The season is over, juicy and large berries The currants have been picked, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to relax. On the contrary, if you want to get a rich harvest next year, then you need to take care of the currant bushes and feed them properly. Feeding currants after harvest is very important, since it is during this period that buds are formed for the next year.

The choice of fertilizers for currants after harvest

The question of how to feed currants is relevant for any summer resident, since this fruit-bearing crop always responds noticeably to fertilizers. Both mineral and organic fertilizers should be applied after harvesting. Of the minerals during this period, it is important to pay attention to potassium and phosphorus, which have a beneficial effect on the ripening of wood, preparing the bush for the winter period. Currants no longer need nitrogen fertilizers, since their task of promoting the growth of berries and leaves at this time is no longer important. TO good options mineral supplements include the following “recipes”:

1. A spoonful of urea, a spoonful of superphosphate, a glass of wood ash - mix everything in a bucket of water. Water the bush with a bucket clean water, then with a bucket of water with diluted fertilizers, then again with clean water.
2. 3 tablespoons of potassium sulfate, 3 tablespoons of superphosphate, 30 liters of water - feed the bush with the resulting solution.

From organic fertilizers you can choose many ways to feed currants after harvesting - manure, bird droppings, peat,:

1. Bird droppings can be diluted in a ratio of 1:12 with water, let it brew for a week, then add half a liter of infusion to a bucket of water and pour it into the prepared furrows around the bush.
2. Mullein is also prepared for a week - the barrel is half filled with mullein, half with water, and allowed to ferment. Then the resulting liquid is diluted with the same volume of water and the currants are watered; the soil is filled with clean water on top.
3. A common option is feeding currants potato peelings, from which the plant obtains starch. The waste is dug under the bush.

Other seasons for feeding currants

Of course, it would be wrong to expect that the harvest will be good, relying only on one feeding after harvest. In early spring, currants must be fertilized with nitrogen. Then the second feeding of currants is carried out - in summer or in early spring before flowering. At this time, it is especially important to saturate the plant with manure and potassium sulfate. Fertilizing currants after flowering is also necessary; you can use bird droppings and ash for it. It should be remembered that it is important to apply all fertilizers for currants not so much under the bush, but along the perimeter of the growth of its roots, and they often extend beyond the crown of the plant. Foliar feeding of currants is also practiced. Make a solution of 10g in a bucket of water copper sulfate, 5g potassium permanganate and 2g boric acid and spray currant bushes with it in the evening.

Fertilizers for currants - precautions

You especially need to pay attention to the fact that mineral fertilizers purchased for currant bushes do not contain chlorine, this element has a bad effect on the plant. You also need to be careful when using nitrogen fertilizers. They have a good effect on the growth of the bush, but at the same time they reduce the fruitfulness of the plant and make it more vulnerable to fungal diseases. Excessive nitrogen fertilizers for currants after harvesting, since they inhibit the ripening of branches, and this can lead to freezing of the bush in winter time. However, it is important to observe the dosage of any fertilizer, not just nitrogen, so that the currant roots are not damaged.

Any country cottage area It is almost impossible to imagine without the presence of currants. Of course, this is a very tasty berry, which is a real treasure trove of vitamins and other healthy elements. Therefore, every summer resident must know how to care for currants after harvesting.

Blackcurrant "Titania"

There are not many varieties of currants. It differs in the color of the berries and the timing of harvest. Behind the currant bushes good care required in any season. But it is especially necessary to care for currants after harvesting and subsequent preparation for the cold season.

Currant processing after harvest in August

This period is indeed very important. After all, already when the entire rich harvest is harvested, the bushes begin to transfer the remaining strength to their leaves, roots and young branches. The time of most active growth depends only on the variety of berry, but generally it occurs at the end of summer - that is, in August.

If you carry out all the required procedures correctly and on time, then there is no doubt that next summer you will again have a rich and tasty harvest.

