How to Grow Blackcurrants: Growing Guides
By Linda Gray
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About this ebook
*Updated 2021
How to Grow Blackcurrants is a mini guide to growing these vitamin C packed fruits at home. Treat yourself and your family to the freshest, tastiest fruits that will boost your immune system and keep the family coming back for more.
Blackcurrants tend to be hardy plants and will grow with the minimum of TLC. And they can supply you with new plants as well as delicious fruits. This guide includes a little about blackcurrants and healthy reasons why you should include them in your diet.
Plus:
*Suggested varieties - images and descriptions of a few regular garden varieties
*Planting and general care tips - looking after your blackcurrants
*Harvesting and storing options - time to harvest and how to store your fruits
*A few delicious recipe ideas - simple recipes to make the most of your crops
*General gardening advice - best practices for your gardening experience.
Happy Gardening!
Linda Gray
Linda Gray lived off the land as a stay-at-home mum on a tiny budget for many years and, among other things, learned how to connect with nature and the simpler things in life. Her experiences led her to pursue her childhood dream of writing and she has been sharing her ideas via books and blogs for more than a decade.
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How to Grow Blackcurrants - Linda Gray
PREPARATION
Choosing your plants:
There are a number of varieties of blackcurrants – some hybrids produce currants as large as grapes. Hybrid varieties may have a few special needs so check on any growing recommendations before you make your choice.
Have a look at these descriptions to give you an idea of the variety you'd like to grow - These are available at Thompson & Morgan at the time of writing. I think they only do UK deliveries at the moment
Ben Connan
This heavy cropping small bush variety produces large, glossy black fruits with a superb rich flavour. Blackcurrant 'Ben Connan' is early cropping, from the beginning of July, and continues to produce fruit over a long cropping