Redcurrant

A popular all-round variety with very large red

A popular all-round variety with very large red berries on long trusses which makes them easy to pick. It is a fairly vigorous shrub with heavy crops, of good flavoured, juicy fruit. Redcurrants are easy to grow shrubs, cropping well in sun or shade. Like gooseberries and blackcurrants, they develop a permanent framework of shoots so can be grown as fans, espaliers, cordons, standards, as well as bushes.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: any well-drained soilRate of growth: averageOther features: large, well-flavoured berries (late July)Hardiness: fully hardyGarden care: Prepare the ground well before planting. Remove all weeds and dig in plenty of well-rotted manure in to the area. Once planted, apply a mulch of well-rotted manure every spring, as well as a nitrogen and potassium fertiliser. Make sure the plant is watered in dry weather and net the bushes to protect the fruit from birds. In the first year, prune back to one bud above soil level in winter. After that only prune out weak branch

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