Has the currant bloomed? Time to feed to harvest bigger and tastier berries
Want to harvest more from your currant bushes? Then a fiery fireworks, in a white berry-hungry gardener! You have a great chance - do not miss the time immediately after flowering. Make effective feeding. I will offer 3 truly working options, and you already choose which one is easier and more to your liking.
Contrary to popular belief (and subversive misinformation on the internet!), Burying potato peels will not make any difference this season. The process of converting waste into nutrients, which plants are able to assimilate, does not occur momentarily.
Why you need to feed currants after flowering
The time after flowering currants is very important. In terms of both the quantity and quality of the output berries. Not every ovary will become a full-fledged fruit!
The future harvest directly depends on nutrition. It would never even occur to starving currants to give out clusters of large and sweet berries. The bush is not a fool: it simply will not pull them out. It is much easier for starving currants to spend quite a bit on the harvest, and use the rest of the food for self-sufficiency.
Even if you do not go to extremes and imagine a starving bush, you can not discount the covenants of biochemistry. Certain substances given to a plant at a certain period affect yield.. This is used by professionals, and we will also use it.
Top dressing number 1: Boric acid
Comrade! I strongly recommend not to dismiss this option. A solution of boric acid powder (1 g per 1 l of water) works here and now.
- Strengthens the currant bush as a whole. Still, boron is an element that is irreplaceable in the life of any plant.
- Increases the number of ovaries. Who dreams of large bunches there?
- Promotes the accumulation of sugar and even vitamin C in fruits. Both tasty and healthy.
Not a top dressing, but a dream. But to bring it in, you will have to devote an hour of your time. First, we dilute the powder in a glass, then pour it into a spray bottle or a bucket. Then, choosing a calm morning or evening without wind and rain, we spray the bush or fan it with a moistened broom. For citizens who do not like to waste time on some strange feeding, the process may seem difficult. But it's worth it!
Top dressing number 2: Nutrition is already at the root
Spread phosphoric and potassium fertilizers in the trunk circle. By tradition, I have been taking superphosphate and potassium salt for many years.. They increase the size of the berries and help them fill with sugar.
Citizens, I will not deceive you and promise that this will increase the harvest. No, superphosphate with potassium salt will not affect the number of ovaries. For one simple reason: the granules will not take effect immediately. It takes time and moisture to dissolve.
Comrade, you can speed up the process! Lightly embed the granules in the soil (and at the same time pull out the overgrown nettles!) In the near-trunk circle of your currant-nurse, and then abundantly fields. It's great if you guess so that the watering will make the rain for you.
Top dressing number 3: "For naturalness!"
Friendly advice: During the growth of the ovaries, make sure that the soil under the bush does not dry out. Due to the lack of moisture in the insidious heat, some of the berries that have just set will definitely be on the ground.
It so happened that at the end I always write an alternative version for ideological opponents of chemical fertilizers in my gardens and orchards. I will not deviate from tradition and whisper: "Wood ash". Of all the folk remedies, it is the best alternative to mineral fertilizers. Although it still cannot be compared with them in terms of speed of action and effectiveness. The choice is yours!
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