Nick Maclaren wrote:
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Alan Johnson writes:
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| But I was hoping for a bit more feedback. Perhaps tomorrow?

Perhaps :-)

I am no expert, but there are some general rules. With an old bush,
you may kill it by hard pruning, but the bushes that die are unlikely
to do much if you don't prune them. You should start by thinning it
ruthlessly - i.e. all really old, sick and thin wood, and cut back
long shoots.

If it then shoots from the base this year, cut out more (or the rest)
of the old wood. If not, it may be beyond hope.

With really special shrubs, you take more care, but blackcurrants
don't thrive for more than a few decades anyway, and are easy to
replace.

Hi Nick,

I didn't necessarily mean by you, of course, but thanks for replying
again anyway. One of my first suggestions to my wife upon seeing the
fungus was to throw them all out and plant new ones. She objected,
buckets full of blackcurrants drifting before her eyes. :-)

Regards

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