2 Easy Techniques to Propagate Blackcurrant Bushes (Grow Your Own Fruitcage)

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @brucecason3475
    @brucecason3475 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you. Some excellent practical advice without technical garbage. Very clearly explained, accurate and not long-winded. 😅

  • @martinhansen5317
    @martinhansen5317 Год назад +1

    Love it! Thank you for sharing 👍
    Greetings from Norway 🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @gawain8000
    @gawain8000 2 месяца назад +1

    Awesome

  • @ButterflyLullabyLtd
    @ButterflyLullabyLtd 3 месяца назад +1

    Wonderful. Thank you. 😊👍

  • @bgtrev
    @bgtrev Год назад +1

    Using a similar idea here with a hedge except using rose briars, sea/buck thorn, hawthorn and we even have a small apple tree cutting that has taken. I Had not thought about using our currant cuttings good idea for next year. Always informative and learning from the channel. Take care.

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  Год назад +1

      Thanks Trev - we've had good luck with this in the past - gooseberry works extremely well

  • @LeoTheYuty
    @LeoTheYuty Год назад +1

    Never raised any of these before. Nice video!

  • @christinebrooks6364
    @christinebrooks6364 Год назад +1

    Hi , great video thanks for sharing and take care 🥰

  • @charlesbale8376
    @charlesbale8376 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, very useful information.

  • @allanpennington
    @allanpennington 2 месяца назад +2

    Currants must be the most easily propagated plants I have ever grown. Take pruning, stick them in the ground, watch them grow, that simple. Also they'll grow in shade too.

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  2 месяца назад

      @@allanpennington Yep, but they are still a horrible price to buy!

  • @FrankieG-M
    @FrankieG-M Год назад +2

    Fab video!
    Have you ever made cheese? It's a little off-piste, but I wondered given the insane cost of decent cheese whether you'd given it a try? It's definitely on my list, given how much even basic cheddar costs (let alone something simpler like Boursin!)

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  Год назад +1

      Hi Frankie! It's something that we keep meaning to try - but haven't yet.

  • @marysurbanchickengarden
    @marysurbanchickengarden Год назад +1

    We can't grow them in the south but I would be the first to try if they ever come up with one that will take our heat and humidity.

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  Год назад +1

      Oh that's such a shame - we love them - but I'm sure you can grow things that we can't!

  • @lydiajusticekimball4829
    @lydiajusticekimball4829 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very delightful! I am planning to plant some this fall. Best time to do that right?!?

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  5 месяцев назад +2

      If you are buying pot grown plants, you can plant them at any time. Layering new plants works best when the plants are growing vigorously

    • @lydiajusticekimball4829
      @lydiajusticekimball4829 5 месяцев назад +1

      I am getting some cuttings from a friend. Does the timing matter then?

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  5 месяцев назад +1

      @@lydiajusticekimball4829 It's a good time of year for cuttings, it should be fine

  • @karenw9996
    @karenw9996 Год назад +1

    Hi Fiona! You won't remember, but I had watched one of your layering videos last autumn when it was too late for my plants to establish, and you suggested pegging them down but leaving them attached until spring...well, in 6-8 weeks (whenever the 50 cm of snow melts) I'll be watching those little fellas to see how they leaf out, and hoping for three currants instead of one & three gooseberries instead of one & eight raspberries instead of five. In the meantime, up until a couple of weeks ago the snow had melted down to about 30 cm, and I noticed the centers needed opening up & some crisscrossing branches need removal...so when the time comes, I'll prune those out and stick them into pails of aged manure in the hopes they grow. I'm currently looking for a place with more room to grow food, so keeping them in pails will allow me to take them with me if needed. I'm SO ready for spring!

  • @gailburgo4726
    @gailburgo4726 2 месяца назад +1

    Hello rom Upstate New York! I have a question about black currants. My husband planted several sticks in our garden 2 or 3 years ago. They have grown leaves but no fruit. There must be 6 or 8 plants planted close together. I thought maybe we should dig them up and try to separate them but as you mentioned in this video, the roots must be intertwined. What can we do to get the plants to produce fruit?

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  2 месяца назад

      @@gailburgo4726 The roots only need to be close while propagating. Final separation should be several feet apart.

  • @azukaokeke7801
    @azukaokeke7801 3 дня назад +1

    Can this cutting method succeed in tropical climate of Nigeria?

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  3 дня назад

      @@azukaokeke7801 Honestly I have no idea, sorry but we have no experience of that climate

  • @buddhistsympathizer1136
    @buddhistsympathizer1136 Год назад +1

    I have some white and black currant bushes in the garden ready for pruning and arranging and I'll give your suggestions a try. A question, please . . .
    I like your idea of planting the currant plants in the hedge, but won't the fruit produced just feed the local wildlife? Or do you plan to protect (or quickly harvest) from the hedge?
    Thank you

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  Год назад +1

      It might - but it's still a free hedge! We have a nut hedge that we beat the squirrels to but I think we will net the currants when they start to ripen just to be safe 🙂

    • @buddhistsympathizer1136
      @buddhistsympathizer1136 Год назад +1

      @@EnglishCountryLife Thank you

  • @MrRolloTomassie
    @MrRolloTomassie 3 месяца назад +2

    Do the currant bushes have to be dormant to propagate?

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  3 месяца назад

      @@MrRolloTomassie They do for the pruning method, layering can be done at any time

  • @peterstephenson9538
    @peterstephenson9538 Месяц назад +1

    is the fruit cage your own design or can I buy a kit for one?

    • @EnglishCountryLife
      @EnglishCountryLife  Месяц назад

      Hi Peter,
      We had to replace this one which was an old poly tunnel frame with a better one which you can buy! We have a short video on our choice
      ruclips.net/video/Rz1dwFwln0E/видео.html

  • @samantha9313
    @samantha9313 Год назад +1

    How do we get rid of caterpillars eating my black currant bush