My Edibles: Gooseberry Trees

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cape Gooseberry

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cape Gooseberry

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Annuals. Seeds save well for following year. I mix them through the herb bed and also have them in pots.

I have 2 different sorts of these - a yellow and a green variety. I am told that both should go yellow when it ripens but I kept fruit from last season and they stayed green until I broke it open to plant the seeds this year so I don't know what sort that is!

I really like adding the fruit to salad. They have a lovely tomatoey flavour and I like the seedy texture. They also dry well in a dessicator and retain a strong flavour.

Summer 2011: John gave me a gift of some mamoth cape gooseberry seeds. I have planted them but nothing is up yet. Not surprised though, the weather has been so cold and wet that nothing much is coming up - not even my flowers!

Planted: 2009

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Last year they got orange and black striped bugs that completely decimated them within a day. I was lucky to get enough fruit to save the seeds. This year there has been no sign of them

Gooseberry - Captivator (Cutting)

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Spring 2011: snapped it up when I saw it in the nursery. I love berries so couldn't resist. I beleive that this variety doesn't need frostto bear good fruit... we will just have to wait and see!

This variety (ribes uva-crispa) is thornless which also attracted me-between the various raspberries I usually come away from gardening with holes in something - either myself or my clothes!

Summer 2011: It has taken a while to settle in to the garden. I think more due to the wet and cold than anything else. It is starting to get some new growth now that the weather is warming up. Have notices those nasty leaf curling caterpillars in the new growth. GRRR!

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

The leaf curling caterpillars get into the new growth.

Cape Gooseberry

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Volunteer from under compost bin. This plant is attacked by three striped beetle every year, but bounces back and fruits well for long periods of the year despite this. The fruit is really nice, slightly tart. African yam (heart shaped leaves) is also a volunteer from the compost. This yam tastes nice grated and washed in lemon juice water, but oozes slime when cut, like a lamprey.

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling) ^10/10

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Tasty little fruit & very easy to grow

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol, dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Star Gooseberry ^7/10

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Update 09-Dec-2011: This tree really seems to love the current weather. Plenty of new growth. New pic attached.

Wasnt aware that these trees were deciduous. It lost all its leaves over winter and was completely bare. Its growing new shoots now.

We also call the fruit 'amla'.

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Gooseberry - Captivator ^6/10

Planted: 2011

Water Given in: Spring

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry ^8/10

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Again I was looking for ground cover - this plant is very pretty.

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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I have been looking for this plant for a while. Daleysfruit don' have them. Is there a chance I could get some seeds please? dgstock@iinet.net.au

Thank you, I found Orams nursery and bought some seedlings from them, hope they grow well in my garden :-)

Cape Gooseberry

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Curious to grow this fruit and see what it tastes like.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Will net from birds when fruiting.

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry

Comments

Any chance I could get some seeds or cutting? I cannot find this plant anywhere :-( dgstock@iinet.net.au

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry - Cutting Grown

Cape Gooseberry ^8/10

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These used to grow wild on the island where I grew up, but for the life of me I can't keep them alive...either from seed or young plants. Really must look into what is going wrong.

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry (Grafted) ^5/10

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Really looking forward to trying the fruit from this one. Growing well and I've already taken cuttings that have struck so I can have MORE lol. Watched the Daleys video on these and the flowers are very attractive.

The asparagus are growing up all around the plant which is cutting out some sunlight.

Height 1 metres

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

No problems as yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

How long before it fruits?

Cape Gooseberry

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An unusual tasting fruit in a cute package. I tried one on the plant in Bunnings and thought it might be interesting for the kids.

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling) ^8/10

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I find this plant likes it's manure and good watering. Too much water may make the fruit less tasty though.

Incredible root system that spreads wide and far!  Red spider mites love them - so hose under the leaves with a good jet of water - and grow in different spots around the garden each time....

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Doin it old school !

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling) ^3/10

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planted seeds only one plant left after the chooks got to the garden

Height 5 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Gooseberry - English

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Growing well. Looking forward to fruit.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Gooseberry - Roaring Lion

Cape Gooseberry

Star Gooseberry

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry ^5/10

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Has been nibbled heavily by possum, but still hanging on.

Planted: 2010

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Pollination: No

Cape Gooseberry

Comments: - Grows wild, mostly in cleared areas. A better weed than most, soft wooded, no thorns, edible fruit. I have to harvest them as soon as the crop starts before fruit fly get into them.

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Cape Gooseberry ^7/10

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One of my favourite fruits as a kid, it would grow wild in the park near us. I have several plants- one had two fruit but were eaten by the possum before I could enjoy them. The others seem to suffer die back on the tips somehow...

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry (Grafted) ^7/10

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Only planted Oct 2009 and seems to be very slow growing though looks very healthy.  Looking forward to trying this fruit.

No fruit yet.

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, blood

Pest Control:

None at this point.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

How long does this take to produce - does anyone know?

Cape Gooseberry (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - My favourite childhood memory involves sitting in front of my great grandmother's cape gooseberry, eating the delicious yellow fruits. I wanted to grow one of these to recapture the taste of my youth!

Fruiting Months July and August

Planted: 2010

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None!

Organic Status:Organic

Cape Gooseberry

Cape Gooseberry ^10/10

Comments: -  Cape Gooseberries are so easy to grow. You just bury one of the fruits (you can probably grow them from cuttings too but I've never bothered) and water occasionally.  The require no maintenance at all, although you may need to cut the plants back because they grow so vigorously and you will get new plants self seeding from fallen fruit every year. The fruit are very attractive and fun to pick as the fruit grow individually inside paper lantern-like cases. When fresh the fruit resemble a cherry tomato and are very juicy with a sharp/sweet flavour, reminiscent of apricots. The fruit can also be left to dry on the bush (although many will fall when ripened before drying out). When dry the fruits a wrinkled and somewhat leathery with a much sweeter flavour. Kids love to pick and eat these.    

Planted: 2010

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 6 Months From Seed

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:  

Question:  I've been told that it can be harmful to eat unripe Cape Goosberry fruits. Do you know if this is true? 

Gooseberry (Cutting)

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Variety unknown, transplanted twice, fruited more last season - not enough for a pie though - mayby this season.

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2008

Height 50 Centimetres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Fowl/Cow manure

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Grasshoppers - let favorite chook in.

Organic Status:Organic

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling)

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Did have, Frost got to it before fruit was mature.  Organic matter applied to bed before/after planting.

Planted: 2009

Qty: 1

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic