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sorry missed the 1 for 1
its one bag of vermiculite per bag of compost, i never use soil in containers,
sure i was advised against this for a few reasons, one was possible non-sterility of the soil, etc,but feel free and experiment ,i do,
try a gooseberry in soil and 1 in compost see which responds best,
stew

Did you have a chance to do this ?

not as yet, work commitments, as soon as i can i have a look in wilkos,
, mum bought a huge tub that was over 21inches in diameter and that was around £5,

that sounds better than homebase !

Wilko have a lot of stuff in their online catalogue, if it helps either or both of you?

Home at Wilkinson Plus

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Thanks I will probably go there next weekend.

Does anyone know if you can "convert" a bush to a straight leg cordon? I'd like to try cordons but without getting rid of my smallish bushes (in the ground 3 years but still quite small).

dont see why not, with a little training, trim all the lower branches and take it from there, most of my bushes that are supplied on 1 leg never grow new shoots from the base for some reason, where as the bush ones do.so if you try it the results will be intresting

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but has anyone got/likely to have a cutting of guido they could sell me ?
I just would like to grow a fruit which has the same name as my brother in law

yup, got that 1, ill send you a cutting later in the year when dorment or ill see if i can tease out any rooted suckers so to speak, or pin a branch down ready to be lifted nov time, will update on thursday when i check them over

Thanks a lot.

I am gathering information about gooseberries especially in connection with the Gooseberry Societies which used to (and still do) compete for the heaviest berry.
Dan's Mistake is an old variety that they no longer grow in the societies. Do you ahve the reference for the stry you quote? And do you have the variety in your collection?

Gooseberry plants grow very well from rooted cuttings and then you can make these into any shape you like. We propagate all ours from cuttings and make them into cordons for easier picking.

yes i do have dans mistake in my collection as well as about 50 other gooseberry verieties,
i will try to hunt out that perticular story,
have since found a reference to dans mistake,a unappeling seedling being stolen/aquired/collected from a gooseberry breeders compost heap, built up and was used to win a gooseberry show and was then named sarcastically dans mistake,
dan presumebly the original breeder?,
regards stew