Brilliant video. I'll plant it under my Japanese maple in a tough area of roots and watch it thrive. Love that you are in Melbourne and I've subscribed! ❤
Love Cape Gooseberries. The one that my parents grew in the 1960s looked like a small bush. Guess that was the heavy clay soil base. Dad built a special raised garden bed for the plant and we all loved the fruit. I liked it best when the cover was lacy. Never seen it dimple as you show. The fruit never had the chance to get that old in the garden. Been meaning to them in my garden.
I'm really glad to see these growing wild at your place. I planted some seeds from one fruit here in Dunedin in the southern part of the South Island (Te Waipounamu), New Zealand (Aotearoa0 about 6 years ago. My soil is clay so not perhaps what they'd prefer, but I've had ongoing fruit ever since. New plants often grow from a dropped fruit, and this year I've decided some pruning is in order. So glad to find you video thank you.
Yum! This has made me excited to add it to my garden. Im currently on the hunt for one. I loved seeing the visual of the life cycle. Thank you for sharing
Just tried one for the first time from my own plant that I’ve been growing in a container. Very interesting little fruit. Mine was a little tart though, will have to try another when it starts to dehydrate a little to compare
Accidently grew one of these up in the north east US this summer. A seed from store-bought must have made its way through my compost. Now I have seeds from the fresh fruit for years to come. Looks like so much fun finding them loose on the ground in your food forest.
I’m actually growing 3 of these, whose seeds I used from the fruit I purchased. They’re really taking’s off. Just spotted two early stages of lantern this morning.
Your daughter is so articulate! Tomato and passionfruit! Thank you for this comprehensive work. My plants have grown huge in Florida, but none of the flowers are setting fruit; I think I have to wait until the weather gets cooler before I can do my own taste test. Hope I can find such adorable helpers to taste with me.
When I first established my organic garden, the first year grew Cape Gooseberry.. jum! I never grew it again, yet 10 years later as I was preparing my house and garden for sale, low and behold a couple of Cape Gooseberry plants with some ripe fruit.
I love these! They're so expensive to buy in the store but they sprout readily here in SE Texas and grow well in part shade 3 seasons of the year. Once I realized how easy they are to grow, I did what you've done, and let them take over a patch in the garden. Haven't tried cooking with them, but can't seem to stop eating them fresh long enough to accumulate any
I just got seeds for Cape Gooseberry in zone 8b/9a line in central Louisiana. So part shade is best? I may try transplants in various areas around here. I know one area that gets 3 or 4 hours of early sun. My wild bunny friend here causes problems because she`s a nibbler. They say wild rabbits only live two years and she has been here going on two years and is obviously older because that`s how long I`ve been on this lot.
Hi, I am in Trinidad and just bought these at the farmers market they were expensive, but I bought them to them to grow them. Thank you for your video i am really glad I found it. I think that they taste like passion fruit as well. Going to plant them wish me luck.
"Can we have more??" That was so sweet. Here in Cape Town these grow wild in my garden & are delicious. They are very low on the ground tho & end up most are eaten by all sorts of creatures before I can get to them. I wonder if it will benefit from being trellised.
I am looking at buying a plant this year to try - thank you and keep your content coming cause it's invaluable for gardeners in Oz as your content is timely to our seasons and soils - thanks
I discovered these in my yard about 2 years ago. I live in the Mid South (West TN) USA, I didn't research it like I am doing now and it just comes back every year. I don't do any thing for it. It is such an interesting looking plant I decided to put it in a little bed with some greens (1 medium size plant). This plant is growing like wildfire and so many fruit. I'm reading about all the health benefits. I am so excited and afraid of prescription drugs, I've been looking for something with the specific benefits I'm reading about here. Thank you to the people here commenting about when to eat them. I picked some green and waiting for them to turn yellow or orange. I was thinking of putting it in my green smoothie. Does anyone have any suggestions or comments about using these in smoothies? Thank you @Melbourne Foodforest for this wonderful informing video......Hazel 🙂
good to know they are tough and drought tolerant and can tolerate bad/clay soil... other videos say you have to water them even as much as 2x a day which would dissuade me from growing them. Now that you've shown they can grow like weeds and left to fend on their own I'm going to try a patch to grow them in. Neighbor gifted me with some berries and I love them!
I have a plant that did suffer during the Brisbane summer. The leaves didn’t like the summer sun, so I’ve made a shade cover for it. I’ve also started growing some seedlings in a pot. They have sprouted but haven’t grown much since sprouting. I’ve eaten a few of them & I’d agree re. Their taste. I described them as a very sweet cherry tomato & come to think of it, yeah it’s like a passion fruit crossed with a cherry tomato. I’m hoping to grow mine as bushy as yours. How long have you had that plant?
My father built a three foot high raised bed for the one he grew and that was in Brisbane. Never saw the fruit get to the dimple stage as it was all eaten.
Looks yummy, the leaves on my plants got severely damaged by the sun, but now they are happy since it is cooler. Not sure if they will do anything in the cooler months, but they serve as a little wind break for the garden.
