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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

You'll want another variety for cross-pollination. My situation is hot and 
dry, but have been quite impressed with Ben More - not as vulnerable to 
aphids or diseases. I put a Myco pak along a stem buried up to the apical 
bud, cut from Ben More last spring. It is already bigger than the original 
plant.

Dave Liezen, E. WA zone 6, maybe


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> Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 16:48:45 -0600
> From: holycow@frontiernet.net
> To: boulierinasia@yahoo.com; nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Currants and gooseberries for the hot & humid east?
>
> I ordered 2 of the Bens, and Blackdown. Seems like they were growing
> Blackdown somewhere rather hot... I thought it looked like a good bet.
> The Ben Lomand drops it's leaves in late summer, and then uses up it's
> nice green buds to put on a new crop of leaves not long before frost.
> Blackdown by contrast, keeps it's leaves. Neither have produced many
> flowers, it seems they like a LOT of potassium. But I have far more
> hope of getting good crops out of the Blackdown. I have already got a
> sucker from the Blackdown going in a pot and hope to soon have 3 bushes
> of it, will take the others out I think. Donna
>
> "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical 
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> On 8/19/2013 10:49 PM, Jeffrey Boulier wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm in Northern Virginia, in the nearabouts of Washington DC, zone 6b/7a. 
>> Aside from this year, Summers are awfully hot and sticky. What do people 
>> recommend as far as heat and humidity tolerant gooseberries and currants? 
>> Afternoon shade, I'm sure, is a must, but what specific varieties/species 
>> might do well?
>>
>> --Jeff
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