Gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa
Plant out 4 weeks before your last spring frost. Space plants 48 in (122 cm) apart.
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
When to plant
Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.
Optimal Spring Planting (Bare-Root)
RootRecommended- Plant out4 weeks before your last spring frost
- First harvestthe first crop about 2 years after planting
Growing gooseberry
- Spacing in the row
- 48 in (122 cm)
- Between rows
- 96 in (244 cm)
- Planting depth
- At or about 1 inch deeper than it grew in the nursery
- Sun
- Partial Shade
- Years to first crop
- 2
- Hardy to
- USDA zone 3
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Feeding
- How often
- Once a year, in early spring. A modest complete or high-nitrogen fertilizer, or compost, spread under the branches; gooseberries need less than currants.
Your gooseberry, planned to the day.
Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.