Why is this? How do i get them to grow?
Cheers
2007-08-27 09:34:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If you lads don't know anything about gardening then why bother wasting my time with answering?
2007-08-27 09:45:09 · update #1
Planted it a couple of months ago i'm afraid. Will it still have the potential to grow?
2007-08-27 09:48:31 · update #2
Please learn me lol. I don't know much about gardening. I just planted a gooseberry. I planted a hole one and i planted one that i opened up and took all the seeds out of. What did i do wrong?
2007-08-27 09:51:04 · update #3
Gooseberry seeds need cold moist stratification (a period of dormancy), just above freezing, for 3 to 4 months.
Put the seed in a bag of moist, not wet, compost. The bottom of a fridge is a good place to keep them, providing the seed is in a clean container and kept separate from food, of course.
Once the dormant period is up, take the seed out of the fridge, and place in a tray or pot, the seed will think it's spring and should start to grow.
The plants start bearing fruit in 5 years from seed.
Seed is not the usual way to grow gooseberries, but sounds like fun, and cheap.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
2007-08-27 22:07:04 · answer #1 · answered by RustySilva 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When did you plant it?
I think Gooseberries are best planted in dormant season - so October through to February - then you expect growth (leaves) in the first season but not necessarily any size increase (although it depends on the age of the plant).
Give it a light pruning (take about 1/5th of the bush) to motivate it into growth about now - usually done in March though so you could wait until then.
***HEY! I know about gardening!!!!****
OOh- Actually - fluffyhead has a point - did you just mean a single fruit you had planted? Different kettle of fish if so!
I'll carry on assuming you planted a shrub until you say different! Check it is still alive - scratch the bark off a branch - if you can see the geen layed below the bark and then the slightly juicy white layer (cambium) below that - the shrub is alive and viable - if not - it's a lost cause & should be buried with all due reverence.
OOh - OK - you planted seeds from a gooseberry fruit! A couple of months ago.
It would take ages to germinate a gooseberry seed - the one(s) you planted may not have been fertile - Gooseberries are best grown from cuttings anyway.
If you have ket the seed lightly watered (never dry and never soaked) then I would carry on looking after it like that - it could take up to a year to germinate.
Best idea if you really want a gooseberry plant is go & buy a shrub - it will be at least 2 years old by then & all the really hard work will have been done for you!
2007-08-27 09:45:33 · answer #2 · answered by Hedge Witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the plant, your soil and the quality of the plant, the first year or two the plant spends growing roots, not top growth. Without an adequate root system the plant can't take in water and soil nutrients. Sounds like all the action is below ground......you hope. If the soil is compacted, soggy or droughty, the roots can't grow, hence nothing on top.
Think of a seed, germination begins when the seed swells, the the radical appears, followed by the primary root. All this is underground, we don't see it. We say the seed has germinated when we see top growth appear. Actually the seed had been active for some time. Same thing with these new plantings.......they are active (we hope!) underground. I've had trees not show new growth for 5 years! Lousy soil, heavy clay, compacted plus a possible adverse reaction between the lawn grass and roots of certain trees. Gardening is patience.
2007-08-27 11:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you literally plant a gooseberry or did you plant a gooseberry fruit bush? If the former you have a lot to learn ......... if the latter just give it time it will fruit usually in the second year of planting and beyond.
2007-08-27 09:46:14 · answer #4 · answered by fluffyhead24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it needs to germinate. Cover the soil where you planted it with something. I don't know a thing about gardening so I maybe wrong.
2007-08-27 09:42:47 · answer #5 · answered by Sampras 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Ya gotta give the mate a little goose, now and again!
2007-08-27 09:40:50 · answer #6 · answered by ~ Floridian`` 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i don't know what a gooseberry is????
maybe not enough water, sun, shade????
2007-08-27 09:43:51 · answer #7 · answered by chris f 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the title of this question made me laugh!
2007-08-27 09:46:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
is this a joke?
2007-08-27 09:49:50 · answer #9 · answered by twinkly_toes 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