Currants black and colored respond well to top dressing. The main thing is to apply fertilizers on time, use different types top dressing and do not abuse doses. Do not forget also that fertilizers prepared according to folk recipes cannot fully replace mineral fertilizers. It is better to alternate such fertilizers or apply them in combination.

Feeding dates for currants

Blackcurrant is advised to feed 5 times per season. Currant "color" is enough for 4 dressings per season. It has a more powerful root system and is less demanding on the soil.

1. For the first time in the season, currants are fed in early spring at the start of active growth.
2. The second dressing is carried out during flowering.
3. The third time you need to feed the currant during the formation of the ovary.
4. The fourth dressing is recommended after harvest.
5. The fifth top dressing on blackcurrant is carried out about a month before the onset of stable cold weather.

Foliar top dressing currants

Foliar top dressing - spraying on the leaf with weak nutrient solutions - contribute to the absorption of fertilizers directly by currant leaf blades. Thus, the plants receive nutrition as quickly as possible. The amount of fertilizer in this case should be reduced by a factor of three to avoid burns of the leaf blades.

Root top dressing currants

For root dressings on currants, both dry fertilizers and those dissolved in water can be applied. When dry fertilizers are applied, they first dissolve in the soil, penetrate to the roots with irrigation water or rain, where they are absorbed in a form available to plants. Watering the bite zone with fertilizers dissolved in water allows nutrients to quickly penetrate to the roots of currant plants and be absorbed by them.

You should not use only one type of currant top dressing. It is better to alternate root and foliar, dry and liquid dressings and use them in different time of the year.

• In the spring, when there is a lot of moisture in the soil, currants can be fed with dry fertilizers. For example, when planting currant plants, mix fertilizers with soil in the planting hole.
• IN summer period you can carry out foliar spraying on the foliage in the morning or evening hours.
• In autumn, when moisture can be relatively low, it is better to apply fertilizers dissolved in water.

How to feed currants

You can feed any currant with mineral and organic fertilizers.

1. Usually I spend the very first top dressing using a complex mineral fertilizer, which must contain nitrogen.
2. The second top dressing can also be carried out with fertilizer with the presence of nitrogen in it. However, it should be in the composition a little or not be at all.
3. Subsequent top dressing should be carried out with fertilizers that do not contain nitrogen. Nitrogen stimulates the growth of shoots, and this can also negatively affect the crop - there will be active growth, and there will be few inflorescences - and on winter hardiness, the shoots simply do not have time to ripen and freeze in winter.

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Fertilizing currants with mineral fertilizers

1. In the spring for the first top dressing, you can use dry nitroammophoska:

• 10-15 g under a blackcurrant bush,
• 8-10 g per bush of currant.

2. The second top dressing (during the flowering period) can be carried out using phosphorus-potassium fertilizers

• 8-10 g of potassium sulfate or 10-12 g of superphosphate in dissolved form under a bush,
• or by processing leaf blades, having previously reduced the dose of fertilizers by 3 times.

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Rotten manure for top dressing

1. Manure must be diluted 5 times before application. Before this, the manure should well pereprete (reach).
2. If the manure is fresh, then first you need to fill it with water in an equal volume and let it brew for 3-4 days.
3. Then it must be diluted 10 times with water.

When watering, they spend 1 bucket per adult bush or 1/2 per young one.

Bird droppings for feeding

• Bird droppings are good, but very active fertilizer.
• It must be diluted 12 times with water.
• Consumption: under an adult bush, 1 bucket, and under a young one - 1/2.

Compost and humus for top dressing

• Compost or humus does not contain nitrogen, so they can be used at least the entire summer period.
• It is convenient to mulch the soil near the currant bushes with compost and humus after watering or loosening, with a layer of 1 cm.

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Feeding currants with folk remedies

For feeding currants, you can also use the so-called. "folk" recipes. They are usually used as an addition to organo-mineral fertilizers and cannot serve as full-fledged top dressing.

