My Edible Fruit Trees: Gooseberry Trees

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling) ^8/10

Planted: 2022

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Gooseberry - Captivator

Cape Gooseberry

Barbados Gooseberry - Tsunya

Comments: - The Rose Cactus, Pereskia aculeata, is also known as Barbados Gooseberry, Lemon Vine or Tsunya. Both the juicy yellow fruit and the fleshy leaves are edible. The plant grows well in Melbourne but so far it has never flowered or fruited here.

Planted: 2017

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling) ^4/10

Planted: 2022

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Cape Gooseberry

Gooseberry - Captivator

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: -

Need to fertilize.  It's been a while since it last produced fruit.

Planted: 1997

Height 0.7 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

so far no pests

Organic Status:Organic

Gooseberry - Captivator (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: - Took a long time to fruit. Reasonably good taste. However, hot weather can make the fruit drop before it develops full sweetness.

Planted: 2012

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 30% in

Pollination: No

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry (Cutting) ^6/10

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Cape Gooseberry ^7/10

Comments: - Easy grow and quick to get fruit. Old fashioned fruit; my grandma had them growing next to her outdoor toilet 50 years ago! I grew mine from seed I bought online. Some of the plants produced poor tasting fruits and others had good tasting fruits, so I just left one or two good ones. Self-seeds a lot. Tasty to add a few into a fruit salad. Usually the ones that have fallen off and laid on the ground for a few days are the tastiest.  But all cape gooseberry plants I've sampled have a rather acid taste, so I don't think you can eat a cup full without getting a belly ache. I've grown it in Perth and Sydney. I find the plant to be short-lived, at least in Sydney's clay and humid weather, where it grows a lot of foliage but fruit seldom seem to get adequately ripe. Mine did better in Perth's hot, arid summers and sandy soil where there was less foliage but better fruit - ie a bit of watering and mainly neglect seemed to work well. In Sydney after a year or two it looks sick so I pull it out. Always more self seeds coming up though, so just let a new one grow. Never had one damaged by Med fly or Qld fruitfly.

Fruiting Months January, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2012

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

None. Pests don't seem to bother it.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Gooseberry - Thorny (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - This variety seems not to be available from nurseries, but the fruit is very tasty. Some say it's better than the Captivator variety, so will be keen to compare. Growing from a cutting obtained from a friend. Fruit very sweet when ripe (turns to red colour).

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2014

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 6 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

English Gooseberry

Comments: - Removed. Grew fine but there was nowhere near enough chill to ever get flowers. Probably very few, if any, places in WA that might get fruit from these.Not sure why the nurseries keep selling them here. 

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Growing mainly from self seeding now . Yummy little berry in a cute little cape .everyone loves them and fairly easy to grow , grows from cutting or seed . Prone to same things as most solanaise . 

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry

Comments: -

Pretty small shrub. Almost finished flowering Jan 2017 for first time. Pretty when flowering. Hopefully will soon have fruit!

Yep -  fruited in June, a few over-wintered. Fruit a bit small and taste ho-hum.

Fruiting Months April, May, September

Planted: 2013

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: NPK

Pest Control:

None

Hill Gooseberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa.  Ceylon Hill Cherry, Downy Myrtle or Rose Myrtle.  3m high

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Cape Gooseberry ^10/10

Comments: - Growing in a medium sized pot with premium potting mix. I give it a weekly dose of worm castings and regular watering. It has only been in the pot for a few weeks and it has gone froma straggly stem to a bush! I am very excited to taste the fruit!

Planted: 2018

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Water Given in: Spring

Gooseberry - red

Cape Gooseberry

Comments: -

Love the fruit and share it with the free loading feather/furry residents.  This plant is self seeded and growing in semi shade independantly in the garden. 

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Gooseberry-Cape

Comments: -

Self-seeds all over the place

Really amazing how nature gives them a insect protective covering-interesting to watch it dry out & become net-like with the yellow berry inside

Chooks love them

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Gooseberry - Captivator

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling) ^3/10

Comments: - cucumber beetle attack 2 months after planting 

Pollination: No

Cape Gooseberry (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Purchased as a small plant about 12cm by 12cm tall and wide from bunnings (Nellie Kelly Brand). Within 2 weeks it doubled in size and is flowering. It is currently growing in a 300mm pot (19L). Potting mix is 30% coir peat, 30% compost and 30% potting mix with dynamic lifter and blood and bone mixed in. It is fed with charlie carp organic.

Fruiting Months January, November, December

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, blood and bone, charlie carp organic

Organic Status:Certified

Ceylon Gooseberry

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling)

Comments: -

delicious fruit

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

First Fruited: 6 Months From Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Cape Gooseberry (Seedling)

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Cape Gooseberry (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: -

I have enjoyed watching this shrub grow as this just popped up out of nowhere around November last year [2015], which has turned 3 little plants into one large and very sturdy shrub.

I'm always investigating the little lanterns and pounce the minute I see the yellow/brown coloured lanterns. 

Their flavour is quite unique and I describe it like a cross between a cherry tomato and a berry.. 

My only downfall would be that I can see plenty of green lanterns but only a few ripen at a time, compared to the amount of lanterns on the shrub,  as well as, ants or a caterpillar has beaten me to it.. 

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, December

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic