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a problem - help. Can you successfully grow gooseberries in a large pot? I had probably two handfulls off mine last year but wondered whether this would continue as it was still in a pot? I always, always get so excited that I eat the Goosgogs

i'm new to growing fruit bushes and would like some advice on how to build a support for them. I've got canes and string, just lack the knowhow. Whaty sort of fruit bushes? 1 Gooseberry, 1 blackcurrant and 1 raspberry ( planted others but they didn

is the right way. thank you for any help... I grow gooseberries as standards with an open framework to increase air flow but it also enables me to pick from underneath and reduce damaging my hands. I use prunings to protect bare soil from cats. I usually puree

I would like to grow gooseberries but don't have the room to grow them in the ground. Do they grow well in pots and if so what is the best variety? hi monty i would really like a good self pollinating apple and a cherry as well as your plum

I've red, white and black currant bushes  along with a gooseberry bush, planted a couple of years ago, in the garden. The problem is, now they've had a couple of years to establish I've realised they are planted in an area which is too small to grow

in growing bagsHarvest early potatoes, carrots and salad cropsPrune the sideshoots of gooseberry bushes back to just five leavesCut out congested raspberry canes at soil level, or those popping up in pathsFeed all crops with a liquid fertiliserSow seeds

Shorten sideshoots growing from the framework of espalier, fan and cordon-trained fruit trees back to about five leaves from their basePick fresh herbs for dryingPick gooseberries, currants, strawberries and other fruits as they ripenSupport heavily

Hi, I'm digging up a large portion of my lawn to make a veg patch and herb garden.  I'm also planning to grow some fruit (pears, gooseberries and a grapevine).  Part of the lawn had fairy rings and the soil beneath the turf is very dry and full

Cover rhubarb with an old bucket to exclude light and encourage early pickings of long tender stalksPrune gooseberry bushes to open up the centre of the bush to improve air circulationChit seed potatoes in trays in a bright, frost-free position

handful of fruit and berry feed and all is working so far. Not sure of the variety though. I'd like to grow gooseberries but don't have enough room to plant them in the ground. Do they grow well in pots and if so what variety is best? I have bought some