In Queensland in summer, the Cape Gooseberry busges are covered in striped potato beatle. Do you perhaps have any advice. Your garden is the most beautiful. Love it. Thanks. Xx
Also widely grown in South Africa, Cape Gooseberry could have come about because we have it here? Otherwise it would have just been called Golden berry?
There are two types. The hard stemmed one and the soft stemmed type. I tried the annual type soft stemmed type. They are growing along river banks in Philippine rural areas. That type can be found in highlands of Benguet province Philippines. I am experimenting if they grow in warmer areas.
I find these terribly difficult to grow in the subtropics. The second the plant gets even a little strong we get attacked with the 3 striped cape gooseberry Beetle. I've tried 5 plants now one after the other. Do you have any suggestions on how I can grow these and get past the cape gooseberry Beetle?
I planted these berries and was full of fruit but waited for months they never got ripened. Finally the winter came. We cleared them. Any ideas for next year I will try again. I am in Canada.
I found some yesterday growing in a ditch, in Northern michigan, the fruit inside are orange yellow, little bigger than a marble, the lanterns are rich orange themselves
Olivia age 6 “we’re growing them right now and found your video. we would like to know what other fruits and vegetables would grow easily in the hot climate where we live, in Thailand “ Many thanks if you could help 😊
Cape gooseberry is NOT the same as a ground cherry. They are similar but not the same. The ground cherry stays close to the soil like the name suggests. Many people say that they are the same plant but they are 2 different plants.
![#HowTo Grow #Physalis as Perennials || Secrets for Success [Goldenberries]](/img/1.gif)
I adore how your son watches his sister so closely and mimics her every word, she is such a good role model for him.
We live in the cape, south africa and they come up all over the garden. Very happy plants
Brilliant video. I'll plant it under my Japanese maple in a tough area of roots and watch it thrive. Love that you are in Melbourne and I've subscribed! ❤
Precious kids!! I am having a bumper crop of ground cherries this harvest season.
Love Cape Gooseberries. The one that my parents grew in the 1960s looked like a small bush. Guess that was the heavy clay soil base. Dad built a special raised garden bed for the plant and we all loved the fruit. I liked it best when the cover was lacy. Never seen it dimple as you show. The fruit never had the chance to get that old in the garden. Been meaning to them in my garden.
Loved these as a child! Trying to grow them now for the nostalgia
I've just picked one up on the seashore in Golden Bay, N.Z. Took me right back to childhood in Perth, W.A
I'm really glad to see these growing wild at your place. I planted some seeds from one fruit here in Dunedin in the southern part of the South Island (Te Waipounamu), New Zealand (Aotearoa0 about 6 years ago. My soil is clay so not perhaps what they'd prefer, but I've had ongoing fruit ever since. New plants often grow from a dropped fruit, and this year I've decided some pruning is in order. So glad to find you video thank you.
Yum! This has made me excited to add it to my garden. Im currently on the hunt for one.
I loved seeing the visual of the life cycle. Thank you for sharing
We used to pick these growing wild in Queensland probably escaped from a garden I’ve never grown them from seed might try Thanks very intetesting
Just tried one for the first time from my own plant that I’ve been growing in a container. Very interesting little fruit. Mine was a little tart though, will have to try another when it starts to dehydrate a little to compare
Accidently grew one of these up in the north east US this summer. A seed from store-bought must have made its way through my compost. Now I have seeds from the fresh fruit for years to come. Looks like so much fun finding them loose on the ground in your food forest.
I’m actually growing 3 of these, whose seeds I used from the fruit I purchased. They’re really taking’s off. Just spotted two early stages of lantern this morning.
Your daughter is so articulate! Tomato and passionfruit! Thank you for this comprehensive work. My plants have grown huge in Florida, but none of the flowers are setting fruit; I think I have to wait until the weather gets cooler before I can do my own taste test. Hope I can find such adorable helpers to taste with me.
When I first established my organic garden, the first year grew Cape Gooseberry.. jum! I never grew it again, yet 10 years later as I was preparing my house and garden for sale, low and behold a couple of Cape Gooseberry plants with some ripe fruit.
I love these! They're so expensive to buy in the store but they sprout readily here in SE Texas and grow well in part shade 3 seasons of the year. Once I realized how easy they are to grow, I did what you've done, and let them take over a patch in the garden. Haven't tried cooking with them, but can't seem to stop eating them fresh long enough to accumulate any
I just got seeds for Cape Gooseberry in zone 8b/9a line in central Louisiana. So part shade is best? I may try transplants in various areas around here. I know one area that gets 3 or 4 hours of early sun. My wild bunny friend here causes problems because she`s a nibbler. They say wild rabbits only live two years and she has been here going on two years and is obviously older because that`s how long I`ve been on this lot.
Hi, I am in Trinidad and just bought these at the farmers market they were expensive, but I bought them to them to grow them. Thank you for your video i am really glad I found it. I think that they taste like passion fruit as well. Going to plant them wish me luck.
