Gross currant - a popular variety

It is probably very difficult to look for a personal plot where there are no currant bushes. The berry became so popular through high content of vitamin C and other beneficial substances. The amount of this vitamin in currant vitamin depends on the variety, location and weather conditions.

Gross currant black is very valuable for its medicinal properties not only of its berries, but of its leaves and branches. This variety has a bush of medium height, quite compact. The berries are large, weighing about three to four grams, black in color and round in shape, with a dense skin. It has excellent taste.

Currant bushes, as a rule, are long-lived, and the gross one, which reaches 25 years, is no exception. But, 2-4 year old shoots bear the most fruit. The root system of the bush is highly developed; in old bushes the roots can penetrate up to 1 - 1.5 meters deep.

Gross currant resistant to severe frosts in winter and drought in summer. This is an early variety, the berries ripen in 35 - 40 days after flowering. In general, currants are unpretentious to the soil, but feel good on soils rich in nutrients, although they grow and bear fruit on sandy, clayey, loamy soils.

To get a decent harvest of currants every year, the bush needs to be shaped: remove weak, old shoots that have grown into the middle. Propagating currants is very easy. This can be done by dividing the bush, layering or cuttings.

Gross currants are valued for their taste, beneficial substances, and ease of care.Therefore, anyone can grow this crop on their own plot.