Rejuvenation blackcurrant autumn: what to do for an abundant harvest

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So it happens that currant bush grows old. Izrastaetsya. The plant produces the resource, because it reduces the size and number of berries. And as a whole looks like a huge bush is not very attractive and cool ...

Of course, you can completely replace the currant planting each year by replacing one izrosshiysya bush on a young seedling. So a few years later the garden is completely renewed. But I propose to give berry old friend another chance, a second life, if you will. And it is better to spend the autumn currant rejuvenation. Why and how - read the following note to the end of 📋

The essence of effective rejuvenation currant

Alas, each bush has a "shelf life". After overcoming a certain point currants, of course, will not perish. But it is unlikely to bring the crop to meet the expectations of the gardener. This is a normal natural phenomenon!

Adult currant bush that did not experienced the host's hand with secateurs, is a sad spectacle:

• The first thing that catches your eye - excessive gelled. This is an unhealthy phenomenon: currant booths - a paradise for all kinds of infectious diseases and pests.

• Tightness does not allow the bush to develop normally, many branches and berries remain in the shadows.
• Old branches take away the power of young shoots.

All these problems will solve autumn rejuvenation blackcurrant.

When it was time to rejuvenate the currants?

"Shelf-life" depends on many factors. Including on the grade. Adds or takes away years of successful marathon fruiting weather, growing region, the absence or presence of constant care. Especially playing for time pruning rejuvenation.

On average, anti-aging have all the bushes, he stepped over a seven-year age threshold. In other cases, the need to trim total external signs will say:

• the majority of patients with shoots;
• the collapse of the shape and the huge size;
• scored by center;
• and, of course, the poor harvest (to the exclusion of disease and malnutrition).

Autumn pruning

When currants all fallen leaves, it's time to take up the secateurs. Most gardeners are sure that autumn - the best time to rejuvenate. And in the spring, when the go to the growth of the young buds, hand can tremble ...

First of all, determine what to cut, what to leave.

Complete removal of the root to be:

• too old branches impressive diameter, covered with lichen;
• All patients shoots;
• All that travel along the ground
• one of the two branches growing in the same direction.

The other threads are cut only partially, if necessary, leaving approximately 1/3 or 1/2 part.

I draw your attention: in severe cases, when you need to cut out almost all of the bush, it is better to stretch the total rejuvenation of 2 years. One autumn crop one half of the bush, and the next season is to take up another. The fact that the loss of a huge part of the crown will be a lot of stress for black currant. Therefore, we must act in stages. Put a "Thumbs Up" if you like the idea!