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Posted by roughie tasmania aust (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 07 at 7:19
HI GUY'S, HAVE JUST MOVED UP TO WANDIN IN VICTORIA FROM TASSIE.I DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT THEM. CAN THEY GROW IN THE SHADE & WHAT ARE THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR THEM.
OUR LITTLE BLOCK HAS THICK MUD (GLUE).I HAVE ALSO BOUGHT UP SOME RASBERRY CANES, HERRITAGE, LLOYD GEORGE & MY FAVOURITE WILLIAMETTE, WILL THEY GROW UP HERE.
TOMATOES WHAT SORT GROW BEST AROUND HERE. JOHN |
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You are in a cool area.. so although currants tolerate partial shade well you might do better to give them even more sunshine.. As for your mud.. sounds rather clayey which isn't all that bad if you work a LOT of organic matter ( try mushroom mulch) and even horse manure into it.. Currently ( no pun intended) your berries will be going into winter limbo so not a bad time to prepare the soil and plant them out. Check out google for pruning tips.
As for tommies.. well.. every region has its favourites but at a guess I'd say any of the popular staking type would do well.. try DayDream ( a Grosse Lisse variant). But of course, plant in the Spring to early summer.
We had a blistering summer period around the bushfire time and my currents ( and a lot of vegies ) got scorched.. but they are fine now.. new growth even in the autumn.. |
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