Gooseberry Diseases

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

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To obtain a high-quality gooseberry crop, not only proper care is important, but also careful observation of the bushes. In the event that any signs of damage become noticeable, this will indicate that the bush is infected. It should be noted that this culture can be ill with all the diseases that currants do. However, the spread of the disease is much faster and the damage to your crop may be more significant. At the same time, very often diseases lead not only to loss of harvest, but also to the death of the bushes themselves.

Therefore, it is very important to study the signs of each individual disease, which will help you quickly understand what happened to your bush. In the event that the infection did not occur en masse, then the use of herbal remedies, which will be completely safe for human health, is also suitable. However, in more serious cases, the use of chemicals will be required to prevent the spread of the disease to all gooseberry bushes.

Spheroteka or powdery mildew is one of the very important diseases. In the event that, after the end of the flowering of the bushes, a white bloom appears on the ovaries, leaves and shoots, then this is a sure evidence of such a disease. Over time, this plaque turns brown and begins to resemble felt. Affected shoots begin to blacken, and ultimately such shoots will simply dry out. Infected bushes are significantly lagging behind in growth, the yield will be much less, and the berries simply fall to the ground.

The most striking course of the disease occurs in rainy weather and under conditions of high soil moisture. The thickened planting of gooseberries also contributes to the favorable course of the disease. The causative agent of this disease spends the winter on infected berries of the crop or on the bush itself. In the new season, the disease will develop again.

Spraying the bushes with an infusion made from infusion of fresh mullein or ferrous sulfate will help fight this disease. Such measures should be taken even before the buds bloom on the bush. All infected parts of the gooseberry must be destroyed immediately, in which case re-infection will not occur. In addition, you can initially select for planting those varieties that are resistant to this disease.

Septoria or white spot is another rather dangerous gooseberry disease. It is characterized as follows: rounded spots with a dark border, painted in grayish tones, appear on the leaves. Such spots will spread in large numbers. Over time, dark spots will appear on these spots, which will contain the spores of the causative agent of this disease. Over time, the leaves of the bushes will curl, dry out, and, in the end, will completely fall off.

The mushroom spends the winter season on plant debris, for this reason, fallen leaves should be removed in the fall, and what remains will have to be loosened up. Diseased leaves should be removed immediately. The bushes are sprayed with copper sulfate or copper oxychloride. If the disease affects the bushes in the summer, then the gooseberries should be sprayed with Bordeaux liquid. In order to prevent the development of such an unpleasant disease, copper, boron, manganese sulfate or zinc should be added to the soil. All this should be applied in combination with mineral fertilizers. However, one should not allow excessive introduction of such elements into the soil: their overabundance can serve as fertile ground for the attack of a number of pests.

There is also such a disease as anthracnose. Dark spots with shiny small dots appear on the leaves of a diseased bush. Over time, these spots grow in size and acquire brown shades. Such sheets fall off. The methods of combating this disease coincide with the same ones that are focused on septoria.