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    I got 2 Blackcurrant bushes cheap (50p each) & will be planting them tomorrow. I was wondereing if they will produce fruit this year?

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    I'm not absolutely sure but i think if you plant them quick, you should get fruit this year, i am hoping for some on mine, i think they fruit on new growth and are ( hopefully ) decent croppers but this depends on the type i assume.
    Good luck and someone more knowledgeable will put you right shortly.
    by the way where did you get them?

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    • #3
      The will fruit if you add compost mulch and hi potash ferlisier.. last year's growth.

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      • #4
        We planted some last year and they fruited that year, not much fruit but enough for a taste. Looking at the bushes now though, I think we will have more this year (says she, hopefully)
        A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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        • #5
          Take cuttings in autumn and in 2 years double your crop size..
          (cut and stick in ground)

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          • #6
            Originally posted by hypnophil View Post
            I'm not absolutely sure but i think if you plant them quick, you should get fruit this year, i am hoping for some on mine, i think they fruit on new growth and are ( hopefully ) decent croppers but this depends on the type i assume.
            Good luck and someone more knowledgeable will put you right shortly.
            by the way where did you get them?
            I got them at the Card market. they sell cheap cards, kitchen ware, colouring books, various gardening stuff,etc
            I think they might be all over the country, but i'm in Wiltshire & they are in most towns here Hypnophil

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            • #7
              Hello

              I was told to cut them down to about 4 inches above soil height (just above a bud) so that they don't fruit this year but create strong roots. I got mine from the rescue a plant bit at homebase!

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              • #8
                I planted bare root bushes last year & the advice that came with them was to cut them back & not let them fruit so as to allow the roots to establish. A few berries started forming & I picked them off before they developed. This year I can let them fruit.

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