When to plant currants: in spring, summer or autumn, so that there is a good harvest

Inexperienced gardeners and lovers of fruit and berry shrubs are often occupied with questions about when and how to plant currants in a personal plot in order to achieve a good harvest and comfort for a plant growing in certain climatic conditions. The quality of life of a shrub and its productivity depend on the characteristics of the planting material, on relentless adherence to the rules and terms of planting plants, and compliance with currant care standards.

How to choose he althy and strong seedlings

Careful selection and examination of the appearance of blackcurrant seedlings is the key to the he alth of plants and the creation of prerequisites for good harvests in the future.You need to buy seedlings in specialized stores with available documentation for a particular variety of a given crop.

In any case, planting material must have:

• developed and powerful root system. Roots with at least two branches, at least 30 centimeters long;
• moist, without any damage, rhizomes;
• smooth looking bark throughout the root system, free of dry, old and shriveled shoots.

What you need to prepare before boarding

Before planting and purchasing planting material, it is necessary to decide and prepare the landing site itself. For blackcurrant of any variety, a plot with significant sunlight, located in a lowland with sufficiently moist soil, is suitable.

Such preparation will work well:

• on the development of seedlings and rooting cuttings;
• on the vital activity of planting material - plants planted in the lowlands will be protected from the winds;
• on the flowering shrub without the formation of barren flowers;
• on the yield of currants - the harvest of berries will be quite high;
• on the size and taste of the berries - they will be large and sweet.

The soil on the plot should be slightly acidic and loose.

Optimal time for disembarkation

There are a lot of opinions about which month and when it is better to plant currants - in spring or autumn, and the most versatile. Someone believes that planting a currant bush can be done at any time. And some gardeners are sure that seedlings take root better during the autumn planting.

Someone tried to put a branch cut off from a bush into water, after which, after about 30 days, the root system appeared at the currant, and the plant was planted in the ground in the summer.In fact, the most suitable time for planting currants are the autumn months - September and October.

The root system of currants planted in autumn thrives and grows even before the start of winter. And after the so-called wintering, the shrub is already sprouts and yields.

Specialists in this field confirm the fact of the excellent survival rate of the shrub at one time or another of the year. However, in order to have a good harvest, it is still recommended to plant a crop in the fall, and not in the summer, in August, and not in the spring.

How planting times vary by region

The planting of black currants is carried out on the eve of the first frosts, since early placement of currants in the soil can provoke the growth of new shoots and swelling of the buds. And this threatens with a partial loss of the crop.

The late planting of planting material will not allow the plant to take root, which will lead to its death in frosty time.

The current climatic conditions in Russia should correspond to the indicated planting dates for shrubs in the autumn:

• in Central Russia, currant planting should be carried out in early October;
• in the Leningrad region - at the end of September;
• in the territories of Siberia and the Urals, landing is recommended in mid-September;
• in the southern regions - in late October and early November.

Methods and technology of planting

The vital activity of the plant and its yield will depend on the correctly chosen method of planting blackcurrant and compliance with its technology.

Preparing the soil mixture

For planting currants in open ground, it is necessary to prepare the soil mixture:

• from phosphorus components, within 60 grams;
• potassium supplements, based on about 30 grams;
• from wood ash, within 120 grams.

Select site

The plot for planting currants should be different:

• enough light;
• not waterlogged but moist soil;
• certain protection (in the form of, for example, a fence) from weather negative phenomena - heavy rains, winds;
• medium loam soil.

Recommended neighborhood

The best neighborhood for blackcurrants will be onions, which can protect the crop from a pest in the form of a kidney mite.

Also get along with fruit and berry bushes - garlic, honeysuckle, Jerusalem artichoke.

Layout and depth of landing pit

Before deepening into the soil, the seedling is processed, freed from dry roots, freed from leaves; without roots, planting material is not planted.

The planting technology of the described crop is supported by the following step-by-step instructions:

1. Level the site, mark places for landing holes; dig them out, lay the compost component and ash on the bottom. Fill the hole with water and wait until it is absorbed. Plant one-year-old seedlings in pits deepened by 30 centimeters, two-year-old - by 50 centimeters.
2. Place the seedling in the hole at an angle of 45 degrees, straighten the roots, deepen the root neck by 10-12 centimeters.
3. The plant is covered with earth, rammed, watered.
4. After sprinkle the soil under the seedlings with a peat component, dry grass, leaves.

This planting pattern refers to the classic blackcurrant planting method.

There are other ways to schematically deepen the described culture:

1. Fan planting method (the plant is installed in the hole in a strictly vertical position, it literally weighs on the trellis).
2. Tree planting method (all buds and young shoots are removed from the plant, planted vertically using the classic method).

Distance between bushes

Blackcurrants should be planted, maintaining a distance between adjacent shrubs of 1.5-3 meters. Such a method will allow the crop to develop normally and increase yields.

Proper care of a young bush after planting

For better survival, after placing the seedlings in the soil, you must:

1. Mulch the soil layer of the compost component, peat.
2. Sprinkle the holes with sand to prevent hardening of the soil.
3. Irrigate with warm water.
4. Spud seedlings before frost.
5. Before the onset of cold weather, cover the currants with a special film.

After the arrival of spring, for the quick awakening of the culture, the covering material from the plants must be removed, and the ground near the bushes should be loosened.

Recommendations for beginner gardeners

You can achieve high yields and large fragrant currant berries by following the recommendations and tips below:

1. To increase the yield on the plot, several types of blackcurrant should be planted at once, with different flowering and fruiting periods.
2. Determine the so-called "spacious living space" for shrubs, that is, plant currant bushes no closer than 1 meter apart.
3. Feed the plant with a special starch-based mixture.
4. Irrigate regularly.
5. Take care of the he alth of the bushes - remove the affected plants and all its parts, and treat the plant, especially after wintering, with hot water from a watering can.

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