Feeding currants with potato peels

The use of starch, which is abundant in potato peels, is acceptable. However, one should not think that starch is especially useful for plants. Yes, it is used, but it is poorly absorbed.

How to cook potato peels for top dressing

From potato peelings for starch top dressing, you can make a simple infusion.

1. Any number of potato peels must be poured with the same amount of water.
2. Let it brew for 1.5 months.
3. After this period, the infusion should be diluted 10 times with water.

When watering with infusion of currants, they spend 1 bucket per bush during the formation of berries.

Feeding currants with potato peels (video)

How to prepare starch for feeding

If it is inconvenient to collect potato peelings, for a long time and there is nowhere to store, you can use ordinary store starch.

1. A pack of starch with a volume of 200 g must be diluted in 5 liters of water.
2. Boil and cool.
3. Dissolve the resulting "jelly" in 1 bucket of water.

Spend 2 liters per black currant bush and 3 liters per colored currant bush during the flowering period.

Fertilizing currants with bread

Very often bread crusts remain in the house. Few people know that this is an excellent summer fertilizer for currants.

• It is enough to pour the crusts of bread with water in an equal volume with them.
• Let it brew for 10-12 days.
• Then dilute with water 10 times and strain.

Bread top dressing is especially fond of currants. But black is almost indifferent to her.

Currant is rich in vitamins, tasty and healthy, so gardeners often plant it on their plots. But sometimes they forget that in order to get a powerful harvest, it needs to be fed and watered.

The value of the main fertilizer and fertilizing for currants

Currant - perennial shrub growing in one place up to 10-15 years. Every year, the plant absorbs a lot of minerals, depleting the soil, so annual fertilizing for currant bushes is required. All types of currants love organic and mineral fertilizers. During the season, berry bushes are fed several times, starting in early spring and ending in late autumn.

During spring and autumn fertilizing, mineral fertilizers differ in their composition. For the development of shoots and buds, nitrogen nutrition is very necessary, and after fruiting, trace elements are required to allow the currant to prepare for winter and lay new flower buds for the future harvest. Failure to comply with the timing of the introduction of micronutrients can lead to unpleasant consequences.

You need to start feeding currants from the moment of swelling and opening of the kidneys.

Never feed currants with urea, mullein infusion or bird droppings in the second half of summer - excess nitrogen in the soil will lead to the growth of shoots, the wood of which will not have time to ripen for frost, and the plant may die.

After the introduction of mineral or organic fertilizers the soil around the bushes must be well watered so that the roots of the plant are not burned. If the weather is rainy in spring, then water less or use dry preparations.

The introduction of the main fertilizer under the currant

Many gardeners advise the use of mineral fertilizers, it is inexpensive, quite simple and effective, but you must always remember that excess fertilizer is harmful, nitrates accumulate in the berries, which affects people's health. It is much safer to use organic top dressing: compost, biohumus, manure, humus, ash. But here you need to remember about the measure and timing of the introduction.

Nitrogen fertilizers for currants

Nitrogen fertilizers are needed by the plant during the period of active growth - in early spring. At this time, the soil is still not warm enough, the soil microflora does not work well, and currants need a lot of nutrition, so it is during this period that nitrogen is introduced into the soil. Depending on the region, 2-3 feedings are carried out starting from the moment the buds open, then every 2 weeks, until June.

The first top dressing is carried out at the time of swelling of the kidneys: 1 tablespoon of urea is scattered under each bush, which is lightly buried in the soil. And also this fertilizer can be diluted in a bucket of water and poured trunk circle.

Urea is the main mineral nitrogen fertilizer, which is applied to the soil in spring

After 10-14 days, a second top dressing with nitrogen fertilizers is carried out. It is best to shed currants with infusion of mullein, horse manure or bird droppings.

Table: nitrogen-containing drugs and how to use them

In addition, you can use herbal infusion, which is prepared from nettle, burdock and dandelion.. These plants contain a lot nutrients in an easily digestible form, so gardeners very often use it for spring top dressing.

