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Old 14-07-2008, 02:30 PM
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I have some Blackberry bushes growing at the back of my garden....last year i put some weed killer down (sodium chloride) to kill them (before i realised they'd produce fruit)....

now the berries are forming im thinking of what to cook and make!!!.....

But will they be ok even though i've put weed killer down last year???


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Sodium chloride? That's table salt, seems the berries may come ready salted I don't think weedkillers are available that would still be toxic one year later and the plants are growing so the effects must have gone.
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Old 14-07-2008, 03:22 PM
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that would be sodium chlorite

That was my thoughts too Capsid...cheers!
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I've let the blackberries grow too, looking forward to some blackberry and apple jam, as well as a blackberry and apple crumble!
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I have some Blackberry bushes ... i put some weed killer down ...to kill them (before i realised they'd produce fruit)....
LOL! where did you think blackberries came from then?

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