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I may not be cut out for this growing lark...

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scabs

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I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« on: June 25, 2010, 08:11 »
Turns out my lovely cheap Aldi gooseberry bushes are actually blackcurrants...

It's taken me over a year to realise.

D'oh.
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mumofstig

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2010, 08:16 »
 :lol:  :lol:  :nowink:
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scabs

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2010, 08:21 »
They're disappointingly small, I thought. Oh, they're turning black... hang on...
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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2010, 08:23 »
Think of it as an interesting surprise :D
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scabs

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2010, 08:27 »
I know...  :lol:

I REALLY wanted goosegog crumble though. Ah well, next year!  ::)
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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2010, 08:32 »
LOL @ scabs having a senior moment  :D
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scabs

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2010, 08:37 »
It's a worry, that's for sure.

Do you think I could sue..?  ::) :D
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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2010, 10:20 »
maybe it's a new variety of small black goosgog that taste and look like blackcurrents?  :)
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scabs

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2010, 10:55 »
Very kind of you but no... I'm a numpty!
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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2010, 11:03 »
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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2010, 11:05 »
Recently I was looking at what I thought was a calabrese plant, thinking it looked a bit funny. Then it started to form a head and I now realize it's a sweetheart cabbage!!! A rather nice one too. I grew all my plants from seed, and frankly I had no recollection of it, and it was labelled as calabrese...
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scabs

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2010, 13:37 »
Quote from: gillie on June 25, 2010, 11:03
It is not a Worcesterberry is it?

http://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/product_info.php?id=234

no, bog standard blackberry!  :lol:


Quote from: oldcow on June 25, 2010, 11:05
Recently I was looking at what I thought was a calabrese plant, thinking it looked a bit funny. Then it started to form a head and I now realize it's a sweetheart cabbage!!! A rather nice one too. I grew all my plants from seed, and frankly I had no recollection of it, and it was labelled as calabrese...

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2010, 13:48 »
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no, bog standard blackberry

or blackcurrant........ or ? ? ?  :unsure:
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scabs

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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2010, 13:54 »
That's the one.

 :wacko:
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Re: I may not be cut out for this growing lark...
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2010, 15:37 »
One thing I just love about growing anything, is when it doesn't "come up" to what it should be (sorry about the pun!) :blush:.  Its like when having a baby, the fun's taken out when you know what sex it is ???
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