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Blackcurrants are simple to grow, and the pruning regime is a bit different from pruning Red & Whitecurrants.
Currants are one of the few soft fruit bushes to like damp soil next to water, and they respond to dappled shade by making smaller crops rather than inferior fruit.
Along with their close relatives gooseberries, they are the go-to understory plant for food forest planting schemes.
Still, in the North & Scotland, a sheltered and sunny position is recommended.
They thrive in pots where they are well-fed and never dry out.
Blackcurrants
“Happily ever after” with a blackcurrant bush should be about 15 years in most conditions before it should be replaced, so propagate new ones every decade to have mature plants on time. Pay attention to both the yield and the fruit diameter to decide when a plant is on the decline.
Plants in their prime will produce 8-12lbs / 3.5 – 5.5kg of fruit each year.
The main difference is that blackcurrant stems are pruned out at the base, whereas red & whitecurrant stems are maintained in a long term framework.
You’ll see them darken and taste sweet when they are ripe, use scissors to cut them off.
When harvesting, you can also do most of the pruning: cut out some of the most heavily fruited stems, starting with the innermost, and take them somewhere comfortable to be stripped: mopping up the rest on the bush is now easier.
Your plants will often need action against aphids on their juicy new growth,and a bird net is essential in most areas – some places have a lot of cats.