So the secret correct processing currants after harvesting in August lies in the implementation of the following mandatory procedures:

• Trimming shoots;
• Loosening the soil;
• Feeding;
• Prevention and control of insects;
• Watering;
• Preparing for the coming cold weather.

Let's look at each of these procedures in more detail.

When to prune currants after harvest

The procedure itself must be carried out in two stages:

The original, so-called medicinal» pruning, during which it is necessary to remove all outdated, diseased or damaged shoots. And the branches that shade the bush.

The next one can be called " cosmetic", since the bush is given its final shape and the number of branches of different ages is controlled. This will allow the bush to produce a healthy, full harvest in the future.

An important point: bushes of any type of currant, the age of which does not exceed three years, only need to undergo therapeutic pruning.

As you know, the main part of fruiting is the shoots. The berries spread along the entire length of the branches, which are one or two years old. The branches die after just a few years of fruiting. Therefore, there is no point in preserving shoots that are more than three years old.

For this very reason, experienced gardeners do not recommend growing currant bushes as a border line. The bush must have at least fifteen healthy branches, among which there must be two-year-old, one-year-old and very young ones. Those who are not yet a year old.

What exactly needs to be trimmed:

All branches that were deleted must be burned without regret. But when to prune currants after harvest? Therapeutic pruning can be carried out almost immediately after picking the berries, so that the bushes do not transfer excess strength to the wrong branches.

Otherwise, pruning is carried out in early spring or late autumn. It is extremely important to carry out this procedure annually. It is advisable to treat all cuts with garden varnish. And then carry out active feeding of the bushes.

How to properly treat the soil around bushes

Caring for currants autumn season is important not only in terms of looking after the bush itself, but also the soil where it is planted. In general, soil cultivation consists of digging up areas of soil around the bush.

The soil must be dug up and loosened very carefully and carefully, stepping back from the center of the bush by about a meter.

After digging, the soil must be watered and covered with dry soil, the layer of which should not exceed ten centimeters.

The benefit of sprinkling with dry soil is that it will help conserve water and protect the entire root system from early frosts.

Features of seasonal feeding

Proper care of currants involves not only digging up the soil, but also fertilizing it. For these procedures, it is advisable to take potassium-phosphorus type fertilizers. Organic fertilizers are more appropriate to use only in the spring season.

Note that currant bushes can also be fertilized with superphosphate. And for mulching (sprinkling with dry soil after digging and watering), it is allowed to take humus.

Caring for currants after harvest is especially important because after the end of the fruiting period, the bushes begin to form new ones for almost the next season.

By the end of summer, the earth had already spent almost all of its nutrients, that’s why it’s so important to help her and feed the bushes yourself.

If you skip this procedure, you may not even hope for good harvest next summer. Additionally, you can perform a so-called “calming” treatment if the bushes look weakened.

How to feed currants after harvest

It is allowed to apply both organic and mineral fertilizers. But we must not forget that in any case potassium and phosphorus components must be included there.

How to feed currants after harvest? Experienced specialists It is recommended to use the following fertilizers:

• A mixture of potassium sulfate and superphosphate– one tablespoon per whole bucket of liquid;
• Mixture of urea, superphosphate– one tablespoon per bucket of liquid, plus a glass of wood ash;
• Mineral fertilizer It is advisable to use if the bush is weakened;
• If we talk about organic fertilizers, they can be used bird droppings and verbascum(aka mullein).

The litter must be diluted in water in a ratio of 1 to 12 and left for two weeks. Take half a liter of tincture for a whole bucket of regular liquid. Mullein should be diluted in equal portions and left for a week. The liquid will need to be poured into the furrows made during the process of loosening the soil.

Remember that any variety of currant simply does not tolerate bleach. This is especially true for red currant varieties. Therefore, using potassium chloride for fertilizer is a very bad idea.

If you don't have enough time to prepare organic infusions, compost is a good alternative. It should be applied at the rate of one bucket per bush.

