Giant Cape Gooseberry – 10 Seeds
(Physalis peruviana)
R30.00
Giant Cape Gooseberry produces fruit which is about two to three times bigger than regular cape gooseberry fruit.
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter.
Direct Sowing: Spring.
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🍒 Fruit Quick Facts
Fruit Info
- 🌍 Origin / Region: Central America, Mexico
- 🍽️ Culinary Use: Chutneys, Cooked / Baked / Dried fruit, Jams and Jellies, Juices and Syrups, Raw Eating
- 🥗 Edible Part: Fruit
- 😋 Flavor Profile: Pineapple-like, Sweet-tart
Growth Traits
- 🌱 Life Cycle: Perennial
- 🌾 Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
- 🔁 Fruiting Needs: Needs Only 1 Plant
- 🪴 Growth Habit: Bushy, Sprawling, Tall Growing
- 🌸 Flower Color: Bicolor, Brown, Pale yellow
- 📏 Mature Height: 1.5–2m
- 🦋 Pollinator Method: Attracts Bees, Self-pollinating
Growing Requirements
- 🌞 Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- 💧 Water Needs: Avoid Overwatering, Moderate Water, Water Deeply
- ☀️ Growing Conditions: Frost Sensitive, Heat Tolerant, Moderate Cold Tolerance, Moderately Drought Tolerant
- 🟤 Soil Preference: Tolerant of most soils, Well-Drained
Giant Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) is also known as Inca Berry. This gooseberry variety produces fruit which is about 2 to 3 times bigger than regular cape gooseberry fruit. The plant is a tender perennial which can grow up to a height of about 1.5 to 2 m. It is very easy to grow from seed and it can overwinter outdoors in mild areas or when grown in favored positions such as next to a sunny wall.
Growing Giant Cape Gooseberry
Indoor Sowing: Late Winter.
Direct Sowing: Spring.
- Start Gooseberry Seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks before the end of frost season or direct sow in Spring.
- Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 25°C.
- Fill the seed tray with moist seedling growing medium. Press down firmly and level.
- Scatter seeds evenly over the surface.
- Cover the seeds with a fine layer of soil (no more than 5mm deep). Alternatively, use vermiculite as a covering.
- Press or firm down once again to keep the seeds in place.
- Water well and keep the tray in a warm, sheltered position for germination to take place.
- Transplant seedlings, when they are about 10cm tall, into well prepared garden beds. Space them 90cm apart.
- They take approximately 180 days from sowing to harvest.
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