Currant has long enjoyed in the territory of our country well-deserved respect and honor. And this is not surprising, because in small berries there is a whole treasury of vitamins and nutrients. To the currant year after year pleased with abundant and high-quality crops, it should be planted in the right place. After all, if you plant a currant in an unsuccessful place, then the bush will degenerate and only an urgent transplant can save it. When you can transplant the currant, so that she survived the change of place with the least loss, you can learn from our article.
When to transplant the red and black currants?
Regardless of whether the blackcurrant is black or red, it can be moved from place to place only during periods of rest, that is, late autumn or at the very beginning of spring.
In autumn, the currant can be transplanted only after the leaf fall, when the plant finishes preparation for wintering. Usually this time falls on the second half of October - the beginning of November. But at the same time there is a real danger that the changed habitat of currant will fall prey to the vagaries of the weather and will not have time to settle down in a new place before the onset of cold weather. Therefore, it is better to postpone the transplantation of the currant to a new place until spring, when it will have enough time for rooting.
When planning the spring transplant of the currant bush, it should be taken into account that in the active growth phase, currant enters early spring, when the air temperature reaches +2 ° C. So it is necessary to transplant it immediately, as soon as snow melts and the top layer of soil warms up a bit - at the very beginning of April. Planting pit for a currant transplant should be harvested and then earlier - in the autumn, digging it in a new place and filling it with a mixture of land and organic fertilizers.