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  • From: Dennis Davidson <ddavidson@mwci.net>
  • To: RibesNAFEX@topica.com
  • Subject: RE: [RibesNAFEX] Mulching new currants
  • Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 12:49:25 +0000

Hi all,
Ed, your rows are 6-8 ft. apart. How wide are the beds? And you say
you plant the cuttings through black plastic in Fall. How wide is the
black plastic? How for appart the cuttings (~3"?)
Thanks for the info. Dennis


Ribes60@aol.com wrote:
> Tom, why remove the mulch in the spring??? It will help hold moisture,
> stabalize the temperature at the roots and will suppress some weeds. I
> do not
> think that this is too much mulch, most of my new plantings are year old
>
> plants, then I place about 4 to 6 inches of year old leaves around the
> plants, the following spring, (if I can get to it) I add another 4 to 6
> in of
> leaves. My planting is in rows with approx 30 in between plants and the
> rows
> are spaced about 6 to 8 feet apart, I mow the grass between the rows.

>
>
> Ed
> Northumberland BerryWorks
> 707 Front Street
> Northumberland, PA 17857
> Ed@currants.com
> WWW.Currants.com
> (570) 473-9910
>
>
>



Dennis Davidson
Rock City, Il.
Zone 5 (~25 mi. WNW of Rockford, Illinois)

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