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Robert.hRobert.h Posts: 14
in Fruit & veg
I three gooseberry bushes. I planted them I 2020 and had a few berries. We moved in December 2020 and I replanted them in large pots. Since then the bushes have thrived, lots of hearty growth but no fruit (well two or thee berries!). What am I doing wrong?
Thanks Bob Humble.

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Is it possible for Bob to edit the thread title ? if so you have until 8 minutes past one  :)
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    we could spam flag the post out for him


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Good plan
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    You can take the flag off if you just click on it again. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Definitely not a good idea to put your email address anywhere on a public forum.  Asking for all sorts of spam and phishing and so on.

    Gooseberries - it could be that they are just settling in after being uprooted and potted.  It could be that a frost got the flowers before they were pollinated.  It could be a lack of nutrients and/or water making the plant abort any fruits to reduce stress.

    How big are the plants?  How big are the pots?  What kind of compost did you use?  Have you fed them since potting them up?   Have you pruned them at all to allow air flow and sunlight to the centre of the plant?

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Isn't it the case that too much nutrient rich soil can cause leaves to grow brilliantly, at the expense of fruit/flowers?
    I only had one gooseberry bush which was here before me, in a soil topped clay bank, competing with a blackcurrant and a million weeds, but it churned out fruit like nobody's business - I never fed it. 
    I'm probably not much help, but you never know! 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That was me. Sorry @AnniD
    I blame it on Covid brain fog😞
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I forgive you @B3 :)
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @Slow-worm - fertility levels in soil on a clay bank will be much greater than for plants grown in potting compost which only has nutrients for 80 to 90 days at best, hence the constant advice to apply liquid feeds to pots when watering ad a slow release granular or pelleted feed every spring.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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