i was under the impression they stopped growing it
I was snooping this morning. Available $9.50
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if this is true FigBid - Online Auctions of Fig Trees, Fig Cuttings & Growing Supplies - Langley Gage Gooseberry (easy to root), 5 cuttings @SMC_zone6 perhaps would sell some again, id buy
did you talk to them? their post on their site is from 2012
Can these be planted in full sun? In VA it gets very hot and I have different responses from plant in full sun to partial shade
I tried to order it last year and she said she wasn’t selling it anymore, along with a few other ones (early sulfur, leveller, colossal).
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So gooseberries can be planted in full sun with a caveat from my experiences and burning some up in Maryland lovely 7b weather.
If your going to plant in the spring in full sun, you should do it with dormant plants mid march-ish to give them time to establish before they get baked and steamed with our 95F feels like 110F due to humidity. My suggestion is planting in the fall to let them establish over the winter and then they will be fine.
Once the are established they do fine with the heat tho for the most part. I haven’t had any mildew problems or anything. I burned up 3 before tho from planting in mid April.
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Thank you, I have one in a small pot with established root. I can pot it up and then transfer to ground in fall I have another in ground that hasn’t grown much and looks unhappy under a tree. I wonder if I can move to a pot and transplant that one to the ground in fall as well.
Yeah, I actually contact Lucile from Whitman Farms yesterday and she said she is no longer have Langley Gage.
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I got Champion, Pixwell, and Captivator, and have yet to try a Gooseberry, hopefully they are decent! Have a lot of flowers this year.
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Do people find tomato cages helpful for gooseberries? I have Jeanne, Poorman and black velvet.
I sure do! It’s mostly to protect my young plants from the dogs when they run around the yard playing. They’re also around a number of my sea buckthorn, apples and plums right now. I pop them off as they get some size to them.
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My poorman is very upright, I got blooms for the first time this year, so not sure how it will do with weight.
Bunching them up in our heat/humidity might lead to mildew issues maybe. All mine just do their own thing.
I have 2 stakes with Glendale one holding trunk, other on side it leans to do it doesn’t lean too too bad.
Black velvet shoots out 5-6 ft canes in every direction.
You’ll also have a horrible time removing the cages eventually.
I’d just prop with a few garden stakes for support if something is heavy
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I’ve never been impressed with Crandall. We have a bunch of wild clove currants, and they have been (surprisingly) both very prolific and about half of them taste better than Crandall.
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hinnomaki red, still babies 2nd year.
Shefford- planted about a week ago
2 orus 8 next to the last one
LARGE group of… a few different kinds including invicta, pixwell and probably a couple others
Not sure what these are, I know for a fact I have 2 oregon champions and it might be one of these 2 but whatever xD
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we had a pint or so last year, this year a single bee took over and every blossom is a fruit. these are my unknown “white” gooseberry so I’m really excited.
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My black velvet has a great flavor, I love it, its the best I’ve tried so far. But the razors covering are no joke.
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I know this post is years old. If your Langley Gage is still alive and large enough to get cuttings off of it, could I buy one or trade you any of mine?
I need to compile a list, but I have all of the white and pink currants I could get in the US, some red and black ones, and a bunch of the lighter colored gooseberries.
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Red Amish seems the most prone to sunscald of the fruit of the ones I’m growing. Welcome and Black Velvet next to it are (mostly and entirely, respectively) unaffected.
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