Black currants are the most popular in Polish gardens. Secondly, red currants are grown, but white currants, although they bear delicious sweet fruit, are rarely seen.Cultivation of all three of these species is not too complicated, so they can be recommended even to beginner gardeners.What to do to be able to enjoy their abundant fruiting every year?
First condition of currant cultivation
Before planting shrubs, let's check the he alth of the planting material.Only certified seedlings purchased from a reliable source will guarantee high yields.Many commercial currant plantations and single shrubs in home gardens are very often attacked by viral diseases.
The most dangerous of them is the currant reverse . The effects of infection are: poor flowering, flower fall, and finally poor fruiting.Fighting this disease is practically impossible, which is why prevention and planting he althy seedlings are so important.
Cultivation of currants - second condition
Another factor influencing the fruiting of currants is the choice of planting site. Choosing a position is important because a bad position can cause a number of problems. It happens that despite abundant flowering, only a few berries remain on the clusters.Probably the cause of this is flower fall due to spring frosts.
Currants are among the earliest flowering fruit species. Many varieties bloom already at the turn of March and April, i.e. in the period of frost.So that the temperature drops below zero does not damage the flowers, avoid planting shrubs in hollows, i.e. places where frost pools may form.
