Growing Cape Gooseberry, also Golden Berry, Inca Berry

Physalis peruviana : Solanaceae / the nightshade family

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
		S
				T
				P

(Best months for growing Cape Gooseberry in USA - Zone 5a regions)

S = Plant undercover in seed trays
T = Plant out (transplant) seedlings
P = Sow seed

Easy to grow. Sow in garden. Sow seed at a depth approximately three times the diameter of the seed. Best planted at soil temperatures between 50°F and 77°F. (Show °C/cm)
Space plants: 39 - 59 inches apart
Harvest in 14-16 weeks.
Compatible with (can grow beside): Will happily grow in a flower border but tends to sprawl over other plants.

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28 May 18, Kingy (Australia - temperate climate): My berries won’t ripen either! I will try the potassium... Thank you! Would love anymore tips too! :)
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26 Aug 18, Robert (Australia - temperate climate): How did you go with the liquid potassium? . I also have many berries thaf are not rippening.
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17 May 16, Lyn Teaf (Australia - temperate climate): I have some gooseberry fruit and would like to know if I have to dry them out so the seeds are dry or can I plant the whole fruit. I live in Perth.
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29 May 16, Alison (Australia - temperate climate): I live in Perth (hills) and have just potted on a few dozen small plants that I grew in a large foam container from seed. I had a mixture of dried seeds and seeds still inside the soft fruit (I wanted to see which would work best). All the seeds have germinated I literally have a few hundred seedlings. I am now in the process of seeing which growing conditions are going to work best up here. I think I will plant the seeds directly into the ground next time.
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28 Apr 16, Mitch Orchard (Australia - sub-tropical climate): We have successfully grown a number of Cape Gooseberry plants in our school garden (located at Bundarra - NW NSW). We are currently harvesting the fruit and the yield is fantastic.
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29 Mar 16, Paula Kreger (USA - Zone 3a climate): Can I grow the Cape Gooseberries in my zone?---zone 3.
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28 Mar 16, Richard de Losada (USA - Zone 5a climate): I have a question if these can grow in an exotic greenhouse !!! please send me any info that you might have !!! Thanks for your time..
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26 Mar 16, Jeanne (USA - Zone 4b climate): Could the golden berry be planted in containers?
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24 Mar 16, Sandi Inch (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): would I be able to grow gooseberries on my window sill as I live in a flat. I have planted seeds and have a plant come up which is 3 - 4 cm in height....... will it survive?
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08 Mar 16, roger baddeley (Australia - temperate climate): I live in Perth and want to find out where I can buy Cape Gooseberries.
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Great, Jamie am I able to have some please?! If so where from in Petrie? I remember eating these on my grandparents farm in WA.

- Melody

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