Berries · Perennial
Jostaberry
Grossulariaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 180 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–8b
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 18 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- clayAlso okay:loamy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normal
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Jostaberry is the vigorous cross between blackcurrant and gooseberry — thornless, large berries, robust. One bush feeds a family.
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
JFMAMJJASOND
Harvest
JFMAMJJASOND
Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage