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Himalayan giant blackberries as SEEDS
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| Hi.
I'm looking for a supplier (I'm in the UK) of "Himalayan Giant
Blackberry" seeds, I've had a look through the more obvious on-line
suppliers like Suttons but so far found nothing.
If you could point me to suppliers or indeed large seed stock holders
I would appreciate it.
Many Thanks Ora
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| Martin 2007-09-18, 1:25 pm |
| On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:29:20 -0000, ora <aamcle@googlemail.com> wrote:
>Hi.
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>I'm looking for a supplier (I'm in the UK) of "Himalayan Giant
>Blackberry" seeds, I've had a look through the more obvious on-line
>suppliers like Suttons but so far found nothing.
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>If you could point me to suppliers or indeed large seed stock holders
>I would appreciate it.
Try
http://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/index.php
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Martin
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| Dave Poole 2007-09-18, 5:25 pm |
| 'Himalayan Giant' is a particularly large-fruited cultivar of Rubus
procerus and is vegetatively reproduced. It is highly unlikely that
seedlings from this form will be identical to the parent plant and so
seeds cannot be sold as 'Himalayan Giant'. This is why you will not
see them in any seed catalogue. If you want lots of plants of
'Himalayan Giant', you have to raise them from cutttings. (They root
exceptionally easily).
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| On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:30:06 -0700, Dave Poole
<daverpoole@hotmail.com> wrote:
~'Himalayan Giant' is a particularly large-fruited cultivar of Rubus
~procerus and is vegetatively reproduced. It is highly unlikely that
~seedlings from this form will be identical to the parent plant and so
~seeds cannot be sold as 'Himalayan Giant'. This is why you will not
~see them in any seed catalogue. If you want lots of plants of
~'Himalayan Giant', you have to raise them from cutttings. (They root
~exceptionally easily).
You can have some of my tip roots and welcome... dratted thugs!
jane
Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.
Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!
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| Dave Hill 2007-09-20, 5:25 pm |
| On 18 Sep, 15:51, Martin <m...@address.invalid> wrote:[color=darkred]
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:29:20 -0000, ora <aam...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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The best bet would have to have bought a punnet or two of fruit, but
you really should grow selected plants much more reliable and quicker
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
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| Janet Tweedy 2007-09-22, 9:25 am |
| In article <g4o4f31b4o267im33aemjd6arne0evlr6j@4ax.com>, jane
<jane@moonrose.demonmapson.co.uk> writes
>You can have some of my tip roots and welcome... dratted thugs!
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>jane
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>Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.
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Yes I am not impressed by it either, in fact I now intend to dig mine
out this year, give up on the fruit and just buy them from Peterlee
Manor already frozen! They are terrible plants to train and I have that
and the thornless Bedford thingy. Neither did well this year though they
looked as if they were going to but inspecting the fruit it was sort of
partially ripe in places, very few huge ripe normal berries at all.
Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net
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| On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:07:41 +0100, Janet Tweedy
<jan@lancedal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
~In article <g4o4f31b4o267im33aemjd6arne0evlr6j@4ax.com>, jane
~<jane@moonrose.demonmapson.co.uk> writes
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~>You can have some of my tip roots and welcome... dratted thugs!
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~>jane
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~>Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.
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~Yes I am not impressed by it either, in fact I now intend to dig mine
~out this year, give up on the fruit and just buy them from Peterlee
~Manor already frozen! They are terrible plants to train and I have that
~and the thornless Bedford thingy. Neither did well this year though they
~looked as if they were going to but inspecting the fruit it was sort of
~partially ripe in places, very few huge ripe normal berries at all.
Hmm that's a bit odd - mine have fantastic fruit, though you have to
pick as much as possible in July and early August, as later ones get
incredibly squashy. I tend to go in after that with collection boxes
with no holes in the base, and just expect to get covered in purple!
But it makes excellent bramble jelly once you boil off some of the
water.
I just object to the thorns and the wayward nature. It's vicious!
jane
Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.
Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks!
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