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Redcurrants
My redcurrants are ripening much earlier than usual (by about 2 weeks at
least). However when I started picking, I noticed that there are masses of fruiting stalks this year, but each stalk only has between five and eight currants on it, and lots of empty mini=stalks where the other fruit should be. I would guess that each stalk is only about 50% populated with fruit, as opposed to the normal 80-100%. I'm wondering why. Some ideas: Some predator, insect/bird? Plants are in a cage. Lack of pollinating insects at a crucial time. May not explain why the fruit is all at the plant end of the stalk. Plant decided that it could not support any more fruit and shed the lower fruit. Seems implausible, I did notice that the flowers were all down the stalks. Anyone else seen the problem, and got any ideas as to the cause? -- Roger T 700 ft up in Mid-Wales |
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