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Fertilizer for currants: what are needed
Fertilizer for currants plays one of the main roles, since a plant growing in one place for a long time can very quickly deplete the soil. Not only the yield depends on the quality of the soil, but also the health of the shrub, its ability to survive the winter and resist diseases and pests.
What fertilizers are needed in spring for currants?
You need to make top dressing several times per season. The plant spends most of its strength during the period of active growth, foliage blooming, the formation and ripening of fruits, therefore, the first feeding should be done in the spring.
Fertilizers for currants are applied several times per season, starting in early spring.
Urea is a good option for spring fertilization. It is diluted with water in proportions of 5 g per 1 liter. One currant bush should have at least 10 liters of solution.
Urea can be replaced with cow dung infused with water in proportions of 1: 4, respectively. If there is no cow dung, then chicken manure is suitable, but its concentration should be much lower and be 1 part to 10 parts of water.
Adult bushes over 4 years old are fed with a lower concentration of urea. So, for 1 bush, 23-30 g of fertilizer are bred and applied in 2 approaches after 1,5-2 weeks
Also, in the spring, you can apply nitrogen fertilizers, up to 75 g per bush.
Spring feeding is carried out annually. It must be introduced on each side of the bush, distributing it around the circle with a radius slightly larger than the crown.
Before fertilizing young seedlings, special attention should be paid to the concentration of the working mixture. It should not exceed the permissible rate, but it is better to be slightly lower to avoid scalding the root system.
The best fertilizer for currants in the fall
After harvesting, the currants need to recuperate and prepare for winter. Mullein can help with this. It is brought in up to 15 kg under a bush and dug up from the ground to the depth of a shovel bayonet.
Organic fertilizer can be replaced with a complex mineral agent, which must be mixed with garden soil. You can prepare the nutrient mixture yourself by mixing 90 g of superphosphate with 40–60 g of potassium sulfate or chloride per plant.
The potash components of the nutrient mixtures can be replaced with wood ash. The rate of its use for 1 planting – up to 250 g
The best option would be to mix organic and mineral fertilizing, taking 1–4 kg of organic matter per plant, 6–40 g of superphosphate in granules and 60–15 g of potassium sulfate.
In addition to spring and autumn dressings, one should not forget about summer ones. In the summer, after flowering, the plant is fed with manure or chicken droppings soaked in water. And during the ripening period of fruits, currants need complex specialized mixtures, which do not contain nitrogen.
Timely and proper soil nutrition is the key to successful plant growth and development. The yield of currants also directly depends on the quality of the soil.