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07 May 19, Al (Australia - tropical climate)

Hi Ken, Do you still have some cape gooseberry seed still available. I am on the coast 40km away and would like to try growing them. This in advance, Al

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23 Feb 11, Shayne (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi can anyone tell me if I can buy these seeds from any shops in the Brisbane - preferably south Brisbane? Thanks Shayne

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24 Feb 11, Ken (Australia - tropical climate)

Hi Shayne, Do a search for Eden Seeds, Their at Lower Beechmont Cheers

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06 Jun 11, Selwyn (Sel.) Hodgson (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Are goosberries best grown with a "stake" support or is there a special "trellis" to keep them up off the ground? They are very straggely and fruit gets missed in the undergrowth. HELP! Regards Sel. Hodgson

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07 Jun 11, (Australia - arid climate)

I've never staked them, but I suppose tying up the stems might help like staking tomatoes to keep the fruit off the ground. You could try putting wire mesh around the plants so the stems grow through the mesh for support.

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10 Jul 11, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I have just bought a gooseberry bush from Bunnings, Tweed, Burleigh and Nerang all have them at only $10 so Im sure Brisbane Bunnings will stock them.

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09 Aug 11, Bel (Australia - temperate climate)

Cape Gooseberry is an entirely different species to the Gooseberry bush you bought at bunnings. Cape Gooseberries taste like tiny cherry tomatoes and are from the tomatillo family, where as gooseberries are from similar hedgerow families to blackberries. The bush you bought will produce very sweet, tart berries, but the cape gooseberry is quite different- and nice! Grab some cape gooseberry seeds from ebay, sprinkle a packet over your garden & go nuts!

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27 Oct 11, Bill (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Quite right - it just shows the importance of scientific species names rather than only relying in unspecific English names. The European gooseberry is Ribes uva-ursi and closely related to black currants (Ribes nigra). However it seems to be difficult to differentiate these two totally different plants even at the nursery that produces them, as the Physalis peruvianas sold at Bunnings some time ago had the correct information about the plant, but a picture of R. uva-ursi...

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15 Aug 11, Renate (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Can you grow gooseberrys from cuttings

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14 Nov 11, Ken (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Yes you can..Ref> Google search Cape gooseberry from cutting

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