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19 Dec 21, Brigitte (New Zealand - temperate climate)

I have a Cape Goose Berry in a very large pot. Plant growing well but some leaves have white spots on them, it is not powdery mildew. Randomly spaced over leaf, underside of spot under leaf is yellow, it looks slightly like it has been eaten but no holes and for life of me cannot find an insect/bug.

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07 Jan 22, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Try looking at night time.

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07 Feb 22, Vivian Robert Cutler (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)

same here....white spot on leaves

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16 Sep 21, Kay (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Hi Libby: I moved to Katoomba about 33 years ago and also had a lovely bed of these gooseberries. They were doing really well out back although I often wonder if it was sunnier back then. Lost them with landscaping etc and am going to try again. Good Luck! Kay

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03 Sep 21, TT (USA - Zone 7a climate)

Where do i find a plant or seeds to start?

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07 Sep 21, (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Internet seed selling companies.

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25 Aug 21, Patricia ARNETT (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

My plants came back this spring, i was not sure what they were, so i snapped a photo to plantsnap and they said it was Japanese knorweed and to get rid of it as it was very aggresive. So I did that. I missed one plant and it is now producing the berries. How could they be so wrong? We thought they wee a type of qum quat.

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23 May 21, Adela (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

Hi, i live in Ontario. I got a golden berry in the husk from the market. i saved the seeds as folows: open the fruit, squeeze all flesh and fruit in a strainer. Wash it well, the flesh will separate. Pick it up and wash the seeds some more. Then you can put them on a paper towel to dry, they will stick to that but you can plant them with the paper, no problem. Or put them on a plate, let them dry well adn the bag them or plant them. I planted about half the seeds. Cover lightly with soil and i set them under growing lights, covered. I started them in January, they took about 3 weeks to emerge, uncovered and let them grow under lights. Potted them up. They say do not fetilize, but the leaves came yellow with green stripes, so i fed them fish emulsion diluted. They grew beautiful. Fed them about 3 times only. Never since. It is end of May and couple of them have a handfull of flowers. I experimented with pinching the top. Online they say do not pinch, let them grow 9 to 12 nodes and they will split naturally. true. The ones not pinched split and the first flowers grows right there. The pinched ones do not have any flowers yet, they are bushier though. I will plant them out in sandy soil in a week. I will save seeds this year and can send to anyone in Canada wanting to try. They are annuals in zone 5 so you need to start them every year. Very easy to grow, and if they make 150 to 300 fruits per plant it is well worth it. In the husk they store up to 3 months at room temperature. I can let you know how long will take from seed to fruit. Have fun !!!

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02 Jul 22, Marco (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

Hi I’m in Montreal Please how long does it take to produce your golden berry? Thx

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25 Aug 22, MAISHA DEWKINANDAN (Canada - Zone 5b Temperate Warm Summer climate)

I sowed seeds under light Apr 6, 2022 and May 8th transplanted outdoors, in pots and the planter. About the 1st week in July, started flowering and as of Aug 24th, started to harvest! I started from goldenberry from Columbia and will start seeds about two weeks earlier next year.

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