Black Currant Pruning.
 

I have some black currant bushes which have an 'established' look.
I want to prune them and have been told to cut back on the old growth.
Trouble is, having just looked at them, I can't see any difference between
the branches to able to tell new from old.

Advice please.

mark

Black Currant Pruning.
 

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I have some black currant bushes which have an 'established' look.
I want to prune them and have been told to cut back on the old growth.
Trouble is, having just looked at them, I can't see any difference between
the branches to able to tell new from old.

Advice please.

mark





Take out about one third of branches near the base, I do ours while
picking them so I can sit in a chair! but now is the more normal time,
this is reapeated each year until after 3 or 4 years you have the cycle
going, it does of course require the bushes to be growing well.
The older wood is generally black and the younger wood is tan coloured.
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www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Black Currant Pruning.
 

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I have some black currant bushes which have an 'established' look.
I want to prune them and have been told to cut back on the old growth.
Trouble is, having just looked at them, I can't see any difference between
the branches to able to tell new from old.

Cut out a third of the bush every year and you won't go far wrong -
assuming you cut out a different third each time!

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I have some black currant bushes which have an 'established' look.
I want to prune them and have been told to cut back on the old growth.
Trouble is, having just looked at them, I can't see any difference
between
the branches to able to tell new from old.

Cut out a third of the bush every year and you won't go far wrong -
assuming you cut out a different third each time!

/pedant
How can you cut out the same third of the bush every year?
/pedant

Depends whether you're viewing 'a third' as an absolute, or a location?

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Depends whether you're viewing 'a third' as an absolute, or a location?

or an absolute physical object

'Absolute' encompasses that...

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Depends whether you're viewing 'a third' as an absolute, or a location?

or an absolute physical object

'Absolute' encompasses that...

IYO

If not in yours, then you don't understand what 'absolute' means...

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They fruit on new growth, so the easiest way to do it is to cut off
the branch with the ripe fruit on it and then remove the fruit sitting
down at your leisure. We have been doing this successfully for over
twenty years. (Not true for red currents that fruit on old growth.)

Jonathan

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They fruit on new growth, so the easiest way to do it is to cut off
the branch with the ripe fruit on it and then remove the fruit sitting
down at your leisure. We have been doing this successfully for over
twenty years. (Not true for red currents that fruit on old growth.)

Jonathan

Good tip, thanks :)

But significantly reduces the crop.

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On 17 Feb, 11:31, Aries wrote:
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:19:18 -0800 (PST), Jonathan wrote:

They fruit on new growth, so the easiest way to do it is to cut off
the branch with the ripe fruit on it and then remove the fruit sitting
down at your leisure. We have been doing this successfully for over
twenty years. (Not true for red currents that fruit on old growth.)

Jonathan

Good tip, thanks :)

But significantly reduces the crop.

what do you suggest then ?
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For four of us two bushes produced a glut every year using this
method.

Jonathan

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:19:18 -0800 (PST), Jonathan wrote:

They fruit on new growth, so the easiest way to do it is to cut off
the branch with the ripe fruit on it and then remove the fruit sitting
down at your leisure. We have been doing this successfully for over
twenty years. (Not true for red currents that fruit on old growth.)

Jonathan

Good tip, thanks :)

But significantly reduces the crop.

what do you suggest then ?

What I suggested earlier in the thread - cut out a third of the bush
each year on a rotational basis.

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For four of us two bushes produced a glut every year using this
method.

Then I'd advocate making cordial and/or wine...

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For four of us two bushes produced a glut every year using this
method.

Then I'd advocate making cordial and/or wine...

And sorbet and ice-cream ....


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Nick Maclaren.

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For four of us two bushes produced a glut every year using this
method.

Then I'd advocate making cordial and/or wine...

Black currant syrup is easy to make and very popular with our grandkids. I
use less sugar than most syrup recipes suggest - about 8 oz sugar (instead
of the usual 12oz) per pint of strained liquid. But I'm make sure the
bottles are very clean and hot, when filling with the hot syrup - and
sealing the top straight away.

My 6 20 year old blackcurrant bushes provide between 40 and 50 lbs of
fruit, which keeps us (and friends who pick in return for fruit) in syrup,
jam, bottled fruit etc for the whole year.