GOLDEN BERRY CAPE GOOSEBERRY SEEDS
€2,95
Cape Gooseberry is a nightshade plant native to Brazil that is actually closer to a tomato than a berry. Its delicious yellow-orange fruit, wrapped inside a peculiar paper - or lantern-like cape, can be considered a sweet version of the cherry tomato, with a sour note that reminds one of a cranberry. Its complex flavour was enough to capture the interest of an English pastry chef in 18th century England, who grew the plant after it was imported from the New World. Cape Gooseberry plants are very easy to grow in pots and require so little maintenance that they will easily re-seed in sunny, frost-free spots in your container garden!
SOWING
Indoor Feb-Mar
Outdoor Apr-May
TIMING
Germination 7-15 days
Harvesting 90-120 days
SPACING
When sowing 3-5 cm; Depth 0,5 cm
When transplanting 30-40 cm
GROWING
Sunligth Full sun.
Soil Well-drained, moist and fertile soil.
Watering Regular, abundant watering.
Feeding No fertilizer or compost addition is necessary.
CARING
Expert tip The Cape Gooseberry seems to thrive on neglect; even light fertilizer will depress flowering. Grow it in a frost-free spot and provide plenty of water, except when the fruits are ripening.
SUPPORTING
Pollinators
Pollination is enhanced by a gentle shaking of the flowering stems.
Pests
It is said it distracts caterpillars from other cultivation.