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Lisa writes:
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| Anyone any ideas as to whay might kill a healthy flowering currant
| bush? Is it worth leaving it in the ground in case it rallies round?
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| I live in Hampshire, and my soil is clay.

Some indeterminate root-rot, probably fungal. Last year was horribly
cold and wet, and your soil drains badly. If that is so, it's dead
and won't reshoot from the base, but I would give it a month before
digging it up.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.