Bush of red currant grows to a height of 1-2 m. The plant has a well-developed roots, young shoots are gray or yellowish tint. For breeding the best to use the seedlings.
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The best time for planting
Time of flowering currant account for late spring, so is unlikely to suffer from the inflorescence returning frost. Red currant is not afraid of the drought, it lives up to 35 years. Almost all varieties are self-fertile.
It is better to plant the young plants in September, but you can do it in the spring. They love the sun, so they are planted on the southern slope. Best of all bushes growing on chernozem. forest soils are also suitable because they have a lot of humus. Red currant seedlings can be planted in the loam.
When choosing planting material should give preference to plants aged 1-2 years. Roots should be free from damage of at least 20 cm in length. Before planting the plants to clean leaves and roots for 2-3 hours soaked in water. Doing planting along the fence or tracks, routed in the area, depart from them of at least 1.5 m.
Before planting, you need to prepare a place in the plant. 3 weeks dug hole, its diameter must be at least 50-60 cm. In its depth makes 40 cm. The land is added 8 kg of peat, instead you can make humus.
From fertilizing 200 g of superphosphate, it is useful to add wood ash (40 g). All are based on 1 plant. When transplanting seedlings of several holes under them are doing at a distance of 1.5-2 m from each other.
After 3 weeks cazhentsy red currant is placed in the hole, gently straighten the roots. To quickly have additional shoots, root collar bury in the ground at 5 cm. The plant is well adjusted vertically or slightly inclined. Thereafter, the hole is filled, periodically shaking the plant. This is done to ensure that no air between the roots remained.
When the pit has filled the earth, it is compacted. It is necessary to make a furrow around the hole and fill it with water a couple of times. After absorption of water the ground around the trunk mulch; for this purpose, suitable peat or humus. Then it is necessary to cut the threads at a height of 15 cm, each of them should remain no more than 3 of the kidneys. Seedling be watered after planting 2 times a week until rooting.
In the spring of red currants need to be planted in the middle of April or at the end of the month, only the pits under the young trees is prepared in the fall. The soil organic matter is added only, and phosphorus and potassium - before planting.
How to get the seedlings
Propagated by layering as possible if there is a young bush. Beside him in the land of make furrows. They laid shoots and covered with soil. In the fall of those entrenched, separated from the old bush. They are transplanted, and after 2-3 years the young bushes are already beginning to bear fruit.
Many gardeners choose the cuttings. Planting material is cut from shoots no older than 1 year, which grow from the root. The length of the shanks shall be at least 20 cm, thickness - minimum 8 mm. They are placed in a box, in which wet sand poured. It is mounted in the room, the ambient temperature should not exceed 2-3ºC. After 3 months on the cuttings will be rooted. Seedlings are planted in the spring.
Red currants can be propagated by root division. This way of choosing when to repot currants. The bush is divided into parts, are seated in the well. Thus its deepened 7 cm below the level at which the old bush grown earlier. The shoots are pruned to 20 cm, then watered until rooting plants.
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