To prepare herbal infusion, use a 10-liter bucket or a 30-liter barrel. Fresh chopped grass is placed in it, filling the container by 2/3 of the volume, add 1-2 cups of sugar, and preferably old jam. Then they pour water into a container and pour EM preparations (Siyanie-3 or Baikal in accordance with the instructions), you can also add 100-500 grams of chicken manure or horse manure, cover with a tight lid or cover with a film. The solution is infused for about 3 days and applied when the water begins to foam. One glass of the solution is diluted in a bucket of water and bushes are fed on moist soil.

Herbal infusion of nettle, burdock and dandelion has a mass useful substances available to plants

Complex fertilizers for currants

Complex fertilizers contain a complete set of essential trace elements: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. There are many companies on the market that produce such fertilizers, and when buying, you need to pay attention to the difference between spring and autumn fertilizers. In the spring we feed with fertilizer with a predominance of nitrogen, and in the middle of summer and autumn - with potassium and phosphorus.

Complex mineral fertilizers contain the optimal amount of minerals, but may differ in their ratio

The soil under the currants should be slightly moist - this is necessary for the absorption of trace elements, therefore, in dry seasons, it is imperative to water the shrubs and mulch with compost, mowed grass or cardboard. Thanks to the mulch, the evaporation of moisture from the soil surface will decrease several times.

Phosphorus fertilizers for currants

Phosphorus is necessary for currants during fruit ripening, laying new flower buds and preparing for winter. Therefore, in the second half of summer and autumn, plants are fed with superphosphate, at the rate of 1 tablespoon under a bush. In wet weather, the preparation can be scattered directly on the ground and lightly leveled with a rake; in dry weather, it is preferable to pre-dissolve the granules and shed the bush around the perimeter of the crown.

Superphosphate is used to fertilize currants after picking berries and in the fall.

Very often, phosphorus top dressing is combined with potash, adding one tablespoon of potassium sulfate. In plants, this increases resistance to various fungal diseases.

Organic fertilizers for currants

Most often, organic fertilizers use compost, horse or cow dung and bird droppings. All these fertilizers are very a large number of nitrogen, therefore, they can be introduced into the soil only in spring, to activate the growth processes of the bush. But in late autumn, when stable sub-zero temperatures, and the currant has already shed its leaves, you can pour several buckets of compost or bedding horse manure under each bush - this will protect the root system from freezing, and in the spring it will additionally provide nutrition after the snow melts.

Compost is very nutritious, so it is poured in early spring at the rate of 1 bucket for each bush

In addition to the main nutrition, composts and manures improve soil structure.

Organic mulch is also a good top dressing for currants. It protects the soil from evaporation of moisture and overheating in the sun, and, decomposing and overheating, releases carbon dioxide and various trace elements, thanks to which the currant grows better.

Folk remedies for fertilizing currants

A good way to feed currants is potato peel, as well as bread crusts and yeast.

During the period of pouring berries, especially in black currants, there is a lack of starch, therefore, as soon as the berries begin to color, gardeners boil a bucket of potato peels, cool for several hours and pour 2-3 liters of infusion under each bush.

Very often, gardeners make mash for feeding, for this, 0.5 kg of baker's yeast is bred in a bucket warm water with the addition of 50 grams of sugar, as soon as foam appears - you can use it - pour 10 liters of infusion under each bush.

Braga can also be prepared using old dry rye bread, which is filled 1/3 of a bucket, then 50 grams of sugar or old jam are added. The use is the same as that of the mash.

Do not forget that you need to use top dressing on moist soil and preferably in the evening.

Video - sourdough for currants

Features of fertilizing for currants

Top dressing currants - important element to get a harvest. Unfortunately, in many gardens it grows in a semi-wild state, without top dressing, pruning and proper care, and in the southern regions they even forget to water it. By observing the deadlines for applying mineral or organic fertilizers, we not only increase the yield of currants, but also make it tastier, healthier, and better.

