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Guava Tree - 10 Seeds
1 × R30.00
Giant Cape Gooseberry – 20 Seeds
(Physalis peruviana)
R30.00
Giant Cape Gooseberry produces fruit which is about two to three times bigger than regular cape gooseberry fruit.
Seed Type: Organic: Harvested from our own plants.
Sowing Time: Indoor: Late Winter. Direct: Spring.
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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 1m. Gooseberry 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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