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A tree that has been grown in the field and then lifted out of the ground when dormant. Available from November to March. The roots are more open and the direct contact with the soil encourages them to settle in and establish more readily.
These are 2yr old trees that have been grown 1yr in the field and the second in a pot. Container trees can be planted at any time of the year but establish best when planted during the autumn and need to be watered well during the first summer.
Blackcurrants are easy to grow, producing bunches of dark purple berries from July to August and are rich in vitamin C. Their tart flavoured fruits can be made into pies, jams and cordials. A blackcurrant bush can also be grown in containers if you are short on space. Their delicious fruits are ready for picking in July.
Plant in a well-drained soil in a full sun or partial shaded position. Avoid sites that are prone to winds or late frosts. After two years of planting, prune a third of the branches back in the winter to enable new, fresh growth. The blackcurrant bush is high yielding, and produces a crop of good quality soft fruit.
Blackcurrant
Early to mid season. Large berries on short trusses. Good flavour. Good frost, pest and disease resistance.
Early season. Large berries, short strigs. Small, compact. Heavy cropper. Some frost and mildew resistance.
Super sweet fruit combined with attractive red/burgundy leaves. Mildew resistant.
Blackbells has sweeter berries and larger fruit that can be picked in bunches of 10-15 per strig. Upright growing.
Compact bush with sweet, tasty blackcurrants. Excellent for cooking and eating fresh.
Mid season. Very large fruits of superb quality, mildew and rust resistant. Excellent for baking into pies!
Mid season. Medium berries, hang well. Rich for vitamin 'C'. Still the best flavoured blackcurrant of them all!
Large fruit with deliciously sweet flavour of juicy berries. Heavy yielding, mid-late season. Good frost resistance.
The largest blackcurrant, bearing more than double the fruit size of standard varieties with good flavour too.
Crops in mid-late summer. Firm, round and glossy fruit that is sweet. Can be eaten fresh or used for cooking.