You should not delete old bushes of blackcurrant, to root out them, it is very laborious work. The bush can be rejuvenated and it will thank you tasty harvest of berries again.
1. Rejuvenescence of blackcurrant is necessary if: - on bush various diseases have collected: plant louse, lichens, ticks; - abundant growth of bush which disturbs the next plants; - the wrong forming of bush takes place.
2. Late fall, before the first frosts, it is necessary to dig over the earth under bush on one bayonet of shovel. All garbage that has collected under branches, needs to be collected and burned. It will help from wreckers who wait winter in the soil under plant.
3. In the spring, at dry and clear weather, completely we cut off all bush, leaving stump of 2 cm from the earth. To burn branches as in them enough diseases and wreckers has collected. It is important to carry out cutting of bush until its sokodvizheniye. After a while, when the earth will well get warm, it is necessary to introduce any nitrogen fertilizer to the soil.
4. In the summer the bush will begin to grow in an expedited manner, forming escapes. Having visually chosen 3-5 strongest of escape, we leave them on bush, the others need to be removed. On the earth remove all available weeds, after entering into the soil of nitrogen their growth considerably increases. The soil can be filled up with stale sawdust, humus or dry grass without seeds.
5. For all summer period currant is watered by 3-4 times. The first time during the presumable period of its blossoming that to understand it, it is possible to be guided by the next bushes. It is very important not to miss this time as at bush kidneys next year are stuffed up. The subsequent waterings it is necessary to carry out time in 3 weeks. Of course, you should not wait for some berries in year of cutting, but in the next season currant will surely yield abundant harvest.
6. It is necessary to introduce to the soil humus and complex fertilizer in the fall, and in the spring nitric again. It is necessary to leave 3-5 good escapes again in the summer, in process of their growth to cut off the others. For the 4th year after rejuvenation it is necessary to make removal of the dry and broken branches again. Further currant demands usual leaving.