Don't forget about the benefits folk remedies, which were successfully used by our great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers. For example, you can use potato peels as fertilizer. It is enough to bury it in the ground around the perimeter of the bush.

Fishmeal and fish scales are also suitable for these purposes. One bush will require about four hundred grams. The bushes will thank you, because this fertilizer is rich in phosphorus, and currants simply adore it.

Blackcurrant, perhaps, can rightfully be called the most popular variety of currant. It has a special sweet and sour taste and a very pleasant aroma.

But even if at first glance the bush looks completely healthy, this does not mean that it does not require treatment. After harvesting, this must be done, because the bushes have remained defenseless for a long time.

To protect currants from fungal diseases, you can use a one percent solution of Bordeaux mixture, Fundazol or Topaz. These drugs will effectively help, for example, in the “battle” against powdery mildew. This is what black currants get sick with quite often. If a bush is sick, it is almost impossible to cure it.

If you see them while picking berries, you need to do this - five days after treating them with fungicides, treat the currant bush with insecticides. From kidney mite good remedy are, for example, “Kleschevit” and “Karbofos”.

If no insects were found, then treatment with a fungicide will be sufficient. Then all that remains is to sprinkle trunk circle sawdust or straw. This will help conserve moisture in the soil and protect the root system from overheating.

High-quality watering is the key to a rich harvest

In preparation for winter, all the plants in your garden begin to store useful components and water. Including currant bushes. Caring for currants after harvest should include abundant and high-quality watering. And it is recommended to do this before the first frost.

In order for the currant bushes to have time to prepare for wintering, it is necessary to additionally remove from the branches all the leaves that have not had time to fall and pull them from the branches excess water. Only then will you allow the plant to retain more strength for a successful winter.

Preparing currants for the winter season

Winter is a special season. Which makes you shiver from the cold, but without a doubt pleases you with fluffy snow. This is the time when all nature falls into natural hibernation. But it happens that during the winter many bushes, including currants, simply freeze, which, of course, is not what any gardener wants. And so that such an unpleasant incident can be avoided, it is very important to properly prepare the plants for this period.

Caring for currants in preparation for the cold season is simple. To make wintering successful, it is enough to perform a few simple procedures.

Even before the first frost, it is necessary to wrap the currants. This can be done using twine. You need to use it to pull the branches up in a spiral. In this state, the branches will not rub in the wind and will be able to retain a maximum of fruitful buds;

If you are afraid of damaging the branches with twine, you can use another method - lay the branches closer to the soil and cover them with slate. This will protect the bush from the cold wind.

When the first snow appears, it will be useful to compact it next to the bush and cover the entire bush. It is very important to wrap young shrubs like grapes and cover them with earth.

Remember that quality preparation for the cold season will protect your currants from freezing. It happens that the wrapping has already been removed, but the frost has returned. In this case, it will be useful to cover the currants with straw or even old blankets. This will save the harvest.

In July-August, currants begin to lay buds for the next year, so be sure to take the time to care for the bushes. Pruning, watering, loosening, fertilizing, protecting from diseases and pests will allow you to preserve the health of your plants for a long time.

After harvesting, currants sometimes don’t look very pretty: they stick out in different sides old branches, green leaves interspersed with yellowing ones, and here and there shoots gnawed by pests are visible. And if you weren’t very careful with the branches while picking the berries, the picture can be completely sad. Therefore, find time for several procedures that will restore the strength and attractive appearance of currants.

Some gardeners confuse caring for currants after harvesting with autumn preparation bushes for the winter period. But it's too early for this event. Rather, this stage can be considered the beginning of preparing currants for winter. And under no circumstances is it recommended to skip it so that the plant has time to accumulate nutrients before a long hibernation.

Let's take a closer look at all the activities that red, white and black currants need after harvest.

