Blackcurrant help
Plot75
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Hello lovely people, hope you're doing as well as can be.
I planted two bare rooted Blackcurrants last year (forgotten the variety name) and although they have plant of leaves on, they're still only around 3-4 inches tall. I planted them in with some compost and fed them but why so small? Sun all day too so was wondering if they need moving or what else can I do? Surely they don't take this long to grow?
I planted two bare rooted Blackcurrants last year (forgotten the variety name) and although they have plant of leaves on, they're still only around 3-4 inches tall. I planted them in with some compost and fed them but why so small? Sun all day too so was wondering if they need moving or what else can I do? Surely they don't take this long to grow?
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If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
I think the problem is the condition you got the plants in. Cut right down to the stump and this 4 inches is new growth from the bottom?
A good plant will already be a foot tall when you buy it so when you plant it, it will have that start and could produce fruit the following year.
Yours will need to play catch up this year so don't expect any fruit, as long as the leaves look healthy then you will just have to be patient.
And by that I mean really patient as it will take a year to catch up and another 3 years for fruit bushes to become productive.