Blackcurrant pruning

[@chickenfarm09]

Most helpful and informative video I have seen on currants

[@naturesensegardening5002]

That makes me very happy. Thank you for watching. Eva

[@derickhannant9253]

Hi. The white paper background is a perfect idea. A very informative video also. I have a n allotment with quite a few blackcurrant bushes where I wait for the first buds to appear then those which don’t bud I guess are old branches. I’ve saved this video as it’s very easy to watch & follow. Many thanks Eva. Derick.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Hi Derick, so happy you find it helpful. Hope you will have many bountiful harvests. Thank you for watching. Eva

[@felisebatchelor6197]

Thankyou. A helpful and sensible idea putting the white cardboard behind the plants to distinguish which to cut. Like the music also. 👍🏼

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Hi, welcome to my channel, thank you for watching.

[@lindamizer7635]

very well made video - I feel pretty confident taking on the pruning of my black currant bushes now. My only other comment is to, perhaps, have the lovely music a little quieter. I had to lower volume for music and raise it for speaker. I will look for more videos from you.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Thank you for stopping by. I agree on the music detail, this was one of my first videos...I have a better mike now, which makes a big difference in the speech recording. Eva

[@lauramoy9940]

Thank you for showing the branches in front of white paper!!!

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Hi, apologies for late reply, I just now saw your comment. The white paper was the only way the camera would focus correctly on the given cane. One of those happy accidents, I guess. Thank you for stopping by and for watching. Cheers Eva.

[@japupkind8493]

1:19 must to stop it! Dear Lady it's simpy the best. I'm not good in understanding English talking, but Your piece of paper solves problem. Thank You very much and have a nice harvesting this year.

[@mikehahn2735]

Excellent video. Thank you for posting.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Hi, thank you for stoping by my channel and glad you find the video helpful. Eva

[@miagrinberg4733]

Thank you very much for being nice and helping out people around the world.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Thank you for your kind words. As a child, I used to help out in my parent's garden and without even realising it, I learned so much about gardening. Now I can help others to start their gardening journey.

[@tomgamlin]

Very well explained, thank you.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Happy to help, thank you for watching.

[@hc5680]

I really liked how you used a white piece of paper for viewers to see better. I also like how you pointed to the ones you were going to cut and explained why you want to cut it. I would have like to know how to prune back if the height is not desirable size? Also, maybe the difference between what is a fruiting bud vs a branch bud- If this applies to currents. Thanks for your video.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Thank you for watching, happy to hear that you find it helpful. If your shrub is not the size you want, just let it be for a few seasons. Currants are really forgivable to a little bit of neglect, it will still produce. Eva

[@beaversteve4368]

thank you I needed this information

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Hi, happy to help.

[@ariunjargaldulmaa9534]

thank you for info from Mongolia.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Thank you for watching. Do you grow black currant in your garden?

[@gardeningtroutmaster]

very well explained thx

[@dangeoopatrick2593]

Please can you answer a question. Have you a video showing what needs to be done to the bushes just after picking the fruit.?

[@33chickie33]

Love your videos! Very informative and helpful!

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Thank you.

[@georgewhite7878]

Well impressed, very clearly demonstrated thankyou was wondering if like blackberry's , loganberry ect ,are the same to prune many thanks 😊

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Hi, glad you enjoyed watching. Blackberry and longanberry have a very different pruning time than blackcurrant. Blckb. and lgnb. both produce fruit on canes from previous year. So pruning is done in autumn, after harvest. Cut down the spent cane and leave only the new cane, which will then produce fruit in the following summer. This is just a quick tip, I recommend researching it a bit more, as I could write a whole article on pruning blackberries 🙂. Thank you for watching, Eva.

[@nicoleendres3976]

I just got my first black current bush. Should I wait until year three to prune?

[@kristingoettlicher3503]

I was wondering that also. I suspect the answer is yes.

[@shiyamai6600]

I like your vids and ur son!

[@KlavierKannNichtMehr]

Fantastic, thanks!

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Happy to help. The shrub is now covered with berries, yum (July).

[@jcridge]

Can anyone advise roughly when to prune during the year ?

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Hi, best time would be after the fruit is done, this way you see which branches won't produce anymore. Thanks for watching, Eva

[@cangel201]

What if you have a 3 yo Branch and it never fruited before?

[@naturesensegardening5002]

Leave it and it might produce the next season. There is no exact rule here, nothing bad happens if you leave few extra canes. One thing gardening taught me is patience. Sometimes just observing the plant gives me better results than pruning away too much. Black currant is very forgiving. Hope this helps. Thank you for watching. Eva

[@cangel201]

@@naturesensegardening5002 thank you! Oh trust me, patience is all I have. In 3 years, it only has one cane.

