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Blackcurrant bush

Guernsey Donkey2Guernsey Donkey2 Posts: 6,713
in Fruit & veg
We have a well established blackcurrant bush and have never had a very good crop from it because although I prune after fruiting (Autumn/winter) it now has a few bunches of fruit and plenty of new growth too, should I remove the new growth now so that the energy can be used on improving the fruit quality rather than wasting it on new growth which I will probably prune off when I do the annual pruning?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I'd give it some tomato feed, water well, mulch well and leave it alone ... it needs the new growth to produce fruit next year.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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