Pruning currants after harvest

As soon as fruiting is over and all the berries have been picked, currant bushes require sanitary pruning. It is better to do it with sharp pruning shears. First, cut off diseased, damaged and old thick shoots (they are brown and covered with plaque) that will not bloom next year. Also cut out all the extra root shoots inside the bush, they only thicken it, and too low branches lying on the ground. Shorten powerful annual shoots by 5-8 cm.

As soon as the plant gets rid of ballast in the form of unnecessary branches, it will direct all its energy to laying buds. This means that if all other procedures are followed, a rich harvest will not be long in coming!

The denser the bush, the fewer berries it bears. So don't neglect regular pruning currants.

Everything is clear with pruning the shoots, but what to do with the leaves? In black currants, you can pick them off yourself, especially if they are affected by diseases. This is usually done in the fall. But on the red one, the leaves must fall off on their own, otherwise the plant will experience stress.

If there are good branches left after pruning the currants, cut them into cuttings and use them for propagation. Add healthy leaves to marinades and pickles.

Watering currants after harvesting

Berry bushes need moisture to properly set buds and then overwinter well. After the excess branches and shoots have been trimmed, water the bushes with warm, fresh water. Pour 1-2 buckets under red currants, 3-4 buckets under black currants. The next watering will be only in the fall, before preparing for wintering.

Black currants require more abundant watering than red and white ones, because... her root system located close to the surface of the earth.

Loosening the soil under currant bushes

It is also advisable to loosen the soil under the currant bushes to increase the access of oxygen to the roots. There is no need to loosen deeply, just lightly walk the soil crust with a hoe or hoe to remove the weeds. Try to avoid the area near the trunk itself to avoid disturbing the roots. To make it easier to fertilize in the future, make small grooves.

Thanks to loosening, it will not be so comfortable for pests to build nests in the soil for the winter.

Fertilizing currants after harvest

By the end of July, the soil is already severely depleted, so black, white and red currants require mandatory feeding after harvesting. To do this, it is worth using mineral fertilizers and organic matter, and if the bushes look tired, additional anti-stress treatment is carried out.

How to process currants after harvesting? First of all, dissolve 1 tbsp. superphosphate and potassium sulfate in a bucket of water, add 1 cup of wood ash there and pour this mixture under each bush.

All types of currants are very fond of phosphorus, but do not tolerate chlorine, especially red currants. Therefore, it is better not to apply fertilizing containing potassium chloride.

Then prepare organic fertilizer: dilute bird droppings (1:12) or mullein (1:6) with water - and in a week the fertilizing will be ready. To feed the bushes, add 0.5 liters of manure infusion or 1 liter of mullein infusion to a bucket of water. The liquid should be poured into special grooves that you prepared during loosening. If you don’t have time to prepare infusions, add 1 bucket of compost under each currant bush.

Among the folk remedies, fertilizing with potato peelings has worked well, a couple of handfuls of which can simply be dug up around the perimeter of the bush. As well as fish meal and scales (400 g per bush), which contain phosphorus, which is loved by currants.

How to feed a depleted currant bush

If the bushes bear fruit abundantly and are very depleted, feed them with complex mineral fertilizer according to the instructions, for example, nitrophoska. Spray the leaves with Zircon, which will relieve stress in plants and help them survive an unfavorable period. Currants often suffer from chlorosis and their leaves begin to turn yellow, so it is worth feeding them with nitrogen: 1 tbsp. urea per 10 liters of water.

Treatment of currants after harvest from pests and diseases

Even externally healthy bushes treatment for pests and diseases is required. And now it is imperative to do this, because the plants have been without protection for at least 3 weeks while you were waiting for the harvest and did not spray them with anything!

To protect against fungal diseases, use a 1% solution of Bordeaux mixture or fungicidal preparations (Topaz, Fundazol). If signs appear powdery mildew, spotting, etc., treatment is carried out again 7-10 days after the first or as indicated in the instructions for the drug.

