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  1. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    Red currants in my garden take up no less space than black ones. There are plenty of reasons for that.
    Firstly, this is a very beautiful ornamental shrub, so I grow red currants on a trellis along the path and against the wall of the house. Secondly, it takes much less time to care for it than, for example, for black, and it gives higher yields. In addition, red currant is self-fertile - it does without pollinating varieties. You can plant just one bush - and still the harvest will be.

    The best time for planting red currants is autumn or early spring. I planted it, as advised in the nursery, 5-6 cm lower than it grew in the nursery, and it was spacious - 1,5-2 m from the bush, so that the planted bushes, as far as pocia, were not shaded by trees and each other. Down poured 1-2 buckets of humus and on top - 1-2 shovels of garden soil.

    After planting, the bush was abundantly watered and mulched on top with sawdust. With such a shelter, you will have to water and weed less often.

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  2. Summerman, gardener and gardener (anonymous)

    There is always room for red currants in my garden. I want to share with you why I love red currants more than black ones. Firstly, red gives high annual yields, secondly, it is winter-hardy, and thirdly, ripe berries can hang on a bush for a long time (a whole season!) Without crumbling and remaining just as tasty. And, finally, red currant is a long-liver: it lives and bears fruit for almost 15-20 years!
    No, without currants, as well as without lilacs, I simply cannot imagine my “hacienda”!
    Caring for her is simple, her bushes are quite resistant to diseases, only currants love to be fed: therefore, I increase the dose of organic fertilizers to 6-8 kg per 1 sq. m, and I bring half the norm at the end of September, and the rest in the spring.
    Pruning bushes of red currant, as well as black, I spend in early spring, at the beginning of growth. But keep in mind: in the first years after planting, pruning is almost not carried out, and in the future it is desirable to have an average of at least 10-12 fruit-bearing branches and 4-5 renewal shoots per bush.
    The formed bush should have up to 15-20 branches of different ages (according to my observations, one branch yields 6-8 years, sometimes more).

    As for watering, currants, in general, tolerate drought well, but with a lack of moisture, the berries become small.

    So I am not lazy and constantly make sure that my beauties do not suffer from thirst.
    Red currants can be added to salads, like cranberries or lingonberries. Especially this berry is necessary for those who suffer from constipation.

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  3. I. Serov, Chelyabinsk

    At the red currant, which bears fruit abundantly, this time almost all the branches were covered with drops of white tar. What is this disease?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      Red currant is affected by anthracnose. The infection is spread by raindrops and insects. Conidia germinate only in drop-liquid moisture, penetrating into the plant through integumentary tissues. A similar disease is characteristic of both blackcurrant and gooseberry.
      The first signs appear on the leaves after flowering are very small, up to 1 mm in diameter, angular-rounded brown spots, giving the entire leaf a brownish tint. The disease reaches its maximum development in July-August: in the center of the spots, the epidermis of the leaf rises, turns black and becomes shiny, then a breakthrough occurs and light-colored tubercles appear on the surface of the leaf (or shoot, if it is damaged), consisting of a mass of conidia glued together with a mucous substance .
      Remove and destroy fallen leaves, spray with a 3% Bordeaux liquid in the fall and in the bud swelling stage in the spring with a solution of the same concentration. Then the same treatment after flowering and repeated - with an interval of 10-15 days, but no later than 20 days before harvesting, with a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid or a suspension of benlat (foundation).
      V. Borisov, candidate of agricultural sciences

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  4. Julia KONDRATENOK, Cand. agricultural sciences

    red currants are often attacked by red-gall aphids. Her feces cause poisoning and red swelling of the leaves. However, when you find these "bubbles" on the leaves, there is no one there. The pest begins to feed when the leaves are just blooming, and then moves on to weeds.

    О Therefore, immediately after bud break, treat the bushes with a biological product (Bitoxi-bacillin, Avertin, Aktofit - according to the instructions). Or infusion of tansy (1 kg of fresh raw materials or 350 g of dried, pour 5 liters of water, insist
    day, then boil, strain and add settled water to 10 liters). But if last year there were a lot of red leaves on the currants, use an insecticide (Aktara, Tanrek, Kinmiks).

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  5. Nina

    On my four acres along opposite fences, two bushes of white currant and a bush of red on one side, three bushes of black currant and a bush of red on the other, remarkably grew and pleased with the harvest.
    Harvest they pleased me for ten years. But then one fine summer, berries began to ripen on my bushes, and what do I see? On the side where the redcurrant bush stood next to the white bushes, the berries on it ripened ... white! And where the red bush grew next to the blackcurrant bushes, the berries ripened black. I did not understand anything then and still do not understand. What was it?
    Since then, everything goes like this, I no longer have red currants. And here's what's interesting: white and red currants bloom alike. But after all, black flowers are completely different! No one can explain to anyone I tell about this incident. Yes, and they do not believe, they say that I am a storyteller. Why do I need this ?!

    But there is also a sequel. Five years after this incident, I brought redcurrant stalks from relatives from the village and planted them in the middle of the garden near the path. Settled wonderful. And what do you think? My bush bloomed and gave ... white berries! And since I do not need white berries, I dug it up and gave it to my friends. And he still gives them white berries.
    Here is a story. Every year I’m going to write - now, finally, I wrote. And all because I recently told another person about this incident, so he also did not believe me.

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