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Sloes? - Broadway - 19-06-2020
Morning Folks
Does anyone grow them?
Mrs B surprised me with one as a present
RE: Sloes? - Small chilli - 19-06-2020
Blackthorn is on my list of things for the new garden.
Not made any sloe gin for year. They are very few & far between up here.
RE: Sloes? - Small chilli - 19-06-2020
My method of growing will be plant it. let it do it’s own thing. Cut bits off if it get unruly
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RE: Sloes? - Vinny - 19-06-2020
There are loads in the hedgerows.
Most are a closely guarded secret though! 
RE: Sloes? - Veggie - 19-06-2020
Too thorny for me to want to grow in the garden. No point actually, because they're growing in the hedgerows locally - across the road actually, but don't tell anyone.
RE: Sloes? - Admin - 19-06-2020
Loads locally here too, especially in the older pars of town, along with Pyracantha probably the best natrual burglary protection
RE: Sloes? - PyreneesPlot - 19-06-2020
Pain in the ...
We have blackthorn hedges on three sides (mixed with loads of other self-sown natives) and they do run like mad straight into the borders, despite having a mown path between! But we get lots & lots of sloes and the flowers are pretty much the first of spring so lovely to see.
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Interestingly, sloes are one of the few wild foods that the French don't seem to forage for, and our arch-forager neighbour, who is also a chef, didin't know what they were!
RE: Sloes? - Neffa - 19-06-2020
Sloe, sloe,quince quince sloe.
Off to hide now.
RE: Sloes? - Scarlet - 19-06-2020
I planted them in my native hedge!! I did wonder if I was doing the right thing because I know they send out spiny suckers and was wondering whether they would puncture the lawnmower tyres
but I wanted the same hedge as we find in the fields around us - and I've done it now!