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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

I just discovered Currant Aphids on a bunch of Crandall starts.  The leaves
are all puffy & slightly discolored.  Reading around the net it seems like
they mostly cause cosmetic damage & don't really injure the plants.

~mIEKAL



On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't know what conditions it likes, but I'm apparently not providing
> them. I planted a 'Crandall' at the same time as a black currant right next
> to it, and the black currant is about 4 times as high and wide, and covered
> with fruit. The 'Crandall' is barely hanging on. Maybe it doesn't like clay
> soil or something? Road salt? However, it had some beautiful flowers this
> year, and the fragrance was wonderful. I don't know if I should let it
> mature its few fruit or cut them off the poor little thing in the hopes that
> it grows bigger.
>
> Melissa
> zone 5, central NY
>
> --- On Fri, 6/3/11, Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> > From: Caren Kirk <quirky@videotron.ca>
> > Subject: [NAFEX] Clove currant ribes aureum
> > To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 9:39 AM
> >   Is anyone growing ribes aureum
> > (clove currant, buffalo currant, golden
> > currant, missouri currant) as an edible ornamental? I've
> > heard such
> > wonderful things about its fragrance, read some good
> > reviews on it's
> > berries but also read that it yield's very little.
> >
> > How big and bushy does it typically get? Any particular
> > growing conditions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Caren Kirk
> > St. Jerome, QC
>