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22 Jul 19, Anna Read (Australia - temperate climate)

I have successfully planted a cape gooseberry in my front garden. So far; so good. My questions are - should it be pruned back? Does it need a frame to climb on?

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23 Jul 19, (Australia - tropical climate)

If falling over, provide a frame. Prune one side and see how it goes.

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30 Mar 19, Brad (Australia - temperate climate)

Keep an eye out for the 3 lined potato beetle if you are growing cape gooseberry as they can breed up quickly and ruin the leaves and fruit lanterns. See here for pictures to help identify the beetle, larvae and eggs: http://tomatoenvy.com/2015/06/09/wanted-dead-three-lined-potato-beetle/ My own approach is to keep an eye out for the beetles or chewed up leaves and squashing the beetle / larvae as I find them, and also checking the underside of the leaves for clusters of orange eggs which can be easily removed with a fingertip. More often than not I will find a pair of beetles together on the same plant and have found they are especially active in Nov-Dec but I have found stragglers as late as March even.

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24 Mar 19, Kelly (Australia - temperate climate)

Trying to grow cape gooseberry from seed, in pots, in Perth. Plants are small and struggling, some have dropped all leaves. Any thoughts? How much light and water would they need?

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14 Jan 19, Renee Chettle (Australia - tropical climate)

Available at Daley’s nursery, does online orders

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10 Dec 18, |Lily (Australia - temperate climate)

just wondering if the plants need to be pruned or just let them spread out Thanks

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13 Dec 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Maybe stake and support them and a light shaping of the bush.

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01 Nov 18, Nellie (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Each morning I check for small yellow and black striped beetles and then squash them between gloved fingers. This year I did this and have been able to harvest a crop for jam making.

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24 Oct 18, robert brown (Australia - temperate climate)

Boiled Rhubarb leaves are a good insecticide and for the ground invasion use coffee grounds the left over from coffeemakers

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24 Oct 18, Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)

Rhubarb leaves are poisonous to humans too, so don't spray onto something you are going to eat.

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