Re: poor tasting gooseberries

Invicta, Hinnomaki Red, Tixia are the ones I've planted & really like - &
there are others.

Jane

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Dan Clost <dan.clost@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jane,
> The reviews I've read about the plant spoke about it being a good tasting
> fruit.
> We sell quite a few to our customers ( I work at a Landscape Nursery) and
> have not heard any complaints about the taste.
> I thought it was just my gardening acumen being found wanting.
> Dan
>
> On 24 May 2018 at 18:37, Colorado Gardener <cogardener@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > www.coloradogardener.com
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> > 303 774-8399 fx
> > cogardener@gmail.com
> >
> > 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
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