Growing gooseberries from seed

Medbury Gardens · January 17, 2014

Ive gathered seed from some Gooseberries and are keen to try and grow them,ive tried before with no luck so maybe there's some trick to it??does anyone have any info on striking gooseberries seed?

drew51 · January 17, 2014

Since you can take cuttings I'm not sure why you would want to? But you may need to stratify and scarify the seeds.

Medbury Gardens · January 17, 2014

Its more of curiosity really,to see if any variation shows itself,and if so could something interesting came from that,who know?,all i can do is try different ways of scarification.

drew51 · January 17, 2014

I find hydrogen peroxide works pretty good for Rubus species (raspberries, blackberries).
I just water them with it a couple times. I guess a soak wouldn't hurt either.
It would be a way to develop a hybrid, why I do it anyway.

Heirloom gard · January 18, 2014

it'll take 7 years before you get first fruit from seed just so you know.

drew51 · January 18, 2014

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Originally Posted by Heirloom gard

it'll take 7 years before you get first fruit from seed just so you know.

Wow, might as well seed a fruti tree, takes about that long for peaches from seed! Brambles is a little quicker, maybe 3 years.

Medbury Gardens · January 18, 2014

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Originally Posted by drew51

Wow, might as well seed a fruti tree, takes about that long for peaches from seed! Brambles is a little quicker, maybe 3 years.

The time scale may be different for different parts of the world too,that was the case with Haskap berries,can take three years in Canada but took me one year here.

January 17, 2014	#1
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Growing gooseberries from seed Ive gathered seed from some Gooseberries and are keen to try and grow them,ive tried before with no luck so maybe there's some trick to it??does anyone have any info on striking gooseberries seed? __________________ Richard

January 17, 2014	#3
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Its more of curiosity really,to see if any variation shows itself,and if so could something interesting came from that,who know?,all i can do is try different ways of scarification. __________________ Richard

January 17, 2014	#2
drew51 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b Posts: 1,302	Since you can take cuttings I'm not sure why you would want to? But you may need to stratify and scarify the seeds.

January 18, 2014	#5
Heirloom gard Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: St paul MN Posts: 73	it'll take 7 years before you get first fruit from seed just so you know.