Top dressing currants at different times of the year

So, in early spring, when the buds open and the first leaves appear, you need to start feeding the plants with nitrogen-containing preparations and fertilizers. It can be urea, ammonium nitrate, manure. While the soil is moist, the preparations are scattered over the surface and lightly embedded in the soil. You can dissolve them in water and water the plants under the bush.

Further, every 2 weeks, you can repeat top dressing, but it is better to use others, for example, if you took urea, then pour infusion of mullein or bird droppings for the second time, and after another 2 weeks - herbal infusion.

In mid-June, we stop fertilizing with nitrogen and do watering with mash, and by the time the berries are poured - with an infusion of potato peels. After picking the berries, we feed the currants with ash or potassium-phosphorus fertilizers.

On poor or sandy soils, it is advisable to fertilize more often, and mulch the soil itself.

In late autumn, 1-2 buckets of compost should be added under each bush. To increase the immunity of berry bushes, HB-101 granules can be laid out on the soil surface - this is a growth stimulator and an activator of the immune system, created on the basis of extracts from pine, cedar and cypress.

Video - how and with what to fertilize shrubs

Features of feeding different types of currants

Bushes of red and white currant often grow more powerful, their branches can bear fruit for 5-6 years, and root system lies much deeper than that of blackcurrant. Due to this, their yield can reach 10–12 kg per bush, but they also take more nutrients from the soil.

Red currants are more productive, so they require a little more attention from the gardener.

In order for nutrients to penetrate deeper into the soil and reach the suction roots, they dig a narrow trench about 20–30 cm deep along the perimeter of the crown and pour mineral or organic top dressing there, then the grooves are buried with soil. You can make not grooves, but recesses and pour or pour solutions into them, but it is very important to place them on all sides of the crown, since each root of the bush is responsible for its branch and scattering fertilizers only under part of the crown, you will see the difference in the development of the bush.

Foliar top dressing of currants

Through the stomata of the leaf, nutrients penetrate the plant much faster than through the roots, so it is recommended to carry out periodic foliar spraying on the leaf.

Most often, complex water-soluble mineral fertilizers are used for this, as well as various immunostimulants. If you use minerals, then alternate them with root dressings, with a difference of at least 2 weeks.

To strengthen the immunity of plants, a biococktail is used: Ecoberin, Healthy Garden and HB 101, sprayed once every 7–10 days. These natural remedies help the plant cope with adverse weather conditions, reduce the risk of disease, and are pest prevention.

Spraying currants with these preparations helps to strengthen the immunity of currants

Currants are fed in spring, summer and autumn. At the time of bud break and flowering, it is necessary to carry out nitrogen-containing top dressing. During the fruiting period and in autumn - phosphorus-potassium. Shrubs also respond well to organic fertilizers - ash, compost, humus.

Black currants are in dire need of generous watering, regular feeding and pruning. She has superficial root system, so it does not tolerate overheating of the roots and lack of water. Without sufficient watering berries become small, sour. Careful care is especially important blackcurrant in flowering and berry ripening time.

Around the bush, you need to make grooves about 20 cm deep and water it properly: pour 2-3 buckets into them. Mulch copes well with the problem of overheating of the roots and rapid evaporation of moisture in dry summers. It also helps to save water for irrigation and strength during weeding.

The best dates for planting blackcurrants in the fall - until the end of October. In the spring it is better to plant before bud break.

IN landing pit 50x40 cm in size, the earth is mixed with the following components:

• 10 kg of humus
• 100 grams of superphosphate
• 40 g sulfate or 25 g potassium chloride
• 100 g wood ash

The root neck is deepened by 6-7 cm. This contributes to the appearance of additional roots and shoots. After planting, the currant bush is generously watered and mulched with humus or straw. Further care for blackcurrant is regular watering and replenishment of mulch under the bush, protection from pests and diseases.

