Average Yield:
4-5kg per bush
Spacing:
150 apart
180 between rows

Blackcurrants are delicious, easy to grow, and very good for you. The small dark purple berries are packed with vitamin C and other medicinal benefits. Although they have a sharp flavour, juicy blackcurrants can be eaten fresh or added to pies, jams and cordials. Blackcurrants are a versatile fruit bush, good for building up your stock of perennial home grown produce. Their flowers attract pollinators and work well both in pots and the ground. Once your blackcurrant bush has settled in, it will reward you with plenty of fruit for years to come.

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How to grow blackcurrants

Grow blackcurrants in moist but well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Feed with a high potash fertiliser weekly during the growing season and mulch the soil around the plant with well-rotted manure, leaf mould or compost. You may consider netting the fruit against birds. Prune in autumn.

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