In this video you will learn the simple steps you need to take to prune a blackcurrant bush. The reason why you need to prune blackcurrants is because you need to allow space for new shoots that will fruit more and allow space for the plant to breathe to allow sunlight through to ripen all of the fruits.
With the pruning waste you can easily turn them into cuttings like this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44BFFBr9kik
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So you take your cutting in the fall/autumn when the leaves have fallen off? Nice video by the way, Thanks you.
My other questions. I wouldn't ask but I only have one bush of the variety I like. Usually I plant two or more of a variety. I've forgotten the name of it but I'd like more. Also do Currants do well in hedgerows?
1. When to take cuttings? I'm in the U.S. but many videos are from friends in the U.K.
2. any particular place to take the cuttings from the bush?
3. Can long branches be cut to plant? Do the cuttings all have to come from the tips of the bush?
4. Will taking cuttings in the fall be okay or must they be taken in the spring?
5. How much of the production of the bush be lost when taking cuttings in the spring?
6. i had planned to take cuttings now in the fall and cover with a cloche. Will that work?
Useful and clear instructions- thank you
Hi Huws, does this method also apply to Gooseberry?
good filming but you need a wide shot at the end to see what the pruned bush should look like. Are the remaining stems long?
Is it the same pruning for Red currants?
Ive just bought a red currant bush, it's not dormant (just coming back to life) I gather I'm too late to prune this year xx Kat xx
very helpful thank you
Going to pick up a couple of plants tomorrow. This was very useful information, thanks.
Thanks for that. Got the idea now.
I have a serious question, for my getting my bachelor degree we are studying vineyard prunings wastes and the possiblity of using these as an alternative energy source for fossil fuels or the collection and antioxidants, phenols etc.. No my question is what normally happens to these wastes? I've read they are sometimes left in the field as fertiliser or burned? I also guess you can collect them and bring them to a colletion point where they are later incinerated? Thanks in advance and sorry for bad english
thanks for shareing
Would like a vid showing: how to care for a Goji Berry bush.
Thx that was really useful and saved our blackcurrent bush
Great vid, thanks so much. This is gonna help massively as I have 5 B currants and a Red currant bush on the go 🙂
Awesome update i got no blackcurrant bush but nice to know how to do it
When I moved allotments I pruned black current on old plot and used prunings as hardwood cuttings for new site
very easy to propagate — use the rimmings – they root easily
what? use a scimitar?
I have needed your expertise for many years. Thank You for posting this video.
Very informative. I will try this on my young current bushes.
I see you've evolved and grown in the past 5 years, thank you for the info 🙂
We love watching your videos Huw! Thank you for teaching us gardening, blessings to you
Just bought my first currants to plant yesterday. Been busy preparing the ground for their arrival. Thanks for the information, greatly appreciated
Ah! Found it!
Hello.Blackcurrant plant.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRK-KOgHQoU
Thank you. Useful 🙂
one book I have suggests that if you prune in summer, that is when the plant has more of a chance at curing the wound because it is not dormant so summer prunning might not be such a bad idea. Of course a vine bleeds like hell if you cut it in late winter, but not so later on, maybe it is like a maple, it takes up a lot of water on cold nights and then the sun, on sunny winter days, possible stronger where there is a continental climate and so less cloud, makes the pressure in the tree build up like crazy and the sap, the unelaborated sap, just dashes everywhich way. Look up sap flow in sugar maples if you want to see an account of this. .
Also, the same book o pruninning said that if you cut in winter when the sap is down then there is not enough tree or bush for all the stored goodness and it will produce a lot of suckers in spring, maybe good in this case.
My 3rd year growing blackcurrants so your video very helpful, thanks
Nice video. Very informative! QUESTION: I have a white currant. Do I prune that the same way as you do the Black?
Great info.
We have inherited 3 blackcurrant and 3 redcurrants with our allotment.
Had a great crop from them and now know how to prune them.
They are very congested.