There may be a couple that will survive the heat with afternoon shade, but they may not fruit from lack of chill hours. Most Ribes have very high chill requirements.
Hal
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From: "Kevin Moore" <aleguy33@yahoo.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:15:05 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Gooseberries
| Jim, My experience with Tixia is disappointing. While the berries are large (easily 1"), they are also sour. They also fall off for me before they ripen, making them a frustrating experience. Given your tendency to pick your gooseberries pre-ripe, they may be of advantage due to their size but I think they are a poor table gooseberry. If bugs are a major problem for your "Poorman", then screen it and let them ripen. You should be pleased with the ripe berry taste. Gooseberries fruit size can be significantly affected by the number of berries allowed to mature. If yours are tiny, thinning may help.. Hinnomaki Red is excellent but similar to Poorman in taste and sweetness and among my favorites. I find they ripen at slightly different times. Pixwell is a poor comparison and not worth growing unless you use the fruit for cooking. Poorman produces average size berries here. If yours produced tiny berries, then perhaps you had incorrectly ID's plants or something else was wrong. John --- On Wed, 5/13/09, Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net> wrote:
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