Growing Cape Gooseberry, also Golden Berry, Inca Berry

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22 Dec 13 vera (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
We are living at the Mid North Coast and and this plant popps up at several spots in the garden, I completly neglect them, dont even water them. Plenty of fruit which my toddler demolishes daily. But we sometimes get an infestation of a yellow stripey beetle who mates on the leaves and severly damages some of the plants, any idea what that could be and how to treat it? cheers
26 Jun 14 Jill (Australia - temperate climate)
I think the yellow beetle is also known as the elm leaf beetle. I have a lot of plants and I get a plague of them in summer. I usually try and manually remove them because even though they are unsightly they actually prefer the leaves to the fruit so you can at least still get a crop. For this reason I don't spray them as they are a seasonal pest and aren't around in the cooler months. The plant does fine in cold weather even with frost and usually gives me a smaller winter crop although they take longer to ripen.
23 Apr 14 Elissa (Australia - temperate climate)
I got the stripy beetles too. Pyrethrum seems to get rid of them.
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