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About the Author TyalgumPhil Woodend, Vic 21st June 2008 9:48pm #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Julie Roleystone 23rd June 2008 7:48pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author TyalgumPhil Woodend, Vic 24th June 2008 5:51pm #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kath says... Cape Goosberries grow wild, or do I mean go wild in frost free places. I have them on my property, lots of them, in amongst the lantana and crofton weed. Birds, bats, lizards apparently, and I eat them until the fruit fly get into them. As far as weeds go they are not to bad, easy to break, pull, cut and kill if you want to, they are not big, they don't climb and they have tasty fruits. | About the Author Kath Cawongla 24th June 2008 6:03pm #UserID: 2 Posts: 363 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author Val3 Perth 1st October 2008 7:27pm #UserID: 652 Posts: 5 View All Val3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Megan says... I have never grown a plant successfully in my 29years of life, but I took the plunge and purchased 2 Cape Gooseberry plants a few months ago... 1 has already died, and the other has now got something eating the leaves :( Under the leaves there are these very slimey, unformed black things that are sitting on them. They look like blobs of some sort of insect. Slugs or larvae maybe? Anyone else had this problem? Or do any of you have any ideas of how to get rid of them without killing my remaining plant? Thanks! :) | About the Author Megan3 Sydney 27th October 2008 8:16pm #UserID: 1573 Posts: 2 View All Megan3's Edible Fruit Trees |
Dekka says... Megan, the slimy black things are the larvae of a striped potato beetle. My two Cape Gooseberry plants are just self-sown from the plant I had last year (that was ultimately consumed by the potato bugs) are currently infested. I have decided that the bugs are keener than I am about Cape Gooseberries so I just take what fruit I can get before the plants are consumed. | About the Author Dekka Newcastle 27th October 2008 8:55pm #UserID: 102 Posts: 219 View All Dekka's Edible Fruit Trees |
Scott G says... I too have the bugs on my odd plant that is self sown. The larvae carry a pile of their excrement on their backs. If you brush against them you get it all over you. I just didn't like the cape gooseberries enough either to do anything about them. The few plants that sprouted and grew this spring are now just stumps. I would think white oil would be a good thing to try to get rid of them (before moving on to more poisonous stuff). | About the Author Scott G The Gold Coast 28th October 2008 5:41pm #UserID: 44 Posts: 117 View All Scott G's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author Megan3 Sydney 4th November 2008 5:30pm #UserID: 1573 Posts: 2 View All Megan3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Karina Sydney 7th November 2008 1:16pm #UserID: 254 Posts: 7 View All Karina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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