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    Birds have started trying to get my redcurrants / whitecurrants / blackcurrants
    Does this mean they're ready for human consumption?
    Or nearly ready?
    Last edited by veggiechicken; 16-07-2014, 07:35 PM. Reason: Comment removed - Not necessary!!
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    just net them
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
      just net them
      The currants not the birds...............
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      • #4
        already netted - but one of the buggers got under and got most of the redcurrants ....
        it's the black and white ones i want most tho .... they're safe ....
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        • #5
          it's more about an indication of whether they're ready for humans or not
          do birds start eating them only when they're ready for humans? or before?
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          • #6
            When they're nearly ready, the day before you're going to pick them
            They leave the blackcurrants alone here - but the red ones have disappeared completely.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
              When they're nearly ready, the day before you're going to pick them
              They leave the blackcurrants alone here - but the red ones have disappeared completely.
              Strangely they've had my black currants this year but left most of the red ones. They always ignore the white ones but they're the ones I never want as much, still gave about 6lbs of them in the freezer from last year that I never worked out what to do with . With regards telling when they're ripe, I base it on the colour and feel, when they look right I guess.

              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.

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              • #8
                My blackcurrants went from green to purple to black, but even then they were not ripe. It wasn't till they went soft to the touch that they were nice and sweet and tasty. Following advice here I leant to pick by gently fondling each berry, and only picking those that were slightly soft. Luckily my currants were big ones. Commercial growers pick redcurrants when they are not ripe. It might be a pain to pick individually, but the flavour makes it worthwhile. I'd never realised currants can be sweet and eaten like sweets.

                Blackbirds leant to get under my fruit net, and got the small number of unpicked ones, so next year I will weigh the edges down with bricks. The number of birds I've had to release from the netting, they'd make a very big pie. It is usually the young ones that get caught.

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                • #9
                  Just because the birds are eating your currants doesn't mean they are ripe, just that the birds fancy them. Best test for ripeness is to taste a few. At this time of year though my currants, White and red, are ready for eating.

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                  • #10
                    Well the birds stripped all the redcurrants not long after asking on here - they got through or under the netting
                    I tasted a couple of blackcurrants and whitecurrants, picked the whole lot
                    Job done ...
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Farmer_Gyles View Post
                      Birds have started trying to get my redcurrants / whitecurrants / blackcurrants
                      Does this mean they're ready for human consumption?
                      Or nearly ready?
                      don't forget that birds don't have a tongue like us so they wont know when fruit is ripe, they will go by colour and a chance of a free meal......

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                      • #12
                        Just picked all of my blackcurrants and remaining red currants, the blackcurrants were falling off, so very ripe, and a very messy job picking them. Not as any as last year for some reason. They are in a fruit cage, so birds couldn't get them.
                        DottyR

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Dorothy rouse View Post
                          Just picked all of my blackcurrants .... Not as any as last year for some reason.
                          last year was a bumper crop for many fruits - this year might just be a normal year for them ....
                          http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com

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                          • #14
                            I just picked some blackcurrants in my garden today..They looked like they were ready to eat but they tasted bitter..can anyone tell me when they will be ready to eat?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Strawberry patch View Post
                              I just picked some blackcurrants in my garden today..They looked like they were ready to eat but they tasted bitter..can anyone tell me when they will be ready to eat?
                              They are quite sour, I don't like them raw even when really ripe. If they're soft and juicy then they're ripe.

                              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?

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