In spring and summer, currants need nitrogen, it is applied 4 times.

First when the buds begin to open. Top dressing with urea at the rate of 50 g per bush is considered optimal. It will be absorbed better and faster if urea is dissolved in a bucket of water.

Second- after flowering. At this point, the plant needs support in the form of a complex fertilizer. Both special complexes for currants and organic infusions (bird droppings or mullein) are suitable.

Third- during active pouring of berries. Now phosphorus and potassium are especially important. In 10 liters of water dissolve 20 grams of superphosphate, 10 grams of any potash fertilizer, 10 grams of nitrogen (urea).

4th- after the harvest. Organic is the best option.

Blackcurrant does not tolerate drought and deep loosening of the soil

Foliar top dressing of currants in summer

• 30 g copper sulfate
• 3 g boric acid
• 5 g potassium permanganate
• 10 liters of water

Each ingredient is diluted in a separate container in a small amount of water, and then mixed. Spray in the evening in dry weather.

How to spray currants from pests and diseases

Before bud break in early spring, blackcurrants are sprayed with a solution of urea (urea) - 700 g per 10 liters of water. When the buds begin to grow, it is useful to spray with a 3% solution of Bordeaux mixture.

Process black currant from kidney mites before and immediately after bud break with one of these drugs: Fitoverm, Aktofit, Akarin, Agrovertin, Thiovit Zhdek. They can also fight aphids.

Most varieties of blackcurrant bear fruit on 2 year shoots. Branches on large-fruited varieties age faster, so the bush needs rejuvenation for 4 years already. Old branches, subject to immediate pruning, are easy to distinguish - they black color. Shoots with dark bark yield almost no yield. We carefully examine the bush and leave only brown branches.

Pruning branches is a stimulus for the formation of new side shoots. Therefore, blackcurrant care at the pruning stage should be radical. Rule: the smaller the growth force of the shoots, the more radically we cut them off.

On young bushes we leave not more than 3 even sama x strong annual shoots, and everything weak and thickening - on compost heap. If the bush is infected glass or kidney with a tick, it is better to cut it to ground level. In the spring, new healthy shoots will grow and the plant will be renewed.

How to feed blackcurrant in autumn

Mandatory set:

• organic (3-6 kg)
• superphosphate (50 g)
• potassium sulfate (20 g) or ash (80 g).

The bush grows in the shade. In low light, the currant expels a large green mass, and not flower buds.

Drought. The currant root system is superficial, it is very sensitive to moisture deficiency and overheating of the roots during the summer heat.

Excess fertilizer. Large dark green leaves are formed on the bush, but there are very few berries.

Old branches. Most varieties of blackcurrant bear fruit on last year's growth. On branches older than 4 years, the yield decreases and shrinks.

Terry infection. Flowers unnatural purple, the berries simply do not form. Many thin thick branches on the bush. Affected branches are cut and burned.

Wrong black currant care- non-compliance with the rules of agricultural technology will result in a lack of harvest.

What will be the harvest on currants in next year, depends on the growth of shrubs in the current season. Therefore, fertilizing currant plantings is an integral part of annual care, no less important than watering, tillage and pruning.

The stronger and larger the annual branches, the more ovaries are formed on them. But a sweet and large berry will only be if it receives enough nutrition, sun and moisture during ripening. The root system of all varieties of currant is located near the surface. On the one hand, this requires special attention when loosening the soil, and on the other hand, it facilitates the feeding of plants, making it more efficient.

What fertilizers do currants need? When and how to submit them?

Feeding young berries

If the berry bush was planted in the ground in the fall, next spring it does not need to be fed. Everything you need for nutrition and growth is already in the soil. But for currants planted at the beginning of the growing season, top dressing is needed. A couple of weeks after planting under the bushes, 13–18 grams of nitrogen fertilizers are applied per meter of area. To active ingredient did not weather and did not decompose in the air, fertilizers are immediately closed up, remembering the proximity of the root system, and abundant watering is carried out.

