Blackcurrant Vigorous

Black currant is a more than common crop that can be found in literally every area. This popularity of this berry is due not only to its excellent taste and extremely low maintenance, but also to its unique “versatility”: along with the berries, the leaves of the plant are also widely used. For example, young leaves, which have the property of lowering blood glucose levels, are used to prepare a special salad for people suffering from diabetes, and are also quite often added to homemade preserves and pickles as a spice.

Today, many varieties of this berry have been bred, of which the most popular is the variety called Yadernaya currant. It received its name not at all because of its extremely rich taste, but rather due to the very large size of the berries, the weight of which ranges from three to a record eight grams for currants. At the same time, Yadrenaya currant is an extremely productive variety: up to five to six kilograms of berries can be collected from one bush per season.

This variety of black currant is one of the latest in ripening time. The bushes of this plant have an average height (usually not exceeding one and a half meters), are prone to overload with berries during the ripening of the crop and require regular anti-aging pruning.By and large, pruning can be called the most labor-intensive process of growing currants: in all other respects, it is more than unpretentious and practically does not require any specific care.