Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa "Rodnik"
Seller: ALLIKASILM
About this product
Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa "Rodnik" is an early, nearly thornless variety bred in Moscow, Russia, and registered in 2001. Its yellow-green berries with a red blush on the sunny side are among the first gooseberries to ripen. Buy gooseberry "Rodnik" in Estonia from the ALLIKASILM nursery.
The berries weigh 5–7 g, are round-oval with a smooth thin skin and have a sweet-tart dessert flavour with a delicate aroma. The bush is of medium vigour, upright and dense; the shoots carry few thorns, which makes picking and pruning easy.
The variety is very winter-hardy (wood and flower buds tolerate down to -35 °C) and has excellent resistance to American gooseberry mildew. Self-fertile, it crops reliably – up to 7–9 kg from a mature bush.
Specifications
- Type: fruit bush, self-fertile
- Botanical name: Ribes uva-crispa "Rodnik"
- Height and spread: upright bush of medium vigour, about 1–1.5 m
- Harvest: early; berries 5–7 g, yellow-green with a blush, sweet-tart; up to 7–9 kg per bush
- Light: full sun
- Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained
- Hardiness: to -35 °C, suitable for Estonia (zone 5–6); resistant to American gooseberry mildew
- Use: fresh eating, jam, compote, home garden
- Size: potted plant
Advice from our agronomist
Planting. Plant in a sunny, sheltered spot without standing water. Dig a hole about 40×40 cm and add compost; set the bush 5–7 cm deeper than it grew in the pot. Space bushes 1–1.5 m apart.
Watering and feeding. Water regularly in the first summer and while the berries swell. Feed with a nitrogen fertiliser in spring and a potassium-phosphorus one after harvest; mulch the root zone with compost.
Care. Prune in early spring: remove drooping, diseased and over 5–6-year-old branches, keeping 10–15 shoots of different ages. In Estonia the berries ripen in early July – pick promptly, as ripe berries may drop in a rainy summer.
Gardener's tip. Mildew resistance means less spraying, but an open, airy bush also stays cleaner of other diseases. Pick slightly under-ripe berries for jam and let them ripen fully for fresh eating.
Codes and attributes
| Warehouse code | 2121 |
|---|---|
| Category | Gooseberries |
Delivery and timing
- Parcel locker — €2.99–3.99, free from 59,00 €
- Courier to the door — €7.99–8.99, free from 99,00 €
- Dispatched within 2 working days