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My Ribes flowering current won't flower

roselynmitchellroselynmitchell Posts: 2
in Problem solving
I have re planted 3 new Ribes as the 3 i had last year had no flowers i planted them in different areas still no flowers in a previous garden they were like weeds . We have a clay soil in full sun with lots of organic matter dug in HELP!!! 

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  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Have you fed them well with a high-potash food such as Rose or tomato feed ?  Potash stimulates flowers which obviously produce fruit etc.  I feed my tomatoes, peppers and French beans with it.  
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited March 2021
    They flower on year old wood or older, so perhaps you need to wait another year?  They are normally cut back after flowering and the new growth produced this year will flower next year.  If they don't flower by the end of April, I suggest cutting them back by 1/3rd, which will stimulate fresh growth which will hopefully flower in Mar/Apr 2022.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    Yes--patience is your friend as @BobTheGardener says. I am in an area with clay and they are like weeds here, flowering in neglected bits of hedge. But you have to wait for them to mature.
  • roselynmitchellroselynmitchell Posts: 2
    Thank you everyone, I don't want them living here rent free!!! They have to flower or produce in some way. I remember my father in law who was a fab gardener said there's one thing gardening does is teach you patient's I'm getting there Ray 
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