Sassinak
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Gooseberry ProblemI know I shouldn't complain about the weather, but I am 
Picked the first of the ripening gooseberries on Sunday. Went down today to see if more are ripe and the rain has played havoc with them. It is a really heavy crop and the rain has swollen them rapidly resulting in many, many split berries.
I have picked quite a lot of the ones that are not too badly split and wonder if they would be ok for wine if I put a Campden tablet in to kill any bugs that might be there. They can only have been split for a day or so, certainly no time to start fermenting or rotting. What do people think? Do I risk it or do I throw away almost a quarter of my crop 
It has also broken a few branches off as a result of the weight - see picture for an average branch
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flingdizz
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Go for the wine, don't throw out the crop! Or make jam! Like you said, they wont have had time to go off yet! They look lovely!
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Sassinak
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Well I picked another 7 pounds of gooseberries yesterday. Plus another 2lb that I've frozen for the wine collection. There are probably still as many again that aren't qute ripe yet. Wonderful year lol
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Rosie
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I've been picking goosegogs too. the bushes are laden with them. The blackcurrants are coming thick and fast too!! Yum.
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