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Gooseberry desease

cmmm1_o6cJ83Ycmmm1_o6cJ83Y Posts: 3
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My gooseberry bushes are very healthy looking and have grown lots of new branches.  However these should be green gooseberries and they have turned black with some sort of fungus I think.  Does anyone know what it is?  Can I ge4t rid of this or do I need to remove the whole bush? Xine

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  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,114
    Check out powdery mildew as a possibility.
  • cmmm1_o6cJ83Ycmmm1_o6cJ83Y Posts: 3
    Thank you
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,678
    It looks like American gooseberry mildew to me, remove all the diseased fruits you can see and any leaves that have a white powder on them.
  • cmmm1_o6cJ83Ycmmm1_o6cJ83Y Posts: 3
    Thank you.  I have now done that and will thin the bushes out in the Autumn
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