If you decide to plant gooseberries on your plot, you need to know the secret rule of how to grow tasty and large gooseberries and get a good harvest.
Do not delay planting the bushes; they can be planted in open ground in the spring immediately after the ground thaws.
If you haven’t done this yet, take note of this useful advice on how to properly fill the holes so that the gooseberries grow large and tasty.
Landing site
Set aside a sunny part of the plot for gooseberry bushes; light partial shade from low trees is also suitable.
However, there is no point in planting gooseberries in the shade of a house, tall trees, other buildings or a blind fence. In such areas, it grows and bears fruit poorly, and the berries grow sour and small.
Watering
Gooseberries do not tolerate excessive watering and stagnant moisture. There is not enough oxygen in damp soil, and the roots of the gooseberry may rot.
Fertilizer for gooseberries
Gooseberries grow well in fertile soils – black soil, loam, sandy loam.
If the soil in the area is acidic, liming will be required at least a month before planting.
Determine the distance between the holes, and the best distance will be at least 2 meters for large bushes, and 1 meter is enough for medium ones.
It is useful to put the following fertilizers into the planting hole:
- humus or compost – 1-2 buckets, wood ash – 1 kg, superphosphate – 50 g.
Fertilizers are mixed with soil, then a bucket of water must be poured into the hole and wait until it is absorbed.
Now you can put a seedling in the middle of the hole, sprinkle it with soil, compact it so that there are no voids. Then form a planting hole for subsequent watering, which is mulched with sawdust, shavings, straw or covered with agrofibre.
Follow the simple rules for planting gooseberries, and the bushes will bear fruit abundantly, and the harvest will delight you with its abundance.
