Includes two plants — Invicta green and Hinnonmaki red.
Tools & Supplies
Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.
Not a fan of vine-like plants like grapes, but these plants are a good alternative to grapes in the backyard and around the house. Easy to propagate by using cuttings from the bush. It's also cold hardy.
Have had great luck with gooseberries including your Hinnonmaki red. They come through harsh winters with vigor in the spring, and do well in the more shaded areas where many other plants would not thrive.
Not a fan of vine-like plants like grapes, but these plants are a good alternative to grapes in the backyard and around the house. Easy to propagate by using cuttings from the bush. It's also cold hardy.
Have had great luck with gooseberries including your Hinnonmaki red. They come through harsh winters with vigor in the spring, and do well in the more shaded areas where many other plants would not thrive.
BEST ANSWER:I'm growing these in the high desert of southeast Idaho with no issues. Im a lot further north, but I would imagine the high desert temperature swings from day to night still apply. on the second year growth I harvested 3-4 gallons of berries. They seem to be doing very well and take minimal care.
BEST ANSWER:I'm growing these in the high desert of southeast Idaho with no issues. Im a lot further north, but I would imagine the high desert temperature swings from day to night still apply. on the second year growth I harvested 3-4 gallons of berries. They seem to be doing very well and take minimal care.
I think they would do fine as long as they get the water they need. I live in the high desert of southern Idaho where it gets got in the summer and I got a good crop the second year.
BEST ANSWER:I live in Guymon, OK (north of Amarillo) in zone 6B. My first year planting both gooseberries and jostaberries and currants was a learning experience. While they all started out fine, I lost several (I think) due to the mid-summer heat and hot, dry wind we get here. My second year planting them, I moved them into a part/sun shaded, somewhat protected location with much better results. No casualties and all came through the winter with flying colors. Likewise with some blueberry varieties. I was quite surprised by how well most blueberry varieties did here (quite unexpected) but several varieties (again) baked by the end of the summer. Same solution. worked for me there too..
BEST ANSWER:I live in Guymon, OK (north of Amarillo) in zone 6B. My first year planting both gooseberries and jostaberries and currants was a learning experience. While they all started out fine, I lost several (I think) due to the mid-summer heat and hot, dry wind we get here. My second year planting them, I moved them into a part/sun shaded, somewhat protected location with much better results. No casualties and all came through the winter with flying colors. Likewise with some blueberry varieties. I was quite surprised by how well most blueberry varieties did here (quite unexpected) but several varieties (again) baked by the end of the summer. Same solution. worked for me there too..
BEST ANSWER:Both gooseberry plants in this collection are self-pollinating, but having them both will boost their production, giving you more and larger fruit.
BEST ANSWER:Both gooseberry plants in this collection are self-pollinating, but having them both will boost their production, giving you more and larger fruit.
The red gooseberry, the Hinnomaki, seems to be doing well af the second year. However, I know the difference between a dormant and a dead plant. Stark brothers clearly had an issue with the green gooseberry. They replaced the dead one that was shipped, but the replacement was the same. Dead, not dormant. Because of their policies, after a couple of tries they were unwilling to replace the replacement--even when I explained that the replacement was clearly dead upon arrival. Neither of the green gooseberries (the original nor replacement) ever gave rise to any bud. In general, I purchase repeatedly for 8 years, Stark trees, plants and shrubs. But I won't be wasting money to replace the green gooseberry.
We hadn't grown gooseberries before getting the plants last year. The plants were hardy and they produced limited fruit the first year but are producing lots of berries this time. Still too early to have a clear idea of how they'll bear right now.
The Invicta started out well, but died by the end of August. The Hinnonmaki survived planted 5' away from the Invicta. The Hinno has some large green berries on it at this stage of the season. The plant is about 2' tall and spreading, and growing vigorously.
I received beautiful, viable bare root berry plants this spring1
These berry plants are doing very well so far but showed no signs of flowering this spring, but the plants are still robust, so hopefully we will have Gooseberries next year. This is my third try with Stark Bros. Goose berries and these were the best plants yet.
These plants have all survived the winter and look very healthy as of May 5th 2016. I hope they will produce some fruit this year. Last year I had a few berries on one plant. I would recommend the splats to all my bee keeping club members and any one else that would enjoy feeding the birds.
The gooseberry plant I ordered last spring. It passed the winter, and now got even stronger and bigger that last season. Seems like I am going to have a huge harvest this summer. Love it. Thank you very much
they have thrived literally since I put them in the ground
This is their first spring and we have had problematic weather this year. Got very warm, then very cold, then warm, then cold again. I expected nothing even in the way of blossoms this year. But it looks like I might be able to sample a few gooseberries this season. And if they continue on course I think I'll have more than I know what to do with next summer.
Although fruit has not shown yet, the plants are healthy and green. Can't wait for the luscious berries to show. I now have 4 of them all from you. The fifth one is a volunteer from a bird dropping seeds. Looking forward to gooseberry pie.
I was worried that my plants had died as I did not get them into the ground for a week, and then immediately had a hard frost followed by snow in March. Both plants regrew their leaves, showed new growth, produced flowers, and the Red even gave me two handfuls of berries 4 months after being planted. I put in many trees and berries last year and this year, but I have never seen anything do as well as fast as the gooseberries!
Last year I received both a white and red gooseberry as a surprise gift. One of the plants came as a single stem with very little root. I tried to root it but it did not take and I contacted Starks who immediately replaced it. Much to my amazement and lack of a green thumb I already have some gooseberries on one of the plants and the single stem replacement is thriving nicely and should bear fruit next year. Thanks Starks!
Well, the two plants did well into the late fall. Unfortunately, it looked like both had died and I gave up on them. Then came this Spring early, and one of the plants came alive! I took care to clean and loosen the soil, adding new fertilizer and more garden soil, watering and watching daily and today, it has a large strong leaf set and is doing well. Still, though, I lost one. Great looking (one) plant though !
The product arrived in good shape and I kept them wrapped in a damp towel until ready to plant. It has been several weeks now and 2of the 4 plants are doing nicely with two plants looking pretty dormant, not willing to show any signs of growth. I guess I'll know more in a couple of years!
I ordered the gooseberry plant collection. One plant I ordered was dead. I contacted customer service and they quickly replaced it, the other plant was green and healthy upon arrival. The replacement had two leaves on one stem, and looked healthy.
One plant of the original four looks great. One came with almost no root system and did not even try even with extra root stimulator. The other two did not survive the winter. Perhaps my climate is too harsh. I'll see what happens with the other plant.
The fruit we took off last year was the first time since we had them, based on that no very impressed, fruit very small, our blueberries were larger. Hope this year the second year for us they will be a lot larger.