[@wildlifegardener-tracey6206]

I have white and red currant is the method the same for them as black currant?

[@naturesensegardening5002]

It is slightly different. Red and white currants produce on side shoots 'laterals' that grow from a main stem. Therefore don't cut the main stem all the way down. Maintain 8-10 healthy stems, keep the center opened to air flow, remove anything dead or diseased. If you're unsure, just observe the plant for few seasons and you'll see what branches are becoming old and are not producing anymore.

[@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS]

It's not true that fruit dont grow on old wood essentially where ever the buds form is where the most fruit will grow. You cut the top of last years growth leaving 2 to 3 buds and then this make the branch sprout up to 50 new buds the following year and that is where the most fruit comes. Cutting the tips of the branch as described increase the plant hormone that triggers it the cluster grow buds on old or year old branches. More clusters of growth small branch growth the more fruit.

[@naturesensegardening5002]

I grew up gardening with my grandmother and she always did it like this. She couldn't explain the scientific reason behind it, she only had years of experience and we never had shortage of black currants. I now use the same method and it works for me. Thanks for your input and thanks for watching.

[@anitamarskamp]

My branches are very long. can I cut them?

[@naturesensegardening5002]

With black currant pruning, the goal is to remove the old wood that already produced fruit, these will not produce again. Cut the old canes at the base. Also remove old canes from the center to open up the air flow and allow light. If the old canes are very long, cut it at the base. Aim to leave 8-10 younger canes, these should produce in upcoming season. Thank you for watching.

[@anitamarskamp]

@@naturesensegardening5002 Thank you very much, so I don't cut at the tops?

[@naturesensegardening5002]

@@anitamarskamp I don`t recommend it. If you growing the shrub for fruit production, don`t cut the tops. But if it is grown as a decorative shrub, then adjust the length to fit into the overall garden design. Hope this helps, greetings from Austria.

[@anitamarskamp]

@@naturesensegardening5002 Thank you very much from The Netherlands :-)

[@khetong6226]

It would be great if someone inboxed me now

[@tomasarana8450]

So I did What you said and it was a catastrophe. All my plants started dying pretty much immediately. I honestly feel like one of the blackcurrant bushes is now literally haunted. Theres even bugs and other things flying around it, very much like witches or bats circling a haunted castle or soemthing. Any tips?Love your vids

[@naturesensegardening5002]

I am sorry to hear this! How old is the shrub? Was it well established? Check the ground around it for grubs or larvae. Also, always sterilise all the tools used to cut, this prevents spread of fungus and viruses. I have these shrubs for several years now, prune in the spring time and they produce very well. If you're unsure which branch to cut, leave it for several seasons, to give the plant time to establish itself. It might yield less fruit, but it will produce. Good luck.

[@tomasarana8450]

​@@naturesensegardening5002 Hey thank you so much for the response. Im not sure but it has to be very old. Its in an old garden, adjacent to the old church and cementery, that hasnt been taken care of in ages. Ok I went to check but it was late at night so I had to use a flashlight. Anyway, when I started aproaching the bush I heard something weird, like faint singing, but didnt think much of it because im always wearing headphones so maybe it was something in the backround of a video or whatever. The tool I dont think is the problem since I dont use conventional clippers because I find them clumsy and hard to operate. I use a dagger believe it or not. Its an antique piece that was given to me as a letter opener but since we live in the age of email ,you know, im using it in the garden. So Im aproaching the blackcurrant as I said and I start noticing this smell, its metalic like coins or sulfur maybe? Kind of intense smelling not going to lie. Thats when I start noticing larvae as you said or maybe grubs idk the difference. All over the ground coming from all directions towards me and the bush. I point the flashlight directly at the base of the blackcurrant and there where hundreds if not thousands of them forming a pentagram around the bush, and im not even kidding, they where all singing this song "Ave Satani" from the movie the omen. And now im thinking even if the bush recovers im not sure if I should be eating the berries. Right?

[@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS]

You have cut to nere to the ground and rot got in to the roots. It dont matter how old the branch is as it is the small clusters of branches you want to grow. This creates short growth of 30 to 50 small branches that next year will grow a high amount of currunts. With last years growth you only cut it if it is long and spindly and cut down to the first 3 buds. Dont cut growth just because it's old, I'm not sure who started that but it is a myth, currents will grow from old wood so long as there are lots of short shooting branches.

[@tomasarana8450]

@@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS What about the chanting larvae thoug?