To expel colonies of pests that you find while harvesting, use insecticides 5 days after spraying with fungicides:

• from currant gall midge– Lepidocid, Bitobaxibacillin, Kinmiks, etc.;
• from kidney mite– Kleschevit, Karbofos, etc.;
• from a glass jar– Fitoverm, Lepidotsid, Iskra, Aktara, etc.;
• from aphids– Kinmiks, Fufanon, Iskra, etc.

If there are no signs of insects, then treatment with Bordeaux mixture will be sufficient and no additional spraying is necessary. To disinfect the soil, you can spill it with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

Then mulch the tree trunk circle with straw or sawdust, which will retain moisture in the soil and protect the plant roots from overheating.

To reduce the number of treatments required, grow varieties that are disease and pest resistant. For example, black currant Vernissage, Emerald Necklace, red - Ural Beauty, Red Dutch, white - Imperial Yellow or Pink Pearl.

Currants need care after harvesting, and you already know what to do to keep your favorite bushes healthy. After all the described procedures in the fall, before frosts begin, clear the soil under the bushes of leaves and weeds. Add fresh soil to protect the roots. And after the first frost, when the snow stops melting, tie the bushes with twine in a spiral and wrap them in burlap, matting or spunbond.

One of the most important components of currant care is its fertilizing in the autumn, which has a real effect in laying the future harvest, improving its quality, and increasing weight. Tailored to your needs berry culture it is necessary to correctly determine the options and methods of feeding currants after fruiting and harvesting, as well as other necessary autumn activities: pruning and pest control. You will find about all this detailed information below.

In what cases is it necessary and why is it necessary to fertilize currants in the fall?

Autumn fertilizing of currants is carried out with the aim of preparing it for winter (so that it regains its strength and can withstand frosts well), namely, so that the bush lays flower buds well for the next year, which means that in the future it will produce a bountiful harvest.

Fertilizing currants in the fall (after harvesting) must be done in the following cases:

• If fruiting berry bush was quite intense (that is, he spent all his strength and it is necessary to restore it);
• If the bush has been growing for a long time, that is, more than 3-4 years have passed since planting, which means that the fertilizers that were applied when planting it have long been “sucked out” and the soil has been depleted.

Worth knowing! The end of fruiting and harvesting of currants, as a rule, occurs at the end of summer (sometimes even in the middle), but such fertilizing is usually called autumn, because fertilizers are still applied after some time, that is, closer to autumn - in August-September ( V middle lane and Moscow region).

How to feed currants in the fall

During the period after fruiting, currants require phosphorus-potassium fertilizing (a little more phosphorus, a little less potassium), since these fertilizers are responsible for the growth and strengthening of the root system of the bush, its stability in winter period(frost resistance) and immunity to various kinds of diseases.

Note! You should always feed on damp soil, that is, you must first water the plant so that the bush does not get burned by the roots from the applied fertilizer. Water consumption is approximately 10-20 liters per bush, depending on its size and age.

Let's look at a few various options and methods (combinations of means - mineral and organic) with which you can feed currants in the fall after fruiting.

1 way

One of the options for preparing liquid phosphorus-potassium fertilizer for currants in the fall:

1. Ammophos(52% phosphorus, 12% nitrogen). For a bucket of water you need to take 2 tbsp. spoons (30-40 grams) of the product. But first, it is better to dissolve any granular mineral fertilizer in a separate container in hot water(but not in boiling water), since granules, as a rule, dissolve quite poorly and reluctantly.
2. That's where you dump it wood ash. Again, for a bucket of water you will need 1 glass of ash (100 grams).
3. Mix everything well and stir.
4. Depending on its age, you need to pour 1-2 liters under the bush. nutrient solution, if very old, then up to 5 liters.
5. Loosen and add mulch to prevent a crust from forming on the surface.

By the way! In the ash that was obtained from hardwood trees(by burning them), contains more potassium, and from coniferous species— phosphorus.

