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No gooseberries this year.

Living Off The Splash · 2017-07-11 13:12:24

I have had a decent crop of black currants and raspberries this year but not one gooseberry on 3 bushes. Any thoughts?

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11-07-2017 2:12pm

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Living Off The Splash

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I have had a decent crop of black currants and raspberries this year but not one gooseberry on 3 bushes. Any thoughts?

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#2 11-07-2017 10:39pm
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Apart from one bush dying (!) I had a good crop. They were smaller than usual, but plentiful.

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#3 11-07-2017 10:42pm
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Plenty of gooseberry jam made here in Cork 2 weeks ago.

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#4 12-07-2017 9:01am
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Do you feed your bushes, trim them every year?

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#5 12-07-2017 9:06am
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We had a great crop of gooseberries too. @ OP, aside from no berries, did the plants show any other signs of abnormalities? Leaf colour etc...?

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#6 12-07-2017 10:11pm
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Perfectly healthy looking. I can't figure it out.

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#7 13-07-2017 1:47pm
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had a nice crop which were ready to be picked, came home from work and poxy pigeons had eaten them all

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#8 13-07-2017 1:52pm
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That could have been my problem. The neighbour behind me leaves nuts/seeds out for the birds. The pigeons have taken up residence all around her garden. They are already eating the pure green crab apples from our trees. Can't stand them.

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