Seeing that the currant is aging and does not give a good harvest, growers planted new bushes. They know that the best time for planting comes at the end of the summer: in this period, the culture time to settle down and is not attacked by pests. How to plant currants in the autumn and do not make mistakes, interested truckers who do not have experience in the cultivation of plants.
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Selection of seedlings
Autumn planting currant seedlings often performed. In the northern regions, this process begins in late August. In southern latitudes, planting dates are shifted to the beginning of October. One of the conditions for its success - rooting of young plants before the frost, so plant them for 3-3.5 weeks before the first frost.
From health seedlings depends on the quality of the future harvest, so you must pay attention to their state, given that the patient planting material can be grown not only yourself, but also in nursery.
Quality seedlings are distinguished by the following features:
- The root system consists of three stiff branches light brown shades. Dark roots show that they were podmorozheny or overdried. Even 1 cause darkening - the defeat of the disease.
- About health of the root system says a lot of roots fibrillose light-colored, densely Entangling earthen room (with whom better to buy a sapling).
- The upper part of the young plants should not be sluggish. Shoots, buds and foliage - free of various types of stains.
- The overground part consists of 1-2 ripened shoots about 40 cm long. The bark of the branches should be fully brown. Flexibility shoots indicates their immaturity and excessive fertilizing seedlings fertilizers that do not allow the germ to survive the winter.
Site preparation and planting
As for places to currants, then the black varieties choose sheltered from the wind site with moist soil - but its excess plant harm. Groundwater should not lie more than 1 m from the surface. Blackcurrant feels good on heavy and medium loams.
Another type of well-lit currant suitable raised portions, ie. K. They better tolerate water shortage. They are suitable for sandy soil and light loam.
Culture of all sorts can not be planted in the ground, saturated salts and carbonates. Poor survives it in undeveloped gravelly and sandy soil.
On the chosen landing site must perform the following operation;
- to align;
- dig to a depth of 30-35 cm;
- remove the roots of many years of weeds.
Fertilizers are applied in the planting holes. Organic fertilizer made 2 weeks prior to planting. During this time, it will lose the aggressiveness and mix with the soil. To feed 100 m² of soil must be taken:
- 600 kg of humus;
- about 5 kg of superphosphate;
- 3 kg of potash.
Pickled and neutralized acidic soil dolomite flour per 1 m² portion requires about 500 g of this material and 250 g of fluff. soil deoxidation is carried out before digging.
The depth of planting holes with a diameter of 50-60 cm should be 35-40 cm. ¾ of them is filled with fertilizers, mix it with soil. The roots of the seedling test and cut dried up, sick and broken fragments. Currants instilled at an angle 40-45 °, spreading roots. Seedling need to shake a few times, so that the earth was void. Then it is compacted.
The roots of black currant deepened by 10 cm, red and white - at 5-7 cm. The shoots are cut, leaving to 3 buds. Finished landing bushes watered, consuming 10 liters of water for each seedling. Better soil zamulchirovat.
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