Standard currant: planting and care

Standard currant is a great option not only to get a rich harvest of berries, but also to diversify your home garden.The use of shtamba by professional gardeners has been practiced for years, for beginners the method may seem complicated. However, when studying the relevant material, this method will be very simple and even interesting. This article will be more about shtambovoy currants, its advantages and disadvantages, as well as about her care.

Standard currant is very easy to grow with your own hands at home, however, while the gardener will definitely need a lot of attention and concentration.

The advantages of standard currant include the following points.

• The shoots of plants with this method of cultivation are high, and this means that they absorb more sunlight, saturating with useful vitamins. Due to this, the crop ripens faster, the berries are large, juicy, and the currant brushes themselves are long.
• Processing currants on the shtamb is much more convenient than hilling a regular bush.
• On such a currant, insects and caterpillars practically do not start. Also standard plants are practically not subject to bacterial and viral diseases. This is due to the fact that the leaves and berries do not come into contact with the soil, which is often the source of infection.
• With this unusual method of growing, even in spite of its weight, the currant brushes do not fall to the ground and, as a result, do not deteriorate or rot.
• With the help of beautifully decorated currants, you can create an unusual design in the garden, which is unlikely to leave guests indifferent.
• Collecting berries from the trunk is much more convenient compared to ordinary bushes.
• The distance between plants can be reduced, which also saves garden space.

The small minuses of standard currant include its fragility. So, with strong rain or wind, it can easily break, because, as a rule, its trunk is very thin. Moreover, plants grown in this way are less resistant to cold. They must be properly and accurately cover. Also, the disadvantages of standard currant can be attributed to its shorter life expectancy compared with conventional shrubs.

To grow shtambovuyu currants alone, should be for planting choose a variety of currants, which gives the minimum number of shoots from the bottom of the bush. Many varieties of black and red currant will do. In the form of beautiful trees, they will look very exotic and original. Choose the optimal time for planting should be in accordance with the climatic conditions of the region of residence.

To date, gardeners allocated only 2 options for growing currants on the trunk. These include own-rooted and stock. For any seedling should prepare a hole with a fertilizer 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5. Further, a high support should be driven into the bottom (it can be a metal or wooden stake), to which the plant will be tied. Seedlings should be planted only vertically. When dusting the root with earth, the trunk should be tied to a support as carefully as possible. Finally, the plant is very important to water well.

Using the proper-rooted method, you can make a stem from any sort of currant. You can also grow it from the variety that you already have in the garden.

This will require the following.

• Cut off all the shoots from the desired plant and leave only one, which is very well developed. It is advisable to do this in the spring. Pinch the top.
• The shoots of young buds that will remain, in the future also should pinch over the third and fifth leaves. In spring, the procedure must be repeated.
• In the third year, the procedure should be repeated only if it is necessary (for example, when there are diseased or drying shoots on the shtamba, which are very important to remove in time).
• As the trunk grows, it must be constantly tied to a support.

No less popular is the method of growing standard currant on the stock. Immediately I would like to note that this method of cultivation is considered new and more difficult, especially for beginners.

Consider step by step how to use this method.

• Side shoots from the plant should be cut off, the tip must be pinched. This should be done as long as the trunk is 70-75 cm in height.
• Next, you need to pick up a fresh stalk on the graft. According to many experts, you can take a completely different plant. Selected cuttings are grafted onto shtamb.
• It is very important to dazzle all the kidneys on the trunk. In the future, in the first few years it is necessary to do the pinching of the shoots.

Growing a currant on a trunk is only half the battle. Much more responsible is caring for her. Watering plants on the shtambe should be regular, but not too flood the ground, so that it does not stand water. It must penetrate the earth to a depth of one and a half meters. In the autumn, it is best to water the plants as often as possible. Do not forget about regular fertilizers. Pruning for rejuvenation shtambovogo currants need to produce no earlier than the fourth year, it is very important to also remove the shoots that are beginning to thicken, and the old infertile shoots. For the winter period, the standard currant is very important to properly cover, so that it can easily survive the winter even on harsh cold and snowy days.

It is also recommended to make a garter of currant branches, otherwise they may break under their weight. For this, many experts recommend screwing the screw into the support to which the barrel is attached. It is possible to tie a twine or a special garden rope to the screw in that quantity, how many branches need to be tied up. With the ends of the rope or twine, you must tie around the currant branches and further tighten them higher.

Today, in the garden you can grow on the shtambe the red and black currant, which is familiar to everyone, as well as the unusual golden and white currant. As seedlings, cuttings with just 1 kidney located on the crown can be used. It is better to plant standard bushes at a distance of about 25-30 cm from each other.

In order for the plants on the stem to bear fruit well, it is worthwhile to carry out a set of preventive measures for them, which include:

• spraying against pests and diseases of popular infusions and herbal decoctions, and, if necessary, chemicals;
• compliance with agrotechnical measures, which include loosening the soil, mulching, top dressing;
• regular watering and cleaning of weeds.

Growing currants on a shtambe is a painstaking, exciting and creative activity that can bring a lot of positive emotions to the gardener. About standard currant on the Internet you can find only positive reviews. It is enough to show only a little imagination - and then at your dacha you can create a real garden, as if descended from pictures of magazines. Moreover, from the standard currant you can enjoy delicious berries.

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