[RibesNAFEX] Pruning Red Currants
Ribes60 at aol.com
Ribes60 at aol.com
Sun Mar 31 23:10:37 EST 2002
Ginda Fisher wrote:
I''ve never had to prune my red currants beyond removing dead wood -
typically, a branch would only live 3 years or so. But for whatever
reason, not much died last year, and it looks like most of the bushes
made it through this winter, too. So my oldest currants have gotten
very bushy.
1) Should I thin them out? How much? Older branches? Little twigs?
I would thin out the bushes that are getting too thick, the berries will be
smaller
2) What's the best time to do this? They're just beginning to break
dormancy now. (In the past, I've just waited until they started to
sprout, and cut off any branches that weren't sprouting.)
I do some pruning all year long. Remember that dormant pruning stimulates
growth
and summer pruning inhibits growth. I tend to prune most of the smaller
branches that
growalong the main canes (makes picking easier)
Finally, any theories on why the branches are surviving longer? Mild
winters? Something that eats currant borers? Better nutrition? (I
kept them in pots for years, and recently planted them permanently in
the ground.)
Maybe all of the above, they will definately do better in the ground than in
pots unless
the pots are very large
Ed Mashburn
Northumberland BerryWorks
707 Front Street
Northumberland, PA 17857
(570) 473-9910
==^================================================================
This email was sent to: ginda at concentric.net
EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84BWl.a9IzHp
Or send an email to: RibesNAFEX-unsubscribe at topica.com
T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail!
http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register
==^================================================================
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/private/nafex/attachments/20020331/71eb5602/attachment.html
More information about the nafex
mailing list