When the currant begins to bear fruit, in addition to nitrogen, it will need top dressing with potassium and phosphorus compounds. They are brought in in the fall based on a young bush:

• 40–50 grams of superphosphate;
• 10-15 grams of potassium sulfate.

At the same time, currants are fed with organic matter so that 4–6 kg of humus or mullein infusion gets into the soil.

Fertilizer for adult currant plants

The timing and frequency of fertilizing under adult bushes largely depends on the type of soil on which the plantings are laid. Dense soil retains nutrients longer in the layers where the roots of the shrub are located. And through the lungs, for example, peaty or sandy fertilizers quickly go deep and become inaccessible to plants.

Therefore, with fourth year life, nitrogen fertilizers, which accelerate the growth of greenery and shoots, are applied annually at the rate of 20–25 grams of urea per plant. Moreover, for more efficient use of top dressing, they are often divided into two doses.

In the spring, 2/3 portions are brought under the bushes, which makes it possible for the currant to give leaves together, bloom and form ovaries. And the remaining amount enters the soil after flowering. This top dressing will support the bush when the berry begins to pour.

Phosphorus and potash fertilizers on dense soils can be applied not every year, but at intervals of 2-3 years in a vein or in autumn so that the plant has:

• 120–150 grams of superphosphate;
• 30-45 grams of potassium sulfate.

Organic fertilizers can also be applied intermittently. But if there are sandy soils under the plantings, the gardener needs to be prepared for the annual feeding of currants. Additional summer, traditional and foliar top dressings, which are combined with watering or fertilizing in liquid form, will not hurt.

In this case, the application rates of mineral fertilizers are somewhat reduced so as not to cause burns of the root system and “overfeeding” of berry bushes. It is especially important not to overfeed currants with nitrogen. Its excess causes an increased mouth of green mass to the detriment of the quantity and quality of berries. In addition, powerful one-year-old shoots do not have time to mature by autumn and often die from winter frosts.

Trace elements for berry bushes

In addition to the main nutrients, trace elements are vital for currants. Their plants are received in June. In this case, they take on a bucket of water:

• 1-2 grams of copper sulfate;
• 2–2.5 grams of boric acid;
• 5-10 grams of manganese sulfate;
• 2-3 grams of zinc sulfate and the same amount of ammonium molybdate.

If the gardener has complex fertilizers with microelements for berry bushes at his disposal, it is convenient to use them. The prepared solution is applied under the crowns at a distance of 20–30 cm from the root. For better absorption, it is in this zone around the bushes that shallow furrows are made, which are sprinkled with top dressing and covered with mulch. Fertilizers in this way need to be in moist soil, so the bushes are watered first.

Taking care of the nutrition of currant bushes before the formation of berries and during their ripening, many novice gardeners lose sight of the fact that after harvesting, the plants also need care. It is at this time that the flower buds of the next year are laid, new shoots are formed and grow stronger.

Fertilizers for currants can be applied with dry granules scattered or in liquid form, adhering to a zone equal to the diameter of the crown.

At the same time, it is important to loosen the trunk circle regularly, trying not to damage the roots, water and weed. Removing weeds is extremely important, because they not only draw moisture from the soil necessary for currants, but also take away the main nutritional components and trace elements from cultivated plantings.

Foreword

In the spring, during the period of intensive growth of the ovaries, any plant needs additional nutrition. Fertilizing currants, carried out in accordance with all the rules, in a timely manner and with the necessary fertilizers, is a guarantee of a good harvest.

Necessary tools and materials

Bucket

Why do plants need spring feeding?

After a long and cold winter period, the plants are quite weak in spring. And if the currant also grows for a long time in the same place, then the soil under it completely loses its nutritional properties. The shrub has such a property that it quickly “pulls” everything useful from the ground. And depleted soil is a poor helper in the formation of a rich harvest. That's exactly why spring top dressing should be carried out on your own garden plot just necessary.

