Re: poor tasting gooseberries

Plant different varieties. The newer hybrids taste a whole lot
better/sweeter than Pixwell which tastes awful no matter how you grow it.

Jane Shellenberger
Publisher, Colorado Gardener
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On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Dan Clost <dan.clost@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a question for the home fruit growers: how do I change the taste of
> my gooseberries? They taste like the kitty's litter box smells.
>
> They share a space with raspberries, strawberries and blueberries, all of
> which taste the way one would expect them to taste.
>
> I mulch the garden with straw and amend with our own compost.
>
> The Pixwell plant is healthy, the bounty prolific, and the berries are
> almost perfect in appearance.
>
> We just can't eat the harvest.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
> The Good Earth Columnist
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