Once you’ve finished picking currants, a little targeted aftercare helps the bushes set strong buds for next season. Prune, water, feed and prevent disease now for a healthier plant and a heavier crop with larger berries next year.
If you have a currant bush that crops well and tastes great, you can easily make new plants from cuttings in late summer and early autumn. With a few simple steps, you’ll have strong young plants ready to move on next spring.
Currants can ripen fast and flood the kitchen with bowls of berries. Here are practical, tasty ways to use them up—from jam and jelly to juice and even homemade vinegar.
Once you’ve found a currant variety that crops reliably and tastes great, it’s worth multiplying it. Early summer is ideal for taking softwood cuttings and raising a few new plants for your garden or family.
Juicy, pleasantly tart currants are versatile in the kitchen and easy to grow. With sensible pruning and feeding, they’ll reward you with heavy crops for many years.
Currants crop reliably when the soil is well supplied with humus and balanced nutrients. Here’s when to fertilise through the season and what to use for bigger, sweeter, better-coloured berries.
Currants are dependable, productive shrubs, but pests and diseases can take hold fast if you miss the early signs. With timely checks, good pruning and a few targeted, gentler treatments, you can keep plants healthy and crops high through harvest.
Currants are usually easy-care shrubs, but prolonged dry spells in May can quickly cut yield and berry quality. With targeted watering, mulching, timely aphid control and potassium feeding, you can hold onto the fruit set right through to harvest.
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