gooseberry bush

christine goodridge

my gooseberry bush has branches that have gone white and collapsed . it seems to happen just about every year . What is wrong?

Dovefromabove

Sounds like gooseberry mildew http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=739 

christine goodridge

cant see any mildew and the leaves are half eaten .There are no visible signs of parasites except for tiny circles on some leaves

BobTheGardener

Mixture of gooseberry sawfly and pigeons jumping on them eating the fruit?  Can you take a photo?

christine goodridge

Having trouble uploading a photo.The plant is drooping and no gooseberries have grown on the plant

christine goodridge

THANK YOU I WILL TRY THAT