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Cutting down currant bushes to promote new growth
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Has anyone had any success with completely cutting down their currant bushes to the ground to promote new fresh growth?
I was going to grub out my current bushes and start afresh however on a recent addition of GW the mighty Don said you could cut them completely down to the ground
Not that I doubt the wisdom of this but would be interested if anyone has done this with any sort of success
I was going to grub out my current bushes and start afresh however on a recent addition of GW the mighty Don said you could cut them completely down to the ground
Not that I doubt the wisdom of this but would be interested if anyone has done this with any sort of success
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however the bushes have been in for a number of years and this year the yield wasn’t so good so was attracted to this radical approach
i won’t be doing anything until the bushes are dormant
I am seriously tempted to have a go and see what happens
I can always go back to plan A and invest in some new bushes
I think I will definitely cut them all down to the ground in February and hopefully it will be a case of treat them mean to keep them keen