Golden currant contains set of useful vitamins and microelements for human body. In particular, it is source of carotene, ascorbic acid, sugars, vitamin C and so on. But for some reason gardeners seldom grow up golden currant on the sites.
Golden currant very unpretentious and frost-resistant plant. Sometimes it is enough to prikopat to the earth small shoot with roots and the next year you will have young bush.
Plant golden currant in the spring or in the fall. The landing hole is prepared for half a year. Plants put at distance 2 m from each other, and between ranks also there have to be about 2 m. During its landing time it is abundant water in independence of soil type. In the first year the watering is made regularly to two times a week. Already through three – four years golden currant begins to fructify. The adult bush can give up to 8-10 kg of berries which are perfectly stored and transported.
Care for golden currant includes regular scarification under bushes, destruction of weeds and if necessary watering. Also row-spacings spill out sawdust or shaving. Under bushes introduce nitrogen fertilizers in the spring. It increases efficiency of landings, reduces the need for waterings and weedings, protects berries from defeat by decay, interferes with overheating of roots in the summer and to podmerzaniye in the winter, improves structure of the soil and does not allow it to be condensed. In the fall also under adult bushes introduce phosphoric and potash fertilizers and also manure or humus. Under young saplings it is done also in the spring.
Make in the early spring cutting at which 5 years' escapes cut off to the basis, replacing them with younger. The good bush has to consist of 30 uneven-age branches. It is possible to make multiple copies golden currant in various ways: layers, shanks or root offsprings.
Because of features of pollination on the site at least 3-4 bushes have to grow.
Golden currant blossoms only in May. On it large, beautiful and very fragrant golden-yellow flowers for which she also has received the name are formed. They decorate plant within 3 weeks. As currant blossoms late enough, it is very seldom damaged by frosts.
The only minus at the growing bush of golden currant are kidneys with young leaves which contain compound of hydrocianic acid and are very poisonous. Therefore at this moment of children it is impossible to admit close to these plants.
Berries ripen at the end of July or in August. On taste they it is sweet - fresh. Depending on grade of berry can be black, brown, red or yellow shade. They almost are never showered and long keep on long fruit stems.
One more positive aspect of cultivation of golden currant is that she is practically not surprised wreckers and diseases. It is very resistant to activators of mealy dew, bundle tick and steklyannitsa.
Golden currant is very decorative and often it is used for decoration of the personal plots. It is also applied to preparation of various preparations: jelly, fruit jelly, marshmallows or mousse.