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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ailing red currant
  • Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 20:28:52 -0800

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Ailing red currant
Odds are very good there is still life in the crown, at least.  Prune the plant back heavily (2/3 or so) and keep it well mulched this year and you should have good regrowth.

From: list@ginda.us
Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 22:44:07 -0500
To: NAFEX <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Ailing red currant


Last spring I transplanted a Red Start currant.  I thought I'd done a
good job of moving the roots, but later found quite a lot I'd left
behind.  The bush sprouted out well, and flowered.  Being greedy, I let
it fruit.  Some of the fruit dropped, and birds got the rest (I watched
them under my netting carefully strip the berries.)  The bush went
dormant shortly after that - well before the other currants.  I
irrigated, but it was a dry summer and we were away for a couple of
weeks.

I'm worried the plant may be dead or in trouble.  The buds look dry
while my other currants are beginning to show signs of life.  Although
red currants are legal in my county, Massachusetts law is patchy, and
few vendors will ship Ribes of any kind to Massachusetts because it's
not worth it to them to keep track of the law.  (At least, I assume
that's why.)  So it might be hard to replace the plant, which I like a
lot.

Any advice on what I can do at this point to help it?

Thanks,
Ginda Fisher
eastern MA, zone 6

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