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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Thursday, 9th September 2010

  Hi,everyone, advise needed.
  
  I'm thinking of replacing rasberry canes with a gooseberry bush or two and blackcurrent bush.
  
  The roots of my summer fruiting rasberries have started to come up in the the veg bed. I hadn't realised how invasive they can be. The crop was also very poor this year.
  
  My Q is are gooseberry and black currant bushes just as invasive if not which varieties give a good crop and are better suited for a back garden. I'd like a red and white variety for gooseberries
  
  The area is about 1ft by 10ft.

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  Posted by greensward (U14347965) on Friday, 10th September 2010

  I have grown both gooseberries and blackcurrants and didn't have any spread of roots or suckers. I dug up the blackcurrant bush because of a bad attack of big bud mite and grew white currants instead, they have a milder, sweet flavour.

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  Posted by BaraGwenith (U14257539) on Friday, 10th September 2010

  If you look on the RHS site it will help you choose a suitable variety.

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  Posted by Playingtimeaddedon (U14150224) on Friday, 10th September 2010

  If you like raspberries, why not have a loganberry or a tayberry instead? Not quite the same flavour, but very nice and they do not spread.
  
  Blackcurrants are very nice, but so are redcurrants and whitecurrants.
  
  If you have soil that is acid, then blueberries are very nice, but if you are going for gooseberries, don't forget that there are both desert and cooking varieties, so check before you buy.
  
  

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  Posted by Grotbags2 (U14488102) on Friday, 10th September 2010

  Hi. I have a red variety of gooseberry that has been very easy to fan train against the fence, leaving plenty of space underneath for my chard. The birds are a bit of a nuisance, but I wouldn't let that put you off as the crop I get each year is still magnificent.

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 10th September 2010

  I do have a bosenberry, planted this year so no fruits yet and a blueberry bush which nearly produced an excellent crop this year, I could almost smell blueberry muffins cooking in the oven only the birds came one day whilst I was at work and took nearly every berry off the bush, I was sooooo annoyed.
  
  I think gooseberry and black currant is the thing to replace the rasberries with.
  
  I'm alittle confused about dessert or cooking gooseberries, do you mean some varieties shouldn't be cooked but eaten raw. Are any varieties good for both, what about invicta that one seems popular.
  
  Has anyone grown invicta

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  Posted by BaraGwenith (U14257539) on Friday, 10th September 2010

  All gooseberries can be cooked, but those that are called dessert gooseberries ripen until they are filled with sweet gorgeousness. The best plan is to thin out the gooseberries and cook the thinnings and leave the rest to fully ripen. The ones that are for cooking only are culinary but some are labelled both.

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 24th September 2010

  I found a local nursery is selling blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes for £3.50 each which sounded a good buy. You can choose which plant you want and they'll reserve them to be collected between November and February.
  
  I'm in a bit of a dilema now. Should I get them before winter and plant out or wait till February The rashberry bushes will be cleared this weekend weather permitting.

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