Hello I've got a huge red current bush which is really old and there's loads of branches growing sideways with load's of side shoots growing up and last year I had thousands of fruit. What do you suggest for that situation 👍💚💛❤️
Very well explained . Some close up shots would have been good to show the difference between the older and new wood. Also are there rules like cut away dead and diseased, cut to outward facing bud and cut about third?
I just picked my red currants and trimmed the plants (split from a bush with many stems I found growing wild and transplanted two years ago). Got about a pint of berries. I have seven from the split and just started six more green stem cuttings, leaving a couple inches of old wood I peeled the bark from on one side. Hope I didn't mess them up too badly. I also have quite a patch of very heavy bearing blackberries I started from a wild cane a few years ago, as well as raspberries. Found a gooseberry, too, and transplanted a root shoot from the main plant that's doing quite well. I keep telling people there's absolutely no reason to go hungry in the Michigan (USA) woods.
I cut back My red current two years ago, removed all the thick 3 to 4 year old branch. last year before lots of growth no currents and then last year the one year old branch grew not many fruit. These grown alot of green growth last year and now is to tall so I need to cut them down. The other half of the bushes I just cut the tips off and currents growing heavily across the entire bushes even on 4 year old branches. So heavy prooning didn't work for Me. I also fertilized to soil so that has nothing to do with it.
Bought some red currants this year, within the last month actually - one had two canes that were, they weren't dead, or damaged, but they had a lot of twists and turns, the other bush had three canes that were broken, yet still attached/green. I cut these disfigured canes from the bushes and decided to use them for cuttings - we'll have to see how that works come Spring time. The one bush had a cane that was bent at a 90* angle over the rest of the bush - I would have cut it off, but that would have left me with just one cane, so, thankfully it was still flexible, I took a stake, put it in the ground, carefully pulled the cane to a more vertical position, and tied it to the stake with some yarn - seems to be doing fine so far, although this is my fist time trying to grow them myself.
Yes, I agree. I read or saw something about pruning back after the plant had fruited. Therefore I am very confused and don't know what to do. My bush is several years old now and I didn't do anything to it last year. This year I had the best crop of red currants ever.
Very much too hot and dry here in Eastern Washington to do this too. But I see that our now one-year-old-RedCurrant bush is sprouting new growth from the base so i wonder if the plant is similar to a raspberry and the fruit only comes from one or two-year old growth and I should be pruning it (or not?). We did move our compost pile to make room for another RedCurrant bush and it should be very happy in that spot so we hope to have a great first-year crop next year.
Thanks for sharing your super experience. I was trying to out where you are. First I thought Holland, not sure why as there is mist and small mountain behind you. So my guess is either northern Germany or Switzerland. Thank you again David
I live north of Ottawa, Canada. In Feb/March we are firmly in frozen winter. Only by end April, has the ground thawed and then we explode into summer. So no real spring. Can I prune in Oct instead?
Thanks for the video. Are all varieties the same in growing shape? This year I got berries but there was something that appeared to be eating the leaves on the tips of my bush. Do you have any idea what that might be. Too, what do you do about birds? Bird netting laid on top or to close to the bushes was messy.
I have a question about growing currants as Cordons... So lets say you get a starter plant... One i had last year had 6 main trunks. So If i want to train as a 3-trunked cordon ... I would prune off 3 of them right now, and prune 3left pretty close to ground. Stake 3 bamboo poles spaced 9inches apart, and grow one trunk directly up 1st bamboo, then 2 other trunks grow more sideways along a wire to the side bamboo poles then can be trained up its pole too. then as they growing remove shoots....
Thanks Markus. I did think it was Switzerland as I remember seeing places likes your farm when I was on the train from Zurich Flughafen to Romanshorn on Lake Constance to visit some friends. I was raised in Australia, but we've live here in Europe for 17 years. Mein Mudder was born in Binua un Neckar, near Mossbach. I believe it's in Hessen.Thanks for your reply.
