Gooseberry fruits turning brown, but I don't think mildew

jon 183

Hello,

On my Gooseberry bush the fruit were coming along nicely until this morning when I noticed some are turning brown as if they are going old.  They get a bit wrinkly rather than nice and plump.  I don't think it's like the mildew pictures I've been looking at, just seems to be they're rotting, but further on the same branch they look fine.  

See attached pictures, any idea whats going on?

Thanks for any help,
Jon

bertrand-mabel

Are they droughted?

Ours are still small and not as plump as yours. They are in a shade area and so don't have the constant lovely sunshine on them this year.

jon 183

Hello, thanks for the suggestion!

I don't think so, I've been rather fastidious about watering through this recent amazing weather, and plenty of the other fruit on the bush are looking ok, it's really just about 5% perhaps with the issue, but I'm looking to head off a potential problem before losing the lot

mrtjforman

I don't think it's too much to worry about, maybe they got attacked by some insects, just pluck them off, the plant looks good

probably the most important lesson I've learnt so far is to plant in excess - that way any problems will be anticipated for as there are spares to cover the loss. And good soil, one of the hardest things to achieve for successful gardening

daveXoxGsYlq

Jon did you find out the cause of this? My gooseberries are the same this year.

jon 183

Hi Dave,

No not an answer as such, I just plucked all that looked sketchy off and still had a good bumper crop so was happy!

Jon