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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 23 10:00 am Post subject:
my strain has had rust for a decade or more, they seem to thrive together maybe different strains/spp and different rust versions vary from fatal to harmless in presentation

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9967
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 23 2:00 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

tis rather wet for top quality, they need picking before they rot rather than when hot sun perfect

loads and loads more in waiting though

this is why I have left them to the birds so far, but now we have a few dry days, I shall pick my harvest - lots out there.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9245
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 23 3:59 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

my strain has had rust for a decade or more, they seem to thrive together

maybe different strains/spp and different rust versions vary from fatal to harmless in presentation

Good point as it is so vigorous...I will see how the harvest goes and consider, allowing for the weather as well

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44398
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 23 4:03 pm Post subject:
it was sun/cloud for a few hours, i took the best kilo or so which are not bad 2 days sun would have provided several kilos of best and plenty wine grade hey ho, 2 crumbles which is nice

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 23 7:39 am Post subject:
I picked a litre tub in the garden yesterday evening. Dry day apart from a thundery shower not long after I had put the washing out. All nice, and am starting to cut my way into the jungle to get at more of them. There is bryony in the mix too, so had to cut that to get into the middle.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 23 5:05 pm Post subject:
a bit of sunny finished a kilo or more that i could reach, 75% grade A+ the rest grade A several more kilos i do not wish to try to reach early and well cropping with good berries, quality is very weather dependant with very short harvest windows

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44398
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 23 5:25 pm Post subject:
quite a lot today, good sugar content, b+, a and a+ in wild fruit news , it looks like a good year for sloes on quality and numbers

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 23 8:34 am Post subject:
Was out in the main part of the wood yesterday and saw that the blackberries there were ripening, so will have to try to get out picking next week. There are also plenty coming along in the garden, so they need picking too.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9245
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 23 11:30 am Post subject:
Another wet weekend here No picking for us

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Sun Aug 13, 23 6:52 am Post subject:
The weather yesterday wasn't too bad, but we were out and about, so was too tired when we got home. Today is currently wet, although I think it is supposed to dry up, so I will go picking if I can.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44398
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 23 1:31 pm Post subject:

today there are some very nice ones, not ready or hairy describes most that are still on the vine

it is hard to decide how this harvest has gone, lots set, many matured, half of those rotted, the rest have been grade A or grade A+

better than i would have expected after months of overcast and damp/raining
blossom time was luckily suitable, even though bee, moth and hover fly numbers are devastated they got pollinated

i need to teach somebody how to prune, the 20% i did nearly killed me, but "trim that" could be very disappointing and a "gardener" might be "garden" if they get it wrong

i will have to put my headhunter hat on

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 23 6:48 am Post subject:
Mine are variable, but quite a lot of good ones. I went picking them in the wood yesterday too and got a punnet full quite quickly. Not as large as the garden ones, but most not bad.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:45 am Post subject:
Managed to forage some wild and wild crossed with cultivated raspberries from the woods, got some blackberries from the garden and added some chopped nectarines (bought). Went well with cream.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 9245
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:48 am Post subject:
Nothing ready here, but we haven't been having the heat or sunshine yet

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16508

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 25 7:52 am Post subject:
I think you have been having the rain we lack. Luckily we have had some rain this summer after a very wet winter and spring, so things aren't growing too badly. I actually have some summer cabbage hearting up, which is quite good as they don't usually work.

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