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24 May 13, JOSEPH (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Yes you are quiet correct I planted a Cape gooseberry for a friend who is a diabetic and she loves eating them straight from the bush. The Cape Gooseberry is queit hardy but does love a fair amount of water to give you a really good crop. As to the people commenting about their fruit dropping prior to maturity, my personal belief is the lack of consistent or regular watering. Hope you all have success

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14 Apr 12, Ian (Australia - temperate climate)

Where can I buy Cape Gooseberry seeds for planting?

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11 May 12, Georg (Australia - temperate climate)

All my goose berries are being eaten inside the mantel and fall off before they are anywhere near ripe. What spray can I use to overcome this pest? We have not been able to harvest one, even though the bush produced abundant fruit! Thanks for your help! Georg.

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26 May 12, Nikos Nianiop (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi,i wanted to ask you how many years the plant lives? how many gram per plant is produced? What about distances between plants? What about cold winter under -10 celcious . I can grow it at 2 different palces . At Ionanina city we have a lot of rains at the spirng low temperanture at the winter but not to much hot at the summer. Opposite at the town of Karditsa we have less rains , mpre hot days at the summer and not to much at the winter. Also Karditsa is nearer to the see level comparing to Ioannina at 490 m high. Sorry for my bad Enghlish. I hope you can helpnig and if you can to suggest me a good suplier of seeds

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27 Jul 12, adam (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Yassou Nikos. You treat the Cape Gooseberry the same as Tomato. Same conditions, same soil, same same. Hope this helps.

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02 Jul 12, Hilton (Australia - temperate climate)

SATOOZ has Cape Gooseberry seeds available, too - they're on the web .Got Cape Goosberry going well in Melbourne

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30 Aug 12, june rissman (Australia - temperate climate)

Could you give me any idea where I can buy gooseberry plants or seeds. Thankyou.

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31 Aug 12, Kate (Australia - arid climate)

I got mine, as well as some Tomatillo seeds, from australianseed . com

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02 Sep 12, Fiona (Australia - temperate climate)

Diggers club have Cape Goosberry seeds - bought some on the weekend haven't planted them yet so hopefully they are not too hard to germinate.

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08 Jul 19, Kenneth Cross (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Can anyone advise on the prevention of damage to the fruit by a fruit borer (tomato borer i think)?

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