trellis means nothing to me),

Peter.

tahir

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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:22 pm Post subject:
https://berrygrape.oregonstate.edu/fruitgrowing/berrycrops/kiwi/kiwitrel.htm

Blue Peter

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:48 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

https://berrygrape.oregonstate.edu/fruitgrowing/berrycrops/kiwi/kiwitrel.htm

Cheers. Impressive,

Peter.

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