common redcurrant

common redcurrant · Pruning

common redcurrant · Ribes rubrum
Also known as: garnet berry; northern redcurrant; raisin tree; whitecurrant; pinkcurrant

Will grow in any reasonable garden soil, and benefits from mulching with well-rotted compost, manure or bark particularly on dry soils. See redcurrant cultivation

Watering: Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakingsSunlight: Information to be completedInformation to be completed

How to Prune common redcurrant?

May be pruned to create a permanent framework as a bush, standard, cordon or fan. Main pruning in dormant season; also summer pruning of vigorous side shoots