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Jostaberry Plant

One heck of a hybrid berry!

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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Jostaberry Plant Soft Fruit
Jostaberry Plant Soft Fruit
Jostaberry Plant Soft Fruit
Jostaberry Plant Soft Fruit

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The highlights

  • Tastes like a sweeter blackcurrant
  • Expect to see huge crops, up to seven kilos!
  • Jams, fools and New York-style cheesecakes
  • Pick from July to August

Description

  • A fascinating hybrid combining the juicy, sharp taste of black currants with the pleasant sharpness of gooseberries
  • They look like extra large black currants, really quite the sight when in full fruit.
  • The fruits are packed full of vitamins and antioxidants and you can look forward to harvesting up to 7 kg each summer
  • Performs well in a sunny spot or with partial shade.
  • Harvest from late July through to August.

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Bare Root Plant
3L Pot
3L Pots
9cm Pot

Height on arrival:

40-60cm inc. roots
50-80cm inc. pot
50-80cm inc. pot
20-30cm

Eventual height:

1.2-1.5m
1.2-1.5m

Eventual spread:

1.2m
1.2m
1.2m
1.2m

Tasting notes:

Sharp with a sweet aftertaste
Sharp with a sweet aftertaste
Sharp with a sweet aftertaste
Sharp with a sweet aftertaste

Time to first crop:

2nd Year
Jostaberries fruit on one year old wood. Once fruited, prune back to encourage new growth for the following year.
2nd Year
Jostaberries fruit on one year old wood. Once fruited, prune back to encourage new growth for the following year.

Hardiness:

Fully Hardy
Doesn't require any protection from frost
Fully Hardy
Doesn't require any protection from frost
Fully Hardy
Doesn't require any protection from frost
Fully Hardy
Doesn't require any protection from frost

Self fertile:

Self Fertile
Self Fertile
Self Fertile
Self Fertile

Uses:

Eating fresh, crumbles, jams
Eating fresh, crumbles, jams
Eating fresh, crumbles, jams
Eating fresh, crumbles, jams

Rootstock:

Spacing:

40-60cm
40-60cm

How To Grow

Excellent

Has been bred for excellent disease resistance. Your biggest problem, as with most soft fruit, is that they are so delicious that local wildlife will want to eat them too. Grow in a polytunnel, or use a fruit net to keep birds off.MORE

Full sun or partial shade

Full sun means receiving direct sun for more than 6 hours each day during the spring/summer.

Prefers fertile, well draining soil.

Loam or sandy soil is perfect. You should also consider digging in some organic matter/ compost when planting to improve the soil

Requires pruning in autumn/ winter

Jostaberries fruit on 2 year old wood, so last years growth. To ensure good crops, make sure that you preserve the new shoots each year and then prune away the canes which have fruited that summer. You're aiming to achieve a balance of new growth and fruiting wood for each year.

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