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GROWING GUIDES
Blackcurrants
Fruit
Easy
Planting Schedule
Month by month
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Harvest
Sow Seeds Indoors
Not grown from seed. Buy certified virus-free bare-root or container-grown bushes.
Outdoors
Plant bare-root bushes from November to March. Choose a sheltered, sunny position with moist but well-drained soil.
Harvest
Pick whole trusses when all the berries in the cluster are dark and ripe, usually in July and August.
Month by month
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Harvest
How to Sow
- Choose a sunny, sheltered spot — blackcurrants flower early so frost pockets should be avoided
- Dig a generous hole and mix in lots of well-rotted manure or compost
- Plant 5cm deeper than the nursery soil mark to encourage strong basal shoots
- Space bushes 1.5m apart
- Cut all stems back to one or two buds above soil level after planting
Plant Care
- Mulch generously each spring with well-rotted compost or manure
- Water well in dry weather, especially when fruit is developing
- Feed with a high-potash fertiliser in early spring
- Prune in winter — remove about a third of the oldest wood each year, cutting to the base
- Net against birds as the fruit begins to ripen
AllotMe’s Tips
- Blackcurrants are packed with vitamin C — more than oranges weight for weight!
- The variety 'Ben Lomond' is compact and reliable, perfect for smaller plots
- Freeze excess berries on trays then bag them — they make brilliant smoothies and cordials all year round
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