If you only planted currants last year, then in order to get a high yield in spring, only nitrogen fertilizers can be applied to the soil: 6–10 g per bush. But this is the case if, when planting currants, the land was fertilized with high quality.

If we are dealing with an adult bush planted several years ago, organic fertilizers will help. Their number depends on the natural fertility of the existing soil and the degree of its preliminary processing. Poorly cultivated soils require an annual application of 5–6 kg/m2 of organic fertilizers. Medium cultivated need 4-5 kg ​​/ m2, with a time interval of one year. For well-cultivated soils, 4-5 kg ​​/ m2 is sufficient with an interval of 2 years.

In the spring, it is necessary to fertilize currants. And this is required to be done regularly, because after winter the plants are very weak and vulnerable. Fertilizing the soil, you give it additional nutrients, which will then go to the bush. The result is a great harvest.

How to feed properly

The entire root system of the currant is located in the surface layer of the soil. Most of them in black currant are located at a depth of 10 to 40 cm, and only some fall below 2 m. The width of the distribution of roots in a radius reaches 50–60 cm from the central part of the bush.

With red currants, the situation is slightly different. Its roots penetrate a little deeper than that of the black one, somewhere within 60 cm. But the power of the root system depends on the pre-planting soil treatment. The better the soil is fertilized, the stronger the roots branch out to the sides.

Such an occurrence of the root system is due to high requirements for the food and water-air composition of the soil. That is why, given the surface occurrence of the roots, for blackcurrants, choose a place where more moisture is retained. But remember that waterlogging is unacceptable for both black and red currants. Regardless of the type, shrubs should not grow in a swamp, this has a detrimental effect on the root system, causing various rot and other diseases.

During the root formation and growth of young shoots, the plant takes the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium available there from the ground. So they need to be replenished. Top dressing of black currant, like red currant, is applied from all sides of the bush. Do this evenly and so that the radius of the cultivated soil is slightly larger than the radius of the crown of the plant.

Some gardeners apply them to a greater depth to increase the effectiveness of the fertilizers they use. Along the bush, at a distance of approximately 50 cm, a furrow is dug up to a depth of 30 cm. And it is into it that water is poured with the impurities it contains.

Stages of feeding

By adding nutrients to the soil, you not only increase the quantity, but also improve appearance and the quality of this horticultural crop. The berry grows large, juicy and tasty.

Properly selected and timely applied fertilizers to the soil will become an essential condition for harvesting a rich harvest. After all, high-quality soil, having required amount nutrients, will be the key to the normal maturation of any horticultural crop.

The procedure itself will not take much time and will not cause severe exhaustion. family budget. Complex fertilizers are inexpensive. You can combine the feeding procedure with pest control, so as not to get your sprayer once again. If you first decided to feed your currants and do not know where to start, do not despair. We will tell you in detail how and with what to properly fertilize the soil in the spring and what tools and devices should be used. Just read the article to the end and you will understand everything.

First and second fertilization

It is carried out just before the flowering of the shrub. As soon as shoots 1.5-2 cm long appeared on the currant, it's time to start feeding. If you have already used phosphorus, potassium and organic matter in the fall, you can now use nitrogen fertilizers. Based on one bush you will need: 15 g of urea, 37 g of calcium and 15 g of ammonium nitrate.

But if for some reason you could not fertilize the land in the fall, then organic matter will be just right. To do this, dilute the manure in a bucket of water and put 2 teaspoons of urea there. Mix the contents thoroughly and pour 2 liters under each bush. Then additionally pour the currants well with clean water.

After 2 weeks after the first feeding, we carry out the second. The berries are already set. So, it's time to pour under the bushes manure humus with 2 teaspoons of potassium sulfate. This fertilizer option is also possible: for 10 liters of water, 4 teaspoons of Berry fertilizer. Under one bush, you can pour 3 liters of the resulting mixture.