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Cutting back Ribes now ok?
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I'm about to erect a new fence at the back of my garden. My only concern is that in order to do so i will have to chop back a bit of the flowering currant which is growing there. It's at post-blossom, early berry development stage of the season and I have no great desire to harvest the berries. Will it, therefore, do any harm to prune it now? Thanks xiv |
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Cutting back Ribes now ok?
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louisxiv writes Hi I'm about to erect a new fence at the back of my garden. My only concern is that in order to do so i will have to chop back a bit of the flowering currant which is growing there. It's at post-blossom, early berry development stage of the season and I have no great desire to harvest the berries. Will it, therefore, do any harm to prune it now? Thanks xiv It's likely an ideal time to prune it. If you delay pruning into later in the year the result is likely to be a lack of flowers next spring. (If it's Ribes sanguineum, then my experience is that you can hack it back most times of the year, without ill effect. (I've never had cause to try the depths of winter.) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley http://www.malvaceae.info |
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Cutting back Ribes now ok?
In message , Stewart Robert Hinsley
writes (If it's Ribes sanguineum, then my experience is that you can hack it back most times of the year, without ill effect. (I've never had cause to try the depths of winter.) I've pruned it in winter when dormant, and it didn't do any harm. -- Sue ] |
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