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  1. M. Popova, Kazan

    Tell us about golden currants. I consider it rather an ornamental shrub. Are there fruit varieties?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      Indeed, this view looks very beautiful. If you want to achieve the maximum decorative effect, then place a jacket from 3-5 bushes of golden currant on the background of dark purple foliage of red-leafed hazelnuts, for example, Akademik Yablokov, or silver sea-buckthorn. In combination with dark green foliage of lilac, golden currants are also appropriate. But she is able to please the hosts and a good harvest.

      Berries from selected forms and varieties of golden currants of medium size, when compared with the best varieties of black currant. Ripen, as a rule, later than most berry plants, at the same time and can crumble. The berries are very diverse in color: there are bushes with yellow, reddish, brown and black fruits. They contain slightly less vitamin C than blackcurrant (maximum 75 mg per 100 g of berries), but they are champions among currants in vitamin A content - up to 5 mg per 100 g. The taste of berries is pleasant, but peculiar without that aroma which is inherent in blackcurrant. Golden currants are self-fertile, so you need to plant together bushes of different varieties or seedlings.
      There are already many varieties in the State Register - 23, there are plenty to choose from. In 2019, the August night variety was included in the selection of the Federal Scientific Center named after I.V. Michurina (Michurinsk).
      Golden currants come from North America. An unpretentious shrub up to 2 m high stands out among the congeners by winter hardiness, heat resistance, drought resistance. It is not susceptible to diseases common to black and red currants, it is not damaged by a kidney tick.
      Golden currant blooms late, when there is less threat of frost. She is a beautiful honey plant and very elegant at the time of flowering, when hung with tassels of golden, rather large flowers. The peculiar autumn coloring of the leaves also makes these bushes attractive right up to complete leaf fall.
      Planting and caring for golden currants do not differ from the corresponding agricultural technology of black and red currants. But golden currants can be placed both in the upper part of the slope and in more arid places, since it is less moisture-loving than black.
      The distance between plants should be 2-2,5 m, since the bushes of golden currants are larger than black ones.
      Varietal golden currant propagates by layering and cuttings. During seed propagation, the seeds are sown before winter or stratified until spring in the refrigerator. With this method of reproduction, varietal characters are not preserved.
      L. KALUGINA, agronomist

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  2. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    I remember that several years in a row the summer was abnormally hot, and the black currant, which does not tolerate heat, began to disappear in many gardens. We consistently gives a good harvest.

    Since the currant root system negatively perceives overheating of the soil, the bushes on the open area are pritened with a special net. In addition, they noticed that a currant grows better when its bushes are located at a distance of 70 cm and they themselves shade each other. In the heat increased watering. And to preserve moisture, the soil under the plants was compounded with compost.

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    We plant currants in autumn (September-October), and in spring (as the soil thaws). We try to choose a place for her so that at midday she is in partial shade. When sowing, we plant on 5-10 cm when planting (hereafter, root shoots are formed from buds buried in the ground) and cut off the aerial part at a height of 20 cm from the soil in order to enhance the development of lateral branches and root shoots. The first three years after planting the currant bushes are no longer pruned, and starting from the fourth year, we cut out the oldest branches near the ground every season. As a result, we remove about a fourth of the bush - this stimulates the growth of young shoots, on which the main crop is formed.

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