Thank you natures babe for your reply. Yes the reason I mention about the lack of flowers is that I suppose if it was a bramble it would be flowering. My question is really about the leaves- the liklihood of them changing from small 3 leaf to larger 5 leaf. Otherwise the plant is growing somewhat li...

My tayberry ( just one year old) appears to be growing blackberry leaves on the new stems.( five leaves and much bigger) Could/do tayberries ever revert to blackberries? A friend thinks it likely that a blackberry has snuck up, but it seems to be growing from the same plant. The new stems are about ...

Thanks to all for your advice, can't wait to take possession of my new garden

I am moving in about a month ( first/second week in April ) I want to take a blackcurrant bush and a rhubarb crown with me. Would it be best to dig them up now and leave them in a pot until the move - or leave them til the day before the move and[b] then [/b]transfer them to their new home? thanks f...

Thank you Felix.
Its a lovely, unusual plant. I'll get my friend to save some seeds for me.

I have been visiting a friend who has an allotment in Devon. He has this growing there..is it a weed? Note the spotted leaves.
Any help to identify it would be appreciated,
many thanks

Thanks Felix for the advice.
Yep it was a 'gardener' who pruned mine too!
I'll have to do without my blackcurrant jam this year.....

Last year someone else pruned my currants. This year there were no flowers or fruit- just some leaf curl. Should I wait to prune- or prune now?
And by how much? ( I am a bit of a novice )
thanks

I posted this recipe three years ago, have been away for a while and pleased to find that 725 people have viewed this recipe ( or one person 725 times?)

I'd love to hear of peoples experience of making - and drinking -this drink.??

Thanks Jerry for a great link. What sweet little jars!
Whats your worry about the rubber seal Chantel?
The jar should be watertight when closed. Do you have a recipe for bottling fruit?

I read somewhere that frost ( or freezing ) softens the skins of the sloes.I have just defrosted my first batch and made up a few bottles. The sloes were definately much softer. Also not so bitter.

I have posted the recipe in a new topic..

Here is an old recipe of my mums. I still have some that she made 20 years ago- and its good!She used to call it Blackberry Curacoa Warning- this is sweet like a liqueur but remember it's half gin!! 4lb ripe blackberries 3lb sugar Gin Place fruit and sugar in a bowl, in a warm place, until the juice...

Hi mazmezroz-
do you still have blackberries? I have a recipe for blackberry gin- Its BBBeautiful
I have made 4 litres of the stuff- and have another 9lbs of blackberries in the freezer.....
Its an old recipe of my mums- and it keeps forever. let me know if anyone wants the recipe?
wygela

Thanks for your advice and reasurance. Peter- my farmer friend told me that they were ripe- and in fact some are starting to shrivel up on the bush. There are plenty more -so thought I'd try freezing some first. So far I haven't found the definative answer as to when to pick (apart from 'after the f...