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brown spots on gooseberries
babsagain
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A lot of my gooseberries are marked as described. At first I thought it might be the result of damage from a nasty hailstorm a few weeks ago; now the marks are on gooseberries buried deep in the bush. I don't recall having this problem before and I have been growing this fruit for many years. I can't find anything in answer to a search on the internet. The only g.berry related problem that shows is American mildew and it is definitely not that. I grow Invicta, which are immune, and all the foliage is green and healthy. Can anyone shed light on this mystery.......please.
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I know what you mean, I've seen it often but I don't know what it is. I suspect it may be a scab-type fungus, as on apples....
Something in my head keeps saying "trace element deficiency" but whether I'm right and if so, which trace element, I have no idea
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for the thoughts. It is definitely not mildew, more like the little scabs referred to. Inside the fruit is fine. I have just cut across the berries to remove the marks before freezing. (I have only just finished eating last year's crop)