I’m in Trinidad also and ordered some seeds. They started a little slow and are very tiny plants. Hope you get through
"Can we have more??" That was so sweet. Here in Cape Town these grow wild in my garden & are delicious. They are very low on the ground tho & end up most are eaten by all sorts of creatures before I can get to them. I wonder if it will benefit from being trellised.
i have had them and i can't waite to have them again they are so good.
I am looking at buying a plant this year to try - thank you and keep your content coming cause it's invaluable for gardeners in Oz as your content is timely to our seasons and soils - thanks
I discovered these in my yard about 2 years ago. I live in the Mid South (West TN) USA, I didn't research it like I am doing now and it just comes back every year. I don't do any thing for it. It is such an interesting looking plant I decided to put it in a little bed with some greens (1 medium size plant). This plant is growing like wildfire and so many fruit. I'm reading about all the health benefits. I am so excited and afraid of prescription drugs, I've been looking for something with the specific benefits I'm reading about here. Thank you to the people here commenting about when to eat them. I picked some green and waiting for them to turn yellow or orange. I was thinking of putting it in my green smoothie. Does anyone have any suggestions or comments about using these in smoothies? Thank you @Melbourne Foodforest for this wonderful informing video......Hazel 🙂
I love these! Been growing for a couple years, tough to keep the chickens and geese away from eating them though 😅 always have to be fenced off
good to know they are tough and drought tolerant and can tolerate bad/clay soil... other videos say you have to water them even as much as 2x a day which would dissuade me from growing them. Now that you've shown they can grow like weeds and left to fend on their own I'm going to try a patch to grow them in. Neighbor gifted me with some berries and I love them!
excited to see how mine go this season, thanks Jian
thank you!! Thanks to your video, I got the courage to plant it too.
I am in the Pacific Northwest of the US, for me, they taste like a cross between pineapple, mango and tomato. Thank you for the video.
I have a plant that did suffer during the Brisbane summer. The leaves didn’t like the summer sun, so I’ve made a shade cover for it. I’ve also started growing some seedlings in a pot. They have sprouted but haven’t grown much since sprouting. I’ve eaten a few of them & I’d agree re. Their taste. I described them as a very sweet cherry tomato & come to think of it, yeah it’s like a passion fruit crossed with a cherry tomato.
I’m hoping to grow mine as bushy as yours. How long have you had that plant?
My father built a three foot high raised bed for the one he grew and that was in Brisbane. Never saw the fruit get to the dimple stage as it was all eaten.
Looks yummy, the leaves on my plants got severely damaged by the sun, but now they are happy since it is cooler. Not sure if they will do anything in the cooler months, but they serve as a little wind break for the garden.
I'm excited to grow these next year in south Carolina
I found what I think us a gooseberry growing wild in my garden around a tree. I'm in southeastern Texas.
Love your videos. But noticed the most recent ones are from a year ago. Hope you are going ok and will have more recent ones soon. God bless from NSW
In Queensland in summer, the Cape Gooseberry busges are covered in striped potato beatle. Do you perhaps have any advice. Your garden is the most beautiful. Love it. Thanks. Xx
I've just sprayed my plants with neem oil which seems to have stopped the beetles in their tracks. You have to get under the leaves where they hide.
Hi. I can see same fruit with different leaves
Do they grow in cold climate?
Mine fell and the cover was brown but, the fruit was not as yellow as yours. They were yellow green. What is wrong with my plant?
Also widely grown in South Africa, Cape Gooseberry could have come about because we have it here? Otherwise it would have just been called Golden berry?
There are two types. The hard stemmed one and the soft stemmed type. I tried the annual type soft stemmed type. They are growing along river banks in Philippine rural areas. That type can be found in highlands of Benguet province Philippines. I am experimenting if they grow in warmer areas.
I find these terribly difficult to grow in the subtropics. The second the plant gets even a little strong we get attacked with the 3 striped cape gooseberry Beetle. I've tried 5 plants now one after the other. Do you have any suggestions on how I can grow these and get past the cape gooseberry Beetle?
Neem oil kills them
How long does it take to start fruiting?
I planted these berries and was full of fruit but waited for months they never got ripened. Finally the winter came. We cleared them. Any ideas for next year I will try again. I am in Canada.
I found some yesterday growing in a ditch, in Northern michigan, the fruit inside are orange yellow, little bigger than a marble, the lanterns are rich orange themselves
Olivia age 6 “we’re growing them right now and found your video. we would like to know what other fruits and vegetables would grow easily in the hot climate where we live, in Thailand “
Many thanks if you could help 😊
make jam ?
Myne drops to the ground but still green and small inside.
Cape gooseberry is NOT the same as a ground cherry. They are similar but not the same. The ground cherry stays close to the soil like the name suggests. Many people say that they are the same plant but they are 2 different plants.
Cape gooseberry is a type of ground cherry
Thanks.Very informative.
You have spider mites
I thought I had tree tomatoe.
I learned something, thankyou!
I had assumed they were South African, but no.
They are related to the deadly nightshade.
Yes you did not shiw us how to propagate the cape gooseberry !!!!!
You were supposed to show "how to grow cape gooseberry" and you did nothing of the kind. Did you not pay attention to the heading of your video ?
Waste of time... Not a word on how to grow as the title states