Cape Gooseberry

Description
This spindly bush can grow up to two meters tall in the right conditions and can be the same in width. Producing lots of yellow flowers with purple centres which then turn into small soft green lanterns, this is where the orange coloured fruit grows inside. Marble in size and a very unusual sweet taste. Kind of like Marmite you will either love it or hate it.

Harvest
July to October. The little lanterns will turn from a soft green colour to a paper crisp light brown colour. That is when they are ready. They can be eaten raw or made into jam.

Growing Instructions
Make sure you have plenty of space around the plant as it will grow wild. Can be grown in a large pot or in well drained soil, preferably in a greenhouse. It can be grown outside but it will take longer to mature. Keep well watered until established and in dry weather and trim back side shoots if it starts to take over. Gently squeeze a lantern and if you can feel a baby tomato sized fruit growing and there are quite a few growing, that is when you need to start feeding, not before otherwise it will not produce any fruit.