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I brought my blackcurrant last year,however i don't know how old it is.So I'm unsure as to whether or not I should prune it this year,or should i wait until next year 
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Start pruning 2 years after planting to remove weak branches. Then from 3 to 4 years remove some old wood each year. Cut out about 1/4 of the fruited branches to make room for new shoots. Don't keep wood which is older than 4 years.[ -
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I would like to say thankyou for the advice.I'm glad I asked the question now,otherwise I would have gone ahead and pruned it.I'm glad I didn't.Comment
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just cut out the older dark wood that stops producing after a few years, the lighter coloured wood is always the younger. I planted some of mine where my chooks used to spend their days lying in the occasional sun and they grew the other year to nearly 9ft, that's the canes , not the chooks, I trimmed them low as it was awkward trying to pick them, this year they have gone to around 7ft, so getting more manageable, I think I will give them handfuls of chicken manure pellets in the spring and see what happens with their height, the original 2 stems came as a pound shop buy, so I think I have had my money's worth....Comment
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Interesting thing about blackcurrants is they're about the only fruit bush that can cope with fresh chicken poo - to strong for everything else.Another happy Nutter...
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The OP was 2006 so theirs may well now be a similar sizeOriginally posted by BUFFS View Post
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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aaw Buffs... 10 years too late!!
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I never thought to check the date....I will now...Originally posted by vixylix View Postaaw Buffs... 10 years too late!!Comment
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Glad you didn't Buffs, I missed it the first time around but I have been thinking about pruning my blackcurrant bush so this is particularly helpful (and timely)Originally posted by BUFFS View PostA garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)
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I am still trying to figure out how a 2006 item came up on my fruit page, that's even slower than me and snails leave scorch marks as they pass me...
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Wouldn't it be an idea for the "system" to delete threads that haven't had a response for a number of years. Information does go out of date eventually.Comment
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How does "How to prune your blackcurrant" go out of date?
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I've been re-educating someone who used to cut the fruiting stems each year to make it easy to pick the fruit (his father had always done that) & was wondering why his blackcurrant bush never got very big......Another happy Nutter...Comment
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Well it was useful for me for this thread to pop up as I was wondering about my bushes so thanks Buffs.
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I think its great to revive an old thread... and even if something had changed, I'm sure it would rapidly be corrected
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