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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: lozenge on January 13, 2008, 21:09

Title: blackcurrants
Post by: lozenge on January 13, 2008, 21:09

best varieties? best place to buy them? how many plants should i buy?

i'm in the south of england; good, quite heavy soil; well draining; going to be planted in a fairly exposed spot.

tia

Title: blackcurrants
Post by: gobs on January 13, 2008, 22:56

Any you fancy, really. They will grow nuts. :)

Title: blackcurrants
Post by: mushroom on January 13, 2008, 23:23

There are some varieties that have resistance to powdery mildew. I had some last year that weren't resistant, and there is a lot of powdery mildew onsite, though there wasn't on my particular plot. Well, the powdery mildew on the pumpkins/squash next door got them. So I'm looking for resistant vars of black, red and whitecurrant. If I find some useful links, I'll post them here. Thanks for reminding me, I'd forgotten about me currants ;)

Title: blackcurrants
Post by: WG. on January 13, 2008, 23:27

Welcome.

Sorry I am still laughing at the way your post shows on the top page; I read it as  "blackcurrant lozenge"  :lol:  :lol: