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Anyone grow or know anything about Physilis ( Cape Gooseberry)

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  • #16
    Well looks like they are on target, they are late fruiting, which is nice

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    • #17
      Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
      This is my first year without one I had the same plant growing in the GH for at least 5 years - in about 4" of soil! Tough old things!! Grew it from a supermarket berry. If a berry fell off and I missed it, a group of babies would appear the next year. I'd pick mine when the husk was papery, sometimes just a skeletal shell. the deeper orange the fruit the better, but leave them too long and they split. I've picked them right through the winter, not a lot but a taste is sometimes all you need
      Mine are growing well!! 4 plants taking up the back of the greenhouse and all over 5ft. Do you want some seeds back VC??

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      • #18
        Hi Scarlet. Glad they're growing for you I still have some seeds left, thanks. If not I know someone who does

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        • #19
          Will these die off in winter if outside? or do they go to ground over winter and come back each spring? We don't have a poly tunnel or gh.
          Ali

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          • #20
            In the GH they don't die back completely, the stems stay viable and new stems and leaves grow from them, although new shoots also come from the base. So I don't actually know what would happen if they were outside, sorry!!

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            • #21
              we grew some about 5/6 years ago,in the g/house,but i was the only one to eat them ,our daughter,who raved about them ,had moved out before they were ready,but i didnt know that they could survive a winter in there,might try again in new g/house..thanks for the info..

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