Method 2

Another liquid option autumn feeding currants using mineral fertilizers:

1. 1/2 tbsp. spoons urea or saltpeter (7-10 grams each), or 0.5 liters green fertilizer dissolve in a bucket of water.
2. Then add 1 tbsp there. spoon potassium sulfate or potassium sulfate (15-20 grams).
3. And finally, 2 tbsp. spoons superphosphate (30-40 grams).
4. Pour 1-2 liters of fertilizer under the young bushes. If the bush is mature, then up to 5 liters can be used.
5. Loosen and mulch so that a crust does not form on the ground.

Advice! If you want the fertilizer to get as close to the roots as possible, then along the perimeter of the crown you can dig (somewhere at a distance of 30-40 centimeters from the center) several holes 20-30 cm deep (or make grooves). Pour fertilizer in there and then dig it in.

3 way

If you are a supporter organic farming(but not ardently, because it is almost impossible to do without mineral fertilizers), then you can first mulch the tree trunk circle currants humus or high-quality compost(about 1 bucket for an adult bush, 0.5 buckets for a young bush), and then it is still recommended to spill the solution on the bush superphosphate(2 tablespoons per bucket of water).

Note! The illustrations show picture of double superphosphate, accordingly, it needs to be applied 2 times less than usual.

Method 4 (chicken droppings)

A good idea for lovers of organic fertilizers would be to feed the currant bush chicken droppings. Moreover, it can be applied either for digging, that is, in dry form (consumption 0.8-1 kg per bush), or a solution can be prepared (1 to 15).

Important! If you are applying dry fertilizer to the tree-trunk circle, then the digging depth should be about 1/2 of a shovel or 12-15 centimeters. Moreover, you just need to mix the dry fertilizer well with the soil so that the plant does not get burned due to direct contact of its root system with this fertilizer.

Of course, chicken droppings alone will not be enough, so a little later it is advisable to add, for example, 1 tbsp to the tree trunk circle (for digging), again in dry form. spoon (15-20 grams) of potassium sulfate (or potassium salt) and 2 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate (30-40 grams) per 1 bush. Or you can prepare a liquid fertilizer by dissolving the above-mentioned fertilizers in the same proportions in 10 liters of water.

Video: caring for currants after harvesting - feeding and protection from bud mites

Method 5 (special fertilizers)

For lazier and more economical summer residents, there are special complex autumn fertilizers (which contain both phosphorus and potassium, as well as a little nitrogen), some of which are not very expensive, so they were able to gain popularity.

By the way! In addition to root feeding, there are also foliar feedings (spraying on the leaf). It’s just better to do them at the same time, because with foliar feeding, the leaf absorbs and assimilates fertilizers many times faster, but the effect of such feeding is much shorter. In general, foliar feeding is more of an emergency measure when you need to either quickly treat or support the plant. And root feeding is a thorough or “long-lasting” feeding, more suitable for autumn period(preparing for winter).

Other autumn activities for caring for currants

In addition to feeding, you will also need to carry out the following important autumn activities to prepare currants for winter and the next season:

• Autumn pruning(sanitary - after fruiting, formative and rejuvenating - after all the leaves have fallen). Sanitary pruning involves removing all damaged and infected branches (including those lying on the ground) and leaves.

Advice! All information about pruning currants in the fall -

• Mulching and covering for the winter.

Note! More full information You will find information about autumn care and preparing currants for winter.

• Autumn treatment against pests and diseases.

To process currants, you can use both biological products such as “Fitoverm” and any other means, for example, “Akarin”, “Fufanon-nova”, “Alanar”.

• You can also replant shrubs in the fall.

Important! All detailed information about transplanting currants to a new place you can get .

By properly fertilizing currants in the fall, we lay the foundation for the future harvest, since we provide everything necessary for growth and active strengthening of roots, increasing immunity and frost resistance. The main thing remains compliance with the timing and dosage of fertilizing.

Video: fertilizing currants after harvest (autumn)

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