when garden programmes talk about planting canes what do they mean? do you plant the old fruited canes that you have just pruned ? they never explain it just presume you know.
what is with whitecurrants? i have grown them for two years and ive never picked one that tasted nice, maybe that is why they are never in the shops, gritty & horrid tasting.
arh thanks verdun, do you cut them off and place in the ground or separate them with roots, i have googled this but it always just says canes and doesn't explain it.
I moved some canes last winter. New canes you buy will be similar. In winter, when the leaves have fallen off, dig up a new shoot that has come up a small distance say a foot from the original plant. Mine tend to throw up new shoots anything up to three feet away. I have had them go under a slabbed path and up the othe side. You want a healthy upright stick, preferably as thick as your thumb. Dont bother with spindly bits, they take ages to get established. Sever the root with a spade. You need as much root as possible. I then give it a soak for half an hour. This is important if you have bought in bare root canes via the post or a garden centre. Then replant your new canes , by digging a shallow trench and spacing them out with the roots along the trench, about 18 inches apart. Fill it back in with soil, water in well, and then mulch to keep down the weeds.
thx fidgetbones, mine are in pots and so any that come up are only max 6inches away and none of my branches are that thick and ive had it 3/4 years but it does produce some fruit, not enough for my three year old grandson as far as he's concerned
sadly i don't have room for rows of anything but i will get a larger pot, I have donated the white currant plant to over by the bird feeders to see if they like them as they taste rank
Fruiting canes are things like raspberrries, blackberries, tayberries, loganberries and such. Different fruiting and pruning system from currants which are shrubs. Agree about whitecurrants. Not nice.
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Thanks fidget, why can't all gardeners tell it like that nice and simple.????
when garden programmes talk about planting canes what do they mean? do you plant the old fruited canes that you have just pruned ? they never explain it just presume you know.
what is with whitecurrants? i have grown them for two years and ive never picked one that tasted nice, maybe that is why they are never in the shops, gritty & horrid tasting.
arh thanks verdun, do you cut them off and place in the ground or separate them with roots, i have googled this but it always just says canes and doesn't explain it.
I moved some canes last winter. New canes you buy will be similar. In winter, when the leaves have fallen off, dig up a new shoot that has come up a small distance say a foot from the original plant. Mine tend to throw up new shoots anything up to three feet away. I have had them go under a slabbed path and up the othe side. You want a healthy upright stick, preferably as thick as your thumb. Dont bother with spindly bits, they take ages to get established. Sever the root with a spade. You need as much root as possible. I then give it a soak for half an hour. This is important if you have bought in bare root canes via the post or a garden centre. Then replant your new canes , by digging a shallow trench and spacing them out with the roots along the trench, about 18 inches apart. Fill it back in with soil, water in well, and then mulch to keep down the weeds.
thx fidgetbones, mine are in pots and so any that come up are only max 6inches away and none of my branches are that thick and ive had it 3/4 years but it does produce some fruit, not enough for my three year old grandson as far as he's concerned
Get a larger pot, or plant a row for him. I planted a new row of Glen fyne this January and they taste wonderful.
sadly i don't have room for rows of anything but i will get a larger pot, I have donated the white currant plant to over by the bird feeders to see if they like them as they taste rank
Fruiting canes are things like raspberrries, blackberries, tayberries, loganberries and such. Different fruiting and pruning system from currants which are shrubs. Agree about whitecurrants. Not nice.