Continuation of my previous post... I am a little confused on pruning the shoots as its growing 1st year, and 2nd+ year pruning. Think i read something about pruning after fruiting in late summer to 5leaves and pruning in winter the same branches to 2 leaf nodes, but not sure what this means?
We do live (and work ;) in Switzerland. You can find out more about us on our english video page: lubera(dot)co(dot)uk But it is an older page, currently we are working on an english version of our german video page: gartenvideo(dot)com Here is also our onlineshop (sorry, german only) where you can order all our plants, we do deliver with the whole EU: lubera(dot)com
If you have 2-3 curarnts in your garden, i do not see the point in pruning every 3 years. There will most likely be less fruit than. If it is a solid old school type, it should produce fruit still. My grandmother has currants that are over 40 years old. She prunes them about every 5-6 years and still going strong. Also having stinging nettle growing under the shrub, can be a good idea, as these two seems to benefit eachother.
I, personally, don't know much about the art of pruning red currants, but the main reason one prunes bushes, of any sort, is to remove the dead wood, diseased wood, and damaged wood, which helps to preseve the health of the plant.
@armyofda12monkeys In books you will finde various ways of pruning, in the video above you see "our" way of pruning, which we think is the easiest and best.
Hello I've got a huge red current bush which is really old and there's loads of branches growing sideways with load's of side shoots growing up and last year I had thousands of fruit. What do you suggest for that situation 👍💚💛❤️
Thankyou for this video. I've been trying to work out the correct pruning strategy, and you've sorted it for me.
An excellent video, very clear and informative. Thank you👍
Very well explained . Some close up shots would have been good to show the difference between the older and new wood. Also are there rules like cut away dead and diseased, cut to outward facing bud and cut about third?
We normaly look not on buds.
I just picked my red currants and trimmed the plants (split from a bush with many stems I found growing wild and transplanted two years ago). Got about a pint of berries. I have seven from the split and just started six more green stem cuttings, leaving a couple inches of old wood I peeled the bark from on one side. Hope I didn't mess them up too badly. I also have quite a patch of very heavy bearing blackberries I started from a wild cane a few years ago, as well as raspberries. Found a gooseberry, too, and transplanted a root shoot from the main plant that's doing quite well.
I keep telling people there's absolutely no reason to go hungry in the Michigan (USA) woods.
I cut back My red current two years ago, removed all the thick 3 to 4 year old branch. last year before lots of growth no currents and then last year the one year old branch grew not many fruit. These grown alot of green growth last year and now is to tall so I need to cut them down. The other half of the bushes I just cut the tips off and currents growing heavily across the entire bushes even on 4 year old branches. So heavy prooning didn't work for Me. I also fertilized to soil so that has nothing to do with it.
great information, can the same apply to a red currant that's a tree?
Bought some red currants this year, within the last month actually - one had two canes that were, they weren't dead, or damaged, but they had a lot of twists and turns, the other bush had three canes that were broken, yet still attached/green. I cut these disfigured canes from the bushes and decided to use them for cuttings - we'll have to see how that works come Spring time.
The one bush had a cane that was bent at a 90* angle over the rest of the bush - I would have cut it off, but that would have left me with just one cane, so, thankfully it was still flexible, I took a stake, put it in the ground, carefully pulled the cane to a more vertical position, and tied it to the stake with some yarn - seems to be doing fine so far, although this is my fist time trying to grow them myself.
This video was very helpful. Thank you. Do the new branches need to be kept to a certain height or do you just leave them as is?
Yes, I agree. I read or saw something about pruning back after the plant had fruited. Therefore I am very confused and don't know what to do. My bush is several years old now and I didn't do anything to it last year. This year I had the best crop of red currants ever.
This video was very informative! I'm very new to gardening so these tips have been very useful! Thank you! :)
Very much too hot and dry here in Eastern Washington to do this too. But I see that our now one-year-old-RedCurrant bush is sprouting new growth from the base so i wonder if the plant is similar to a raspberry and the fruit only comes from one or two-year old growth and I should be pruning it (or not?). We did move our compost pile to make room for another RedCurrant bush and it should be very happy in that spot so we hope to have a great first-year crop next year.
