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Problems with gooseberries

suzannejms34FNVGJUVtsuzannejms34FNVGJUVt Posts: 4
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My gooseberries were looking great but not quite ready to pick after a blisteringly hot week we had torrential rain and thunder storms for a couple of days by the time (about 3 days) I went to harvest them they had all gone brown even the red ones had turned brown I would be grateful for any ideas 

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 10,895
    It sounds like gooseberry mildew
    Some info from the RHS here-
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/disease/gooseberry-mildew

    Billericay - Essex

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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Thank you for the link Pete.8. I didn't know that it could affect blackcurrants too but I do now.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • suzannejms34FNVGJUVtsuzannejms34FNVGJUVt Posts: 4
    fortunately I have harvested the Blackcurrants! I will keep an eye on the plants though
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,519
    Sorry to say that we harvested our gooseberries in total last week and had a great collection. Thankfully before the sawfly attacked.
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