Currants
Red Currant
- Description
- Red Currant - Ribes rubrum, Deciduous, frost hardy shrub, self-pollinating. Height 1.5 mts. Width 1 mt. Full sun to part shade
- Uses
- Eat fresh, jams, desserts
- Purchased From
- Thomson's Garden Centre, Orange. 140mm potted plant
- Date Planted
- 9 November 2017
- Harvest
- January to February
- First Harvest date
- January 2020
- Pruning
- Prune out old canes in winter. Fruit forms on second year wood
- Fertilise
- Feed in spring
White Currant
- Description
- White Currant - deciduous shrub grows to a height of 1.5mts to 2 mts with large fruit.
- Uses
- Eat fresh, jams, desserts
- Purchased From
- Churches Nursery 140mm potted plant
- Date Planted
- 28 September 2018
- Harvest
- December to February
- First Harvest date
- December 2020
- Pruning
- Prune out old canes in winter
- Fertilise
- At bloom time (early spring) and after harvest (autumn).
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Blackcurrant, Magnus
- Description
- Magnus Blackcurrant - Ribes nigrum ‘Magnus’, Hardy deciduous multi- stemmed shrub, grows to a height of 1.5 mts to 1.8mts with large fruit.
- Uses
- Eat fresh, jams, desserts
- Purchased From
- Heritage Fruit Trees, Victoria
- Date Planted
- 19 April 2020
- Harvest
- December to January
- First Harvest date
- No harvest to date
- Pruning
- Prune out old canes in winter
- Fertilise
- Feed in spring with chicken manure pellets
- Resources
- Link to Gardeners' World site
Blackcurrant, Goliath
- Description
- European Blackcurrant ‘Goliath’ - Ribes nigrum ‘Goliath’, Hardy deciduous multi- stemmed shrub, grows to a height of 1.5 mts to 1.8mts with large fruit.
- Uses
- Eat fresh, jams, desserts
- Purchased From
- Heritage Fruit Trees, Victoria
- Date Planted
- 19 April 2020
- Harvest
- December to January
- First Harvest date
- No harvest to date
- Pruning
- Prune out old canes in winter
- Fertilise
- Feed in spring with chicken manure pellets
- Resources
- Link to Gardeners' World site
