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What kind of harvest the gardener will receive in the summer depends to the greatest extent on the correct planting and care of the plants. Therefore, before taking on the development of their garden, the owners should learn about the needs of fruit bushes, read the advice of experienced gardeners.
Features of planting gooseberries
You can grow a good gooseberry if you carefully select the planting material. It is better that he has 2-3 shoots and several strong roots. Noticing damaged areas on the plant (for example, dry roots, broken branches), it is better to cut them off carefully, because they will not bring much benefit to the bush, but they will deplete it.
You can plant the roots in a freshly dug round hole. The best size is 40 x 40 cm. The optimum depth is 8 cm deeper than it was in the nursery. It is useful to put fertilizer at the bottom of the pit. Alternatively, it can be humus or compost. The normal proportion is 8-10 kg per seat. If there is no organic fertilizer, it is allowed to use granular superphosphate. About 200 g of this should be mixed in a 1: 1 ratio with fresh earth. Then the hole is filled with this material by about 2/3 of its volume. Then a seedling is placed, and on top it is covered with clean soil.
Distance between bushes
The correct landing process involves the step-by-step compaction of the earth.
There is no strict recommendation at what angle to plant the bush.
Features of planting currants
Planting currants, raspberries and gooseberries in the spring are very similar processes.
Just as in the case of gooseberries, the choice of a good planting bush has a huge role for the future currant harvest. The bush grows much faster and bears more fruit if its seedling has a developed system of the underground part. Experienced gardeners are advised to choose a planting material that already has at least 3-4 skeletal roots. Ideally, the length of these is 15-20 cm, and the bark itself should be yellowish. The aboveground part of the seedlings should consist of 2-3 shoots. The optimal length of the latter is 30-40 cm.
Planting gooseberries
In the case when currant seedlings have to be transported over long distances, they are wrapped in a damp, clean cloth, and on top with a plastic bag. Especially carefully you need to wrap the roots themselves. Otherwise, they will simply dry out.
Before planting bushes, the seedling must be carefully examined. The roots damaged during digging are cut off. After that, it is useful to dip them in a clay or soil mash. In the event that a bush is planted on another day, the roots of the plant are placed in water for 10-13 hours.
Planting black currants at an angle of 45 degrees. The optimum immersion depth is 4-5 cm deeper than they used to grow, or 6-8 cm above the root collar. It is necessary to straighten the roots