With approach of the first spring days also the beginning of country cares comes. Their cutting and forming is of great importance for normal fructification and growth of bushes. This problem is global for the beginning gardeners, at once there is set of questions: as to make it than and when. Actually everything is not so difficult, over time you learn to understand intuitively how process of cutting depends on branching, features of growth and time of its blossoming.
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1. Black, white and red currant is one of the most favourite and widespread berry cultures of average and temperate climate. At the corresponding and due leaving this bush of blackcurrant can fructify 10-15 years on the same place, red currant grows more than 20 years on one place. The obligatory package of measures for care for this plant includes cutting of bush and removal of old escapes, this process happens since the beginning of vegetation – in the spring.
2. Fruit buds of blackcurrant are located evenly on all escape. Fruit branches of this plant are short-lived, their age does not exceed three years. So, examine bush and define on it the died-off and broken branches, bark on them looks wrinkled, wood does not bend, and breaks, kidneys do not bulk up. The healthy bush of currant has to have about 20 branches which age exceeds 5 years. To achieve young gain, choose the 5 most developed and strong escapes located on the different parties of bush. Remove the branches which have drooped, growing inside, damaged by wreckers and lying on the earth. Form currant bush so that at it there were about four branches of different age at once.
3. Decorative and deciduous bushes need to be cut off, done annually it is necessary in early spring. It is done in order that leaves have reached the most decorative effect to cause rapid growth of young escapes, and the species of bushes looked most tidily. The correct cutting is the main component in technology of cultivation of ornamental shrubs. The bushes blossoming at the beginning of summer or on last year's gains need to be cut off in the spring at once after blossoming, deleting at the same time deflowered branches. Truncate and thin out old branches, create conditions for growth and development of new gains, they will provide abundant blossoming next year. The bushes blossoming during the period from the middle of summer and till fall on gains of the current year need to be cut off in the early spring. At the same time remove all upper part of branches and escapes, leaving at the same time stumps of 10-30 centimeters. After such radical and global cutting of bush, on it new, strong escapes which will focus on magnificent blossoming will grow.
4. Blackberry and raspberry belong to semi-handicraft plants, it renews due to growth of root offsprings, but their stalks are short-lived, they live only two years. It is necessary to truncate slightly last year's escapes in the spring, it will help to stimulate branching. And, as we know, the more branches – the more will be harvest. After harvesting cut off the otplodonosivshy two-year branches on bush and also damaged weak and excess escapes. Leave only the healthiest and strong stalks between which distance has to make 10-15 centimeters. On one bush there have to be about 10-12 branches.