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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mdjlucan on May 11, 2012, 18:34

Title: gooseberries
Post by: mdjlucan on May 11, 2012, 18:34

can any one no wot this is

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: sunshineband on May 11, 2012, 18:36

I can't see anything at all  :blink: :unsure:

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: JayG on May 11, 2012, 18:43

Is it a gooseberry fool? (certainly fooled me!)  :lol:

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: savbo on May 11, 2012, 19:00

perhaps the pic is jumping between the 2 threads?
 ;)

Title: gooseberries
Post by: mdjlucan on May 11, 2012, 19:05

any one no wot this is on the goosseberries leaves looks like white powdery

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: mumofstig on May 11, 2012, 19:08

Ive merged them, so we know what the problem is. ;)

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: DD. on May 11, 2012, 19:11

And someone promptly locked it!

Looks like mildew.

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: fatcat1955 on May 11, 2012, 19:12

Looks like powdery mildew to me.

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: mdjlucan on May 11, 2012, 21:09

wot the best way to get red of it  or wot the best thing for it

Title: mildew
Post by: mdjlucan on May 12, 2012, 07:05

iv got it on my gooseberry bush how do i get red off it thanks

Title: Re: mildew
Post by: DD. on May 12, 2012, 07:39

For non-organic gardeners the RHS recommend this stuff:

Systhane Fungus Fighter (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=systhane+fungus+fighter&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=22730646828&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6700794191393278501&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_40gf8cnwfy_e)

The BBC gardening site don't name it by brand name, but recommend its active ingredient.

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: fatcat1955 on May 12, 2012, 09:09

Usually caused by damp conditions like we are currently getting. When you prune the gooseberries aim to acheive a wine glass shape and open up the middle of the plant. This allows air to ciculate and helps prevent mildew. To clear it up now you will need a fungicide.

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: Stree on May 12, 2012, 17:00

I cannot see any red on it, just mildew.

Title: Re: gooseberries
Post by: mumofstig on May 12, 2012, 17:04

I think he meant 'get rid of it' Stree.