Currant prefers sandy and loamy soils with sufficient moisture.Planting in autumn currant produced biennial or annual seedlings with well developed root system.
Accommodation
blackcurrant autumn planting should be carried out in a specific pattern.
- distance between rows is 2 meters, and between plants in the ranks - up to 1.5 meters.
- Band scheme differs suspended placement of shrubs, and the distance between them is 0.5 to 0.8 meters.Adults bushes with this method will merge into a continuous line, and they will need more careful pruning during the growing season.
For the first time, while the bushes have not grown, between the rows can be grown early vegetables, which will be removed before the berry (radishes, greens and legumes).
to planting currants autumn was successful and all the planting material caught on the roots of seedlings should be cut to healthy tissue.Then they should be dipped in a mash of clay and leave it up to the landing.
Landing
inclined autumn planting currants provide better its survival spring.Bury recommended 10-11 cm. With such a planting spring buds will give a strong vertical increment by which quickly formed a strong productive bush.When small direct planting seedlings plant will be developed as a low-yielding short-lived tree with vegetation.
With deep planting, especially on heavy soils, the root system is not enough oxygen and the plant will stop growing, which also adversely affect the crop.
If ground water are close, it is possible the fall planting currants on hills or ridges (1 m wide).
During the placement of the root of the seedling in the landing pit is necessary to ensure that all the roots were straightened up and not bend.Sprinkle the soil with humus and mineral fertilizers, slightly shaking the plant and periodically compacting the soil.Thus, there will be no voids in the root layer, and uniformly fill the earth landing pit.
Recommended planting currants autumn of two or three varieties with different ripening times.
Watering
When the hole covered with half irrigate (1/2 a bucket in the hole).Then fill up the ground, ram, again watered and mulch with peat or humus (10 cm).
After planting all the seedlings need to loosen the soil between the rows.
All varieties currants hygrophilous, since the roots are located at 20-50 cm from the surface.If the autumn sowing irrigation was made, in the spring the roots begin to grow actively, thus providing an early bud break and abundant flowering.When a small amount of precipitation in the summer of periodic watering currants are required, particularly on light soils.In the absence of rain to water the bushes should be in early June, when it starts strong growth of shoots in late June - before flowering;in July, when the berries are poured in the middle of August - after the harvest.And autumn sowing irrigation is needed in October if the autumn was dry.
irrigation rate per plant: 50-60 liters per 1 square.m. The water should wet the entire root layer of soil (50-60 cm).In order not to bend the root collar, watering produce in the groove (groove) on the circumference of the crown projection or irrigation.After irrigation is a mandatory procedure hoeing rows.
