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25 Apr 15, Ruth J (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi, awesome website, thanks! I'm trying to plant more perennial vegetables. I didn't know much about Cape Gooseberries but planted them for the first time from seed last Spring. They grew very well, no pests and only a few yellow leaves. Problem was, even though I waited until the berries fell to harvest them, about 90% of them were large enough but green and stayed that way, for weeks. Conditions were good, I had watered less - every second day as the temperatures cooled. Thanks.

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24 Apr 15, hilary mcglew (Australia - temperate climate)

I would like to know what I am doing wrong. fruit appears but falls when only small before maturing?

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04 Apr 15, Auriga (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Rosemary. Golden Berry (Cape Gooseberry) can ben pruned hard. I have just recently pruned all the older branches off the plants. The young green shoots at the base have grown and flowered. I prune any branches that grow out (horizontal) as once they get bigger they get heavy with fruit and leaves they are the first to break. I do not spray Golden Berries as I have only ever found one pest that attacks them (Tobacco Slug Beetle) and I control these by picking off the beetles and any leaves with slugs. With the weather staring to cool off I haven't seen any pests over the last few weeks and wouldn't expect any before spring. Enjoy your Goden Berries!

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11 Apr 15, Rosemary (Australia - temperate climate)

Much appreciated look forward to reaping the rewards

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02 Apr 15, Rosemary (Australia - temperate climate)

I have a nice looking gooseberry, planted a couple of months back. Should I prune the very low branches they lay on the ground. Do I spray plants to stop bugs now or wait until bugs appear

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26 Mar 15, seanne (Australia - arid climate)

My Cape gooseberrys were doing the same. As I'm trying to make a small yard edible Forrest I planted them under a pear with more potting mix and cow manure. Now they are lush green & growing fast. Mine however get a small water every day through summer in the morning and now our seasons changing every 2nd day.

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07 Mar 15, Pat (Australia - temperate climate)

All my cape gooseberrys grew really well and then the top leaves all started to fall off and now most of them are just sticks with new growth coming from the base. They have had the same care all along. Do you know why this may be? They are planted in all different areas of the garden.

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27 Dec 14, John (Australia - temperate climate)

HELP The leaves on my Cape Gooseberry bush are turning yellow. Any suggestions why and any cure?

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30 Sep 14, GeeWhizz (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I found my 10cm tall plant growing in a car park last year in Raymond Terrace NSW while I was on holidays. Recognition of the plant came from my childhood (I am 60). The berries were a flaver-memory. I tenderly removed it as I just knew it was not going to survive where it was growing in a cement crack. I bought it home to SE Queensland and planted it in a pot where it still grows at over a metre high and a metre wide. I just love to eat the berries off the bush as I go about my garden. Moral; be aware of your surroundings and be prepared for what ever you might find. Happy Gardening and bless the rain every chance you get.

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22 Sep 14, (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in Southern Highlands of NSW and am wondering what growing conditions the gooseberry likes .

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