Every summer visitor knows that the intensity of fruiting currant depends on compliance with the rules of care for culture. To bush bears much fruit, and their flavor and size there is no doubt you need to make regular fertilizing nutrients to the soil.
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How and when to feed
If currants grown for personal use family members to use a large amount of fertilizing is impractical. When the content of the commercial culture and the desire to receive large volumes of crops important to select effective compounds with a suitable set of nutrients. Timely introduction of feeding contributes to:
- Active growth of young plants.
- The appearance of thick and lush foliage.
- Accelerate the timing of fruit ripening.
- Increase yields.
- Improving taste and smell of ripe berries. Yet they are saturated with beneficial vitamins and minerals.
Fertilizer for currants used in 2 stages:
- In the early spring. During this period it is better to use nitrogen-containing compounds. Under the young bushes pour 40-50 g of urea. For older plants age of 4 years using 25-40 g of the mineral composition. In this dressing process is divided into two procedures.
- Autumn. For each plant using 4-6 kg of organic matter, including compost, manure, droppings of poultry and other organics. Another feeding to add 10-20 g of potassium sulphate and 50 g of superphosphate. These components are required for the full development of culture and increase its productivity.
Another currants can be fed in the summer, when she spends a lot of energy on the formation and development of the berries. With a deficit of nutrients the fruit will become bitterish, crushed and dry.
liquid feeding
Gardeners fertilize currant liquid substances 4 times a year, guided by the characteristics of the vegetation:
- The first procedure is performed during the bud and the appearance of elements on a flowering plant.
- The second treatment after flowering begins when currant vigorously grows and requires additional nutrients saturation. The intensity of fertilizing future productivity depends
- Third - begins after the berries will fill and ripen. In use as a fertilizer compositions based on phosphorous and potassium. Also allowed the introduction of complex compounds under bushes.
- The latter procedure is performed after the harvest, when the currant started the process of laying stems. In most cases, this occurs in the period from July to August. Fourth fertilizing is necessary to increase the yield in the next season. However, you can not add nitrogen to the soil mixture, as they contribute to a set of green mass and do not give shoots ripen before hibernation.
Fertilizer type and intensity of their use depends on many factors. First of all take into account the type of soil structure where currants grown, its varietal characteristics and condition.
In the role of feeding the liquid, based on organic substances customary to use bird droppings, which is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 (for slurry) or 1: 4 (mullein). Some gardeners produce fertilizer from weeds. Liquid mineral composition made from 10 liters of water, 20 g of phosphorus and 10 g of potassium or nitrogen.
Under every bush decided to make a bucket feeding.
foliar fertilizer
In early summer, currants fertilize foliar micronutrient compositions for saturation.
In various containers diluted 5 g of potassium permanganate, 30-40 g of copper sulfate and 3 g of boric acid. Further components are diluted in 10 liters of water. The final composition is used to spray the bushes.
Before the start of the cold weather under a bush equip special "pillow" on the basis of humus, compost and peat. And for better absorption of the components they need to make digging. The main thing - do it carefully so as not to harm the young plants.
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