Currant - a rich source of essential vitamins and minerals a person, but that it does not dry out, the plant needs careful attention to the cultivation. It does not involve special difficulties, but berry requires constant care, which consists in loosening the soil and fertilizing, pruning and pest control. Careful care currant after harvest as needed, as in previous periods of the growing season, because it determines how much will be harvested healthy and juicy berries in the next year.
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How to Care for currants?
After ripening berries vital processes in currants not freeze. Now all the power plants are aimed at the development of leaves, roots and shoots. Their active growth begins in the second half of the summer, and the gardener task - to create favorable conditions for the plant, which will help fill it with nutrients and strengthen the immune system.
On private land are more likely to grow different varieties of red, white and black currant. Despite some differences, the rules of care for all kinds of berries after harvest the same.
The first thing to do sanitary pruning bushes. Sharp secateurs remove old branches. They can be distinguished by the thickness and the brown with a touch tone. Bear fruit, these shoots will no longer be. Pruning exposed to damaged and diseased branches, superfluous, thickening bush shoots and sprouts, lying on the ground. Partially cut, shortening 5-10 cm, strong young shoots. After this procedure, the plant is not necessary to supply extra nutrients to the branches and all the juices come to be put on the next season of the kidneys.
After harvesting berries should not forget about watering the bushes. Moisture is needed for the formation of kidney disease. Currants watered after trimming sanitary warm water. Under each plant poured 1-2 buckets. In high volume needs blackcurrant, t. K. Its roots are placed surfactant. On black currant bush spend 3-4 buckets. The next watering the plants will come in the fall.
Shallow tilling of soil improves the absorption of the root system of oxygen and moisture. tillage near the trunk is better not to carry out, so as not to damage the underground part of the bush. Around him make a groove for the watering and fertilizing. In autumn dig around tree trunks. Earth watered and mulching 10-cm layer of dry soil to protect against frost root neck. Loosening obkapyvanie and helps get rid of many pests, overwintering in the soil.
Drained land under currant needs fertilizers. Feeding is carried out with organic and mineral substances which do not contain chlorine. Immediately after the harvest under every bush currants make fertilizer, consisting of:
- 10 l of water;
- 1 tbsp. l. superphosphate;
- 1 tbsp. l. potassium sulfate;
- 1 cup of ash.
The second feeding - organic. The fertilizer solution is made from mullein or chicken manure (dung diluted 1 part 12 parts of water, 1 part of cow dung consume 6 parts water). infusion time - 7 days. Before watering fertilizing of mullein diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10, the fertilizer of the litter - 1:20.
Shrubs can be sprayed with the solution:
- nitrophosphate;
- urea;
- Zircon.
Prophylactic treatment against fungal diseases carried 1% Bordeaux liquid. Affected plants are sprayed with a periodicity of 1 times a week. For treatment is used as Bordeaux mixture, and preparations Topaz Agrolekar et al. To combat pests using Fitoverm, Akhtar, Fufanon and m. P.
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