Growing Cape Gooseberry, also Golden Berry, Inca Berry

Physalis peruviana : Solanaceae / the nightshade family

Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug
S	S	S	S
T	T	T	T	T	T
P	P	P	P	P	P

(Best months for growing Cape Gooseberry in Australia - tropical 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 10°C and 25°C. (Show °F/in)
Space plants: 100 - 150 cm 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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13 Mar 18, Jenny (Australia - temperate climate): If you have any cape gooseberry seeds left. Or you can tell me where I could get some. Would like to try growing some.
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23 Oct 16, Amber (Australia - temperate climate): I bought a seedling at Bunnings today for just $6 for a 20cm or so plant.
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30 Aug 16, Maria (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I have just order Cape Gooseberries seeds from Australia Gardener-Beataricals packet of 30 seeds for $3.50
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22 Aug 16, Mary-Ann (Australia - sub-tropical climate): green harvest Maleny has them ! have you tried their very tasty close relation Cossack pineapple also at green harvest - we are Dayboro so climate similar
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27 Aug 16, Leah (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Bunnings have the seeds!
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29 Sep 16, Sue (Australia - sub-tropical climate): Yes, I just bought seeds from Bunnings. Could not believe my eyes! Whoever would have thought that Cape Gooseberry seeds would be sold in the shops!
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19 Jul 16, Rodney (Australia - temperate climate): Do I have to prune them at all
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20 Jul 16, Chris (Australia - sub-tropical climate): I prune mine as it can get very large and leggy. Prune the top by 1/3 if it is tall, and the side shoots to keep it from spreading.I pick the fruit as it ripens and either freeze or partially cook, then adding more as they ripens till I get enough to make jam or chutney.
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29 Jun 16, Maeve Murphy (Australia - temperate climate): I am in Dublin, Ireland. I have the golden berry plants in a greenhouse. Do they need to be sprayed against any pests?.
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03 Jul 16, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate): Hi Maeve, they're pretty hardy, but might get some of the same pests as tomatoes (white fly, etc). I don't think you need to spray them until you see a problem.
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I grew sunberries a few years ago. Quite prolific. Birds ate a lot, and a lot self seeded and troubled me as weeds for several years... I am a bad weeder! They are no match for a real wild blueberry as I'd hoped. I grew tomatillos, and ground cherries in different years. Could not eat the tomatillos fast enough, and we had other garden items that tasted better! But the ground cherries didn't produce much and we liked them. Go figure. I know they grow around here, northern Nova Scotia. I am going to try cape gooseberries.. looks like a strong and productive plant. Thanks to all for info posted here.

- Monica

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