Thanks for sharing your super experience. I was trying to out where you are. First I thought Holland, not sure why as there is mist and small mountain behind you. So my guess is either northern Germany or Switzerland. Thank you again David
I live north of Ottawa, Canada. In Feb/March we are firmly in frozen winter. Only by end April, has the ground thawed and then we explode into summer. So no real spring. Can I prune in Oct instead?
When is the correct time to prune redcurrants? is there a second best time? I am in southern Ireland and in the mountains of southern France
I got three branches for my mother-in-law I put it in water and it's green but it's not growing roots how can I get it to grow roots
Thanks for the video. Are all varieties the same in growing shape?
This year I got berries but there was something that appeared to be eating the leaves on the tips of my bush. Do you have any idea what that might be.
Too, what do you do about birds? Bird netting laid on top or to close to the bushes was messy.
Can you deliver a pallet of plants to other parts of europe? Such as Finland? I really want some paw paw trees ;)
I have a question about growing currants as Cordons... So lets say you get a starter plant... One i had last year had 6 main trunks. So If i want to train as a 3-trunked cordon ... I would prune off 3 of them right now, and prune 3left pretty close to ground. Stake 3 bamboo poles spaced 9inches apart, and grow one trunk directly up 1st bamboo, then 2 other trunks grow more sideways along a wire to the side bamboo poles then can be trained up its pole too. then as they growing remove shoots....
Thanks Markus. I did think it was Switzerland as I remember seeing places likes your farm when I was on the train from Zurich Flughafen to Romanshorn on Lake Constance to visit some friends. I was raised in Australia, but we've live here in Europe for 17 years. Mein Mudder was born in Binua un Neckar, near Mossbach. I believe it's in Hessen.Thanks for your reply.
Thank you for your help!
Continuation of my previous post...
I am a little confused on pruning the shoots as its growing 1st year, and 2nd+ year pruning.
Think i read something about pruning after fruiting in late summer to 5leaves and pruning in winter the same branches to 2 leaf nodes, but not sure what this means?
How to make such good, long bushes? My plant didn,t grow well. They are about 30 - 40 cm. Any advice, please?
Hi Necip Battal, currants needs a good fertilision. the best time to fertilize the currents is march and june. Best regards
Good clear information. Thank you.
Thanks for the explanation. Unfortunately the film quality is not so good, as the camera is bouncing around too much.
We do live (and work ;) in Switzerland. You can find out more about us on our english video page:
lubera(dot)co(dot)uk
But it is an older page, currently we are working on an english version of our german video page:
gartenvideo(dot)com
Here is also our onlineshop (sorry, german only) where you can order all our plants, we do deliver with the whole EU:
lubera(dot)com
Thanks for the information. At what time of year are you doing it?
@leftfootdave
We think the best time for pruning is in late winter / early spring around end of february / begin of march
Thank you for that information good man.
DANKE SCHON, mein Herr
very usfull information. a better camera person would be helpfull. But learn alot. thank you
The Bush I proon death year have lots of branch growth and next to no fruit. The branch I hardly proon are covered in currents.
If you have 2-3 curarnts in your garden, i do not see the point in pruning every 3 years. There will most likely be less fruit than. If it is a solid old school type, it should produce fruit still. My grandmother has currants that are over 40 years old. She prunes them about every 5-6 years and still going strong. Also having stinging nettle growing under the shrub, can be a good idea, as these two seems to benefit eachother.
I, personally, don't know much about the art of pruning red currants, but the main reason one prunes bushes, of any sort, is to remove the dead wood, diseased wood, and damaged wood, which helps to preseve the health of the plant.
Are you German!? On a side note you sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger really cool! My mother in law keeps bugging me to grow these.
Very informative, thank you!
When is the best time to do this?
Early spring, March and April.
Cesky prizvuk?
Thankyou a very helpfull video cheers
@armyofda12monkeys
In books you will finde various ways of pruning, in the video above you see "our" way of pruning, which we think is the easiest and best.