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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: londongardener on August 19, 2009, 11:37

Title: Gooseberry bush has lost a lot of leaves.
Post by: londongardener on August 19, 2009, 11:37

Some of my Gooseberry bushes have lost a lot of leaves?  It might be slugs (as there are a lot of weeds near by - not my responsibility).
Any advice?  Will they recover?

Title: Re: Gooseberry bush has lost a lot of leaves.
Post by: DD. on August 19, 2009, 11:43

So has one of mine!

It's possibly sawfly, but I didn't have a close look.

Should be OK next year, just think yourself lucky it didn't happen earlier in the year!

Title: Re: Gooseberry bush has lost a lot of leaves.
Post by: goodegg on August 19, 2009, 12:01

ito have goose gogs four pots of them one pot nearly all leaves gone but the other three are fine they are cuttings i took last year dont know whats causing it though i noticed a couple of days ago there was a few leaves offnow theres only a few left.

Title: Re: Gooseberry bush has lost a lot of leaves.
Post by: Stevens706 on August 19, 2009, 12:31

One of mine had all its leaves eaten even after I found 2 of the caterpillars, the rest must have been wearing camouflage or been invisible