Growing Inca Berries.

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TeeDee

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Anyone had success / experience of growing Inca berries? for a single season or more?

I have some reasonably healthy looking small plants and will be planting them out soon , just wondering of anyone has had results of them passing unharmed through winter?
 

HillBill

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Like tomatoes. Only supposed to grow them annually. If growing long term, they may struggle with our winters...
 

HillBill

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Just once... last year, also known as the cape gooseberry. or Physallis Didn't rate em much to be fair. Was growing them with tomatillos, which were higher produces, (similar crop) but still not that great... though i did learn that they should be left to collapse and let the stem re root to get a better crop.

Aqcuired taste i suppose.
 
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British Red

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I've over wintered them successfully in a greenhouse. They die back to the ground (or pot) but re-grow in the spring. Long invasive tendrils like bindweed.

I can sort you some mature plants TeeDee if yours don't over winter

Red
 

TeeDee

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Cheers guys , I'll give them a go and see how I get on.

Red , as ever very generous of you. I'll be in touch if it all go's pear shaped.
 

British Red

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Big Pot dude...BIG. Bucket size as a minimum! The damn things run - don't restrict them, let them - you can divide the next year. B&Q buckets are a quid - drill a few holes!
 

Toddy

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Physallis .... chinese lanterns ?

They're easy. You just grow them in a pot or a sunny bit of the garden that drains :rolleyes: not mine that means, and let them get on with it. They come up every year.

Is this a variety that is heavy fruiting that you're talking about ?

cheers,
M
 

TeeDee

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Physallis .... chinese lanterns ?

They're easy. You just grow them in a pot or a sunny bit of the garden that drains :rolleyes: not mine that means, and let them get on with it. They come up every year.

Is this a variety that is heavy fruiting that you're talking about ?

cheers,
M

I was more wondering if they would return year upon year as they should in the UK? I'm not sure of our winters will kill them off if they are outside.
 

Toddy

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They even invade my brother's lawn :)

Sunshine, draining soil, but not dry, iimmc and they seem to grow a bit like the hootenanny stuff...I think that should be spelled houtiania ? invasive blasted thing anyway. At least the Chinese lanterns are pretty things in the house over Autumn :D

Heavy cropping variety would be rather nice though :D
The ordinary ones don't die easily up here, so I reckon you'd be pretty safe in Exeter :dunno:
Give them a shot I suppose :D
If the dried berries are pretty fresh will their seeds not grow ? It's amazing what's sold as food that will grow.

atb,
M
 

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