Pixwell Red Gooseberry - V. 12 x 11 x 11 - Apice Piante

Pink berry, medium-sized. The stems have few sparse and small thorns, making harvesting easier. Maturation: June - July.
Pot Size: 12 x 11 x 11 cm.

WARNING!!! THE PLANTS WILL BE PRUNED FOR TRANSPORT.


Low vigor bushy shrub, with a height between 50 and 150 cm, with thorny branches and stems, production mainly occurs on two-year-old branches from mixed or flowering buds. The flowers, generally self-fertile, are single and can be large in size.

PLANTING: Can be grown throughout Italy but is sensitive to drought, prefers loose soils, and for heavy soils, add fertilized peat to the planting hole. Planting distance: 0.50 to 1 m in the row and 200-250 cm between rows.

CULTIVATION: Rustic crop, requires little care, emergency watering in the summer period, and balanced mineral fertilization with a predominance of nitrogen in spring and organic fertilization in late autumn. Can also be grown in pots with frequent watering and fertilization using slow-release fertilizers or fertigation.

PRUNING: At planting, leave 2 or 3 buds per branch; in the following years, keep 6 to 8 branches and remove the branches that have produced. Prune at the end of winter.

TREATMENTS: In dry environments and for hobbyist cultivation, fungicide treatments are usually not necessary; however, two interventions are recommended, the first in autumn and the second at the resumption of vegetative growth with copper and wettable sulfur salts to prevent major adversities.