Stamp currant - important growing rules

Recently, it has become popular to grow traditional cultures with new technologies. Stamp currant not only looks beautiful, but in many respects surpasses the usual bushes of berries. To grow such a plant on your site, you need to know a number of important requirements.

Stamp currant - varieties

You can grow on your garden plot a red, black, white and golden currant. There are a number of advantages for stump bushes, of which it is impossible not to say:

1. As a seedling, you can use a stalk with one kidney on the vertex.
2. Planting bushes can be about 30 cm apart.
3. Varieties of blackcurrant, as well as red and golden varieties give a rich harvest, which is much easier to assemble. Berries have a more pronounced taste.
4. Life expectancy of the plant is more than in the shrub form and it is 15-18 years.

This is only a basic list of the advantages that a truncated currant possesses, but there are minuses in such plants. Bushes are not protected from strong winds, and they do not tolerate long frosts. Periodic will have to give unnecessary shoots and pinch the tops. The productivity of the stamping plant falls sharply due to the lack of rooted shoots.

Black Stir-Currant

This variety is popular, because berries are not only useful, but also sweeter. It is worth noting that the black currant on the stem in comparison with other varieties is more sensitive to the freezing of branches, so it is impossible to grow it in areas with a cold climate. The best varieties for growing them in a stamping way: "Stork", "University", "Memorable" and "Monastic".

Red currant on the stem

Red berries contain many useful substances and they are often used in cooking. This species, if compared with the previous one, is less whimsical, so its cultivation can be practiced in different territories, without fear of frosts. Good red stamenscurrant grows if you use such varieties: "Viksne", "Bayan", "Natalie", "Rondom" and others.

Yellow Corncurrant

In Europe, this species is highly valued, which not only serves as an ornament of the territory, but also gives a rich harvest of delicious berries. To the currant on the stem grew without problems, it is best to use the grade "Imperial Yellow", which is characterized by large berries. In contrast to the black currant, yellow varieties bloom later, which helps to protect flowers from frost.

Stamp currant - how to grow?

Many may think that it is difficult to grow a tree on its own, but if you know a number of rules, you can achieve results. Before you figure out how to grow a beautiful currant tree, you need to decide on a suitable place. It is better to choose weakly acidic, sandy loamy and other soils that have good moisture capacity. Preliminary it is recommended to drain the soil well and prepare drainage ditches. In the autumn, it is worthwhile digging up the soil, decomposing organic fertilizer, for example, manure or peat.

How to plant a currant?

There is a certain instruction, on which you should navigate, in order to get the desired result:

1. In early August, plant a thick naked summer shoot and pinch the top. Note that the seedlings must be planted deeper than for the ordinary currant. It is possible to plant a pitted currant in the spring, but only when nocturnal frosts are no longer present.
2. When next year on the top will appear shoots, in August they should be nipped. You need to do this on each branch. Shoots and leaves that are located below the specified length of the trunk, should be removed. This also applies to the radical processes.
3. In the third year, a thick crown should form and to form a beautiful shape, it is recommended to pinch the top on each branch. Do not forget to remove root shoots and shoots. If the shredded currant develops well, this year it will be possible to get the first crop, albeit in small quantities.
4. The next year the fruiting will be abundant and the bast itself will already be well formed, but this does not mean that it is worth to refuse from pricking. It is carried out as described above. You should also delete old branches that do not have leaves or become black. Such procedures should be carried out every year.

How to form a blackcurrant?

It's difficult to make a bush out of an adult bush, but if you follow a number of tips, the result will be achieved.

1. Formation of the pudding currant should be started in the spring, before the buds bud. Examine the bush and select one shoot, which should be straight and thick. Another important point is that it should grow at a right angle to the ground. If there is no such branch, then select the option closest to the specified criteria.
2. The chosen shoot with buds and branches remains, and all other branches are cut at the soil level.
3. Still need to remove the branches, except the topmost, and they are removed under the very base, that is, the hemp should not remain.
4. After all these manipulations, the stem for the currant is ready. It is recommended to dig in a number of supports, so that the plant does not break from the wind. In addition, it will help the currant branch, if necessary, to straighten.
5. In the summer, if there will be shoots from the ground, be sure to remove it. If there are side branches on the stem itself, then do not forget to cut them.
6. In autumn, another mandatory procedure is performed - pinching the tops of branches. This is necessary in order to awaken the sleeping buds and form new shoots.

How to plant a currant on a stem?

To perform the vaccination, follow these instructions:

1. Prepare a one-year-old seedling, which must be prepared in advance (early spring). It can be stored in the cellar, keeping it from drying out. It is impossible to admit the appearance of the kidneys.
2. To get a currant tree, grafting should be done at the end of March. Take the graft and make a longitudinal smooth cut. Carrying a knife from himself. The length of the cut should be 2-3 cm. Repeat this operation on the rootstock. Try to make the slice identical to the previous one.
3. The height of copulation depends on the desired height of the stem. The end of the cuttings should be cut, leaving 3-4 eyes, and grease the cut with a garden sauce .
4. Join the cuttings with slices, using a special film for inoculation.

Care of the punch currant

Recommendations for proper care are identical to those that are acceptable for the bush form of the currant. Observing the rules for cultivating the black currant, red, yellow and white currant, you can get a rich harvest of delicious and healthy berries every year.

1. The earth around the trunk must be regularly loosened and the weeds removed. From time to time, it is recommended that you gently dig through the periphery of the tree trunk. You can mulch using chamfered grass or compost.
2. Stamp currant is a moderately moisture-loving plant. In a hot time watering the bushes should be more often.
3. For proper development, top dressing is important. Several times a year it is recommended to use mineral organic fertilizing. It is important not to exceed the dose of nitrogen fertilizers. In autumn, each bush should be fertilized with a mixture of 100 g of superphosphate and 30 g of potassium chloride, and then, it is necessary to mulch a mixture of peat and overgrown manure. In spring, it is better to fertilize the soil with urea , using 15 grams per 1 sq.m.
4. It is important to remember that the stamping currant badly tolerates wintering, so it is recommended to protect its crown. For this purpose, suitable cover material, for example, a bag of jute or lutrasila.

How to propagate a pudding currant?

To get another currant sapling, you need to follow these tips:

1. In July, from the middle part, it is necessary to cut a stalk, on which there should be five peepholes. It should be planted in the open ground, leaving only one upper bud at the soil level.
2. In autumn, before the beginning of cold weather, it is important to close the stalk with foliage.
3. To reproduce the pudding currant was effective, in the spring it is necessary to remove the lateral shoots to obtain one shoot. It is important to regularly water and feed the plant, and at the beginning of summer the fertilizer should be nitrogenous, and at the end phosphate-potassium fertilizer.
4. Next year in spring it is necessary to cut off the shoot so that its height is not more than 85 cm. At the top there should be 3-4 kidneys, and remove the remaining ones.