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Originally Posted by siddles
Hi there, I am new here and a fairly new own produce gardener. I planted a redcurrent bush last year, against the wall of my house which is west facing. I had no flowers and no fruit last year but kind of expected that. but this year again no flowers, so I bought another redcurrent thinking it may need 2 to pollenate each other but still nothing. what am I doing wrong. Its lovely and healthy, lovely green leaves just no flowers. thank you
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Currants require good quality
organic nutrients in the soil. They especially need a lot of potassium. It's therefore recommended that you use good quality seaweed compost or seaweed extract. If the leaves turn brown in summertime this is a sign that the plant is suffering from potassium deficiency. A good time to add compost is at the beginning of spring and again when they start bearing fruit, because the fruiting process requires a lot of nutrients from the soil.