Cape gooseberry - too bushy for a greenhouse?

Hi. I put out my seeedlings into the greenhouse last week. It's a 8' x 6' greenhouse, I've got 4 Cape Gooseberry plants, but I've read they can be very bushy and take up loads of space - is this right? If so, could I grow them in my south facing conservatory or would it not work? I'm already running out of room in the greenhouse!

Thank you

Kathy

 

They are VERY bush Kathy, I grew two in our 15x8 polytunnel two years ago and they took up far too much space. I didn't reckon they were worth it as I could have grown more productive plants in the space.
Might be worth a try in pots in your conservatory - you'll at least be able to move them outside if they get too big!

 

I grow them out side here, grown like half hardy annuals.
You dont get ripe fruit till late, but they are very large if grown in a greenhouse.

 

Thanks, will put two in garden and two in conservatory and see how they do!

 

Are Cape Gooseberries slow growers? I've got four little plants, about 3" high, they've been that size for weeks, also two chillie seedlings that I potted up over a month ago, they look healthy enough but just don't grow any bigger! Can any one tell me how to get them to grow a weenie bit?

 

They can be a bit slow early on if grown from seed in the current year.
I tend to overwinter a plant, in the greenhouse.
I get a lot of self sown ones every year, so I pot one up in july for the next year.

They like sunshine, so if its a bit shady where your growing them, you could try moving them somewhere brighter, other than that, some times if a small plant has been in its pot a long time without much happening, the compost can get stale.
Try repotting, but not to a larger pot, one the same size, but try to replace some of the compost, without causing too much root damage.