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Title: gooseberry bush
Post by: Allotment18 on January 17, 2011, 06:38:25


I ordered a gooseberry bush yesterday, any tips on planting??
Title: Re: gooseberry bush
Post by: manicscousers on January 17, 2011, 09:08:38
we planted 2 before the frost, plenty of compost in the hole, buried a little deeper than it was before and will be giving them a bit of blood, fish and bone next month  :)
Title: Re: gooseberry bush
Post by: Allotment18 on January 17, 2011, 20:16:52
Thanks,  cant wait to give it a try
Title: Re: gooseberry bush
Post by: sunloving on January 18, 2011, 16:57:10
A lot of my fruit last year split in the drought then deluge so my tip would be to put plenty of compost/manure organic matter in the soil so that they are quite buffered from extreems of water availibility.

So yummy straight from the bush , ive got pax which are better than grapes! what variety did you get?
x sunloving
Title: Re: gooseberry bush
Post by: Tonythegardener on January 18, 2011, 17:04:27
I have just planted Xania red gooseberry.  A heavy cropper.  I dug a hole and put some well rotted compost in together with inoculated charcoal and mychorrhizal fungi.   
Title: Re: gooseberry bush
Post by: Allotment18 on January 22, 2011, 23:38:19
 ive ordered an Invicta - hoping I can do ok with it going to plant a  couple of rhubarb crowns as well (March i think I need to plant them out?)
Title: Re: gooseberry bush
Post by: goodlife on January 23, 2011, 14:50:54
You can put your rhubarb crowns in now..that's if your soil is not frozen..the earlier they can start their growth the better ;)
Title: Re: gooseberry bush
Post by: Tee Gee on January 23, 2011, 16:59:43
QuoteI ordered a gooseberry bush yesterday, any tips on planting??

This link might help;

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Gooseberry/Gooseberry.htm (http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Gooseberry/Gooseberry.htm)