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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:39 pm Post subject:
Yes. They're pre-pubescent so the skin isn't hairy.
cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429
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
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
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
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
Location: Essex
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:44 pm Post subject:
https://www.kiwiberry.com/kiwi%20berries%20css.htm
Andy B
Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum
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
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
Location: Essex
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 1:53 pm Post subject:
Andy B wrote:
What is the season for bananas?
All year round
cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429
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
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
Location: Essex
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
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:03 pm Post subject:
Blimey... How many plants will that be?
tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:05 pm Post subject:
15, 12 females of 4 cultivars plus 3 males
cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 07 2:07 pm Post subject:
6m each? Thats a hell of a size for a vine plant.
tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
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
Posts: 2400
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
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
Location: Essex
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
Posts: 2400
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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