Physalis / Cape Gooseberry

Shemale · 26-09-2016 09:46PM #1

I bought a couple of these plants in May, they polinated and the laterns are now, orange, red and brown.

The brown ones have fallen off the plant but there is no fruit in them, not sure what is happening.

Any ideas? Thanks

macraignil · 29-09-2016 10:30PM

Might be birds have eaten the fruit. They taste nice.

Donalde · 30-09-2016 11:33AM

Sounds like you may have got an ornamental variety. Mine just turn from green to pale yellow - no orange or red, but lots of berries!

Shemale · 01-10-2016 11:23AM

Donalde wrote: »

Sounds like you may have got an ornamental variety. Mine just turn from green to pale yellow - no orange or red, but lots of berries!

Mine go through the full colour spectrum and was sold as fruit plant.

Shemale · 02-10-2016 11:22AM

macraignil wrote: »

Might be birds have eaten the fruit. They taste nice.

I am growing them in the greenhouse and have never seen birds in it.

macraignil · 02-10-2016 08:31PM

Shemale wrote: »

I am growing them in the greenhouse and have never seen birds in it.

Maybe not birds then. I have never grown them so really don't know why your fruit seems to be missing from inside the lanterns. Maybe mice ate them or they went through flowering without pollination and so were not able to make fruit. Just guessing really.

Shemale · 08-10-2016 09:40PM

I was out checking today and some of the laterns have fruit inside, glad I checked I was going to bin it.

Not sure why only 1/3 or so have fruit, really odd.

Physalis / Cape Gooseberry

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