Currant

Which blackcurrant variety should you choose for planting? A review of the most productive varieties. Description and key characteristics: pros and cons.

How and when should you prune red currant bushes? After all, annual pruning is just as necessary as fertilizing, watering, and loosening the soil.

The description of the large blackcurrant variety Gulliver characterizes it as one of the most undemanding and productive. The berry is often grown commercially.

Propagating currant bushes with cuttings in summer allows not only to quickly grow new seedlings, but also to preserve all the valuable varietal characteristics of the bush.

What are the methods for propagating red currants? Propagation by cuttings is the most common way to obtain a healthy harvest.

Transplanting currants in spring is an important step for the crop. After 5-7 years of growing in a plot, the berries become smaller, young shoots grow less vigorously, and the foliage turns yellow and falls from the bushes as early as August.

Of greatest interest to gardeners are blackcurrant varieties with large, sweet berries and high adaptability to different climatic conditions.

Experienced gardeners typically prefer to plant young red currant bushes in the fall rather than in the spring. What are the advantages of this choice?

The Venus blackcurrant variety is resilient to all weather conditions, from frost to heat. It survives drought and produces a rewarding harvest.

In order to regularly harvest rich currants, you need to familiarize yourself in detail with the rejuvenation scheme for an old currant bush that has already produced fruit.

Autumn treatment of currants against pests and diseases. Basic rules. Types of fertilizers: mineral and organic. Pruning currant bushes.