

Cape gooseberry is a yellow-orange berry with a fresh-sweet taste. The berries are enveloped in a calyx and are ripe when this calyx turns light brown. The ripe berries fall quickly to the ground and have a long shelf life. The Pineapple Cherry plants are easy to grow in a warm or sheltered place.
Plant spacing: 60x50cm.
Cape gooseberry is a yellow-orange berry with a fresh-sweet taste. The berries are enveloped in a calyx and are ripe when this calyx turns light brown. The ripe berries fall quickly to the ground and have a long shelf life. The Pineapple Cherry plants are easy to grow in a warm or sheltered place.
Cultivation method
Greenhouse cultivation; sow Cape gooseberry seeds warm in pots from mid-February to May and later plant out at a planting distance of 60x50.
Open ground cultivation; sow Cape gooseberry seeds warm in pots. Plant out at the end of May outside or in a container in a sunny and sheltered place.
Harvesting
The Cape gooseberry can be harvested from June to October.
Plant spacing: 60x50cm.
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Cape gooseberry is a yellow-orange berry with a fresh-sweet taste. The berries are enveloped in a calyx and are ripe when this calyx turns light brown. The ripe berries fall quickly to the ground and have a long shelf life. The Pineapple Cherry plants are easy to grow in a warm or sheltered place.
Plant spacing: 60x50cm.