Peter
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I think the reason they flood the crop is so that the fruits are easier to get off the bushes ..... I'm not sure I'd go to those lengths
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Once the berries are a nice dark red (usually end of September in the UK I would think) they are ready and the beauty of them is that you can freeze them straight away and use them as and when. I don't grow them, but I buy them fresh (when the hard work's been done
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) and then open freeze them to keep them separate, put them in a large bag then I can just pour out as many as needed.
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