Soft Fruit Cordon

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Soft Fruit Cordon
« on: February 11, 2015, 16:41 »
Hello,
Have been loitering on this brilliant site for a while, but haven't really posted much.
 I have a couple of currants on my plot that only have one stem/cane growing on each plant( They are 1 to 2 years old). One is a Blackcurrant and the other is a Pink currant. Would it be possible to train these as cordons or should I have done it sooner? Thanks  :)

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Re: Soft Fruit Cordon
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2015, 07:13 »
You be able to do that with the pinkcurrant, but blackcurrants fruit best on younger wood, so I'm not sure a cordon would be a good idea  :unsure:  Usually, you prune out the older wood in stages leaving the 1 and 2 year old wood behind to crop  :)

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Re: Soft Fruit Cordon
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2015, 10:58 »
I don't think you can cordon blackcurrants but others on here will say if I'm wrong.
I work very hard so don't expect me to think as well.

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Re: Soft Fruit Cordon
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2015, 18:11 »
Thanks. Wasn't sure about any currant tbh, think I might have been getting mixed up with gooseberries  :unsure:
 Just trying to make better use of my space  :)

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Re: Soft Fruit Cordon
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2015, 22:37 »
A couple of years ago I took some cuttings of gooseberries which I'm currently training as cordons in the hope that picking the fruit will be a little less painful.  I can't see how it would work with blackcurrants, as others have indicated.

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Re: Soft Fruit Cordon
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2015, 11:35 »
I've got a couple of those due to hard pruning last year i think you'll a lot more blackcurrant stems later in the year. They are almost like completely different plants shooting off in all directions.



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