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Hello guys, I'm back here again regarding my gooseberry bushes.
Last year it was sawfly, this year that has been dealt with fast but now I have the issue of brown/purple spots on the leaves, leaves going brown and crispy at the edges, masses of purple all over some leaves, leaves not developing properly, fruit shrivelling up on my red bush and general defoliation. 2 weeks ago, all my bushes were healthy and lush with lots of fruit growing well. My red bush was covered in fruit, this is the first year its fruited too but now there are only a handful of fruit and some remnants of shrivelled fruit on the branches. My 2 green bushes that are in pots still have lots of fruit, albeit the smaller of the green bushes has much smaller fruit than it did last year. My other green bush is still laden with fruit but it's appearance is a bit dishevelled. We purposely separated the bushes out so that any infestations could be dealt with easier which it was but now this. I don't understand what has happened. Some of the leaves on my red bush have turned yellow and fallen off. It does look like something has ben munching some leaves but there is absolutely no evidence of saw fly anywhere. I am at a loss what is up with my bushes and I'm quite upset at not having a delicious red gooseberry crumble to delve into this year (again)
Does anyone have any idea what on earth is up with my bushes and how to treat it? Thank you.
Last year it was sawfly, this year that has been dealt with fast but now I have the issue of brown/purple spots on the leaves, leaves going brown and crispy at the edges, masses of purple all over some leaves, leaves not developing properly, fruit shrivelling up on my red bush and general defoliation. 2 weeks ago, all my bushes were healthy and lush with lots of fruit growing well. My red bush was covered in fruit, this is the first year its fruited too but now there are only a handful of fruit and some remnants of shrivelled fruit on the branches. My 2 green bushes that are in pots still have lots of fruit, albeit the smaller of the green bushes has much smaller fruit than it did last year. My other green bush is still laden with fruit but it's appearance is a bit dishevelled. We purposely separated the bushes out so that any infestations could be dealt with easier which it was but now this. I don't understand what has happened. Some of the leaves on my red bush have turned yellow and fallen off. It does look like something has ben munching some leaves but there is absolutely no evidence of saw fly anywhere. I am at a loss what is up with my bushes and I'm quite upset at not having a delicious red gooseberry crumble to delve into this year (again)
Does anyone have any idea what on earth is up with my bushes and how to treat it? Thank you.
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