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Gooseberry Hinnonmäki Röd
Gooseberry Hinnonmäki Röd

Gooseberry Hinnonmäki Röd

SKU: PL30007085
2 + 1 FREE 3 litre pots
£43.98 £59.97
In stock (despatch in 3-5 working days)
3 litre pot
£21.99
In stock (despatch in 3-5 working days)
bare root plant
£12.99
In stock (despatch in 3-5 working days)
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants
£25.98 £32.97
In stock (despatch in 3-5 working days)
9cm pot
£6.99
Available to order from late spring
7 litre pot | ¼ standard
£89.99
Available to order from late spring
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Standard £5.99

Overview

A disease resistant gooseberry bush with ruby-red fruit for jam. This superb, traditional variety is easy to grow, has a good resistance to disease, and produces a heavy crop of fruit. The ruby-red, medium-sized gooseberries are sweet when ripe (usually mid-July), with a tangy outer skin. They are ideal for bottling and preserves, and if left to ripen fully, they can be used for desserts too.

Specifications

  • Position: full sun, but some shading needed in very hot weather
  • Soil: any well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

Eventual height & spread

Eventual height and spread

Care guide

Prepare the ground well before planting. Remove all weeds and dig in plenty of well-rotted manure into the area. Space at 1.5m intervals and once planted, apply a mulch of well-rotted manure every spring, as well as a nitrogen and potassium fertiliser. Make sure the plant is watered in dry weather and net the bushes to protect the fruit from birds. Gooseberries are often grown as open-centred bushes with a good branching structure on a short stem and fruit on one year old wood. Prune in late winter/early spring. In the first year, prune all the shoots by 50-75% in winter. Tip prune any previously pruned shrubs to encourage the formation of side shoots. In their second winter, choose 8 to 10 of these new stems to form the main framework and shorten them by up to 25%. Remove any remaining shoots that are growing into the centre of the bush or are crossing/rubbing against other branches. Finally cut back all the remaining shoots to within four buds from the main stems. In subsequent years, the plant can be pruned in two ways. Establishing fruiting spurs will produce a small crop of larger fruits, while removing whole branches right back to their base will produce a bigger crop of smaller fruit. To form fruiting spurs, cut back all the shoots that have formed in the previous year to a bud approximately 8cm from the point where it joins the main stem. New branch leaders should also be cut back to within a few buds of the older wood. Alternatively, completely remove old, weak or crossing branches to open up the centre of the bush and then cut back any growth that is coming from below 10cm above ground level.

How your order will arrive

Pots and Packaging
Bare root plants are either wrapped in plastic bags or waxed paper where possible and then placed into a cardboard box.

Preparation
The nursery will ensure the plant is moist while it's waiting to be picked up. Our quality control team waters the plant before packing them where necessary to make sure that the plant is suitably watered for transport. Plants with long delicate stems are secured with canes to prevent damage.

Plant on Arrival
Typically plants are delivered ready to plant and will take some time to settle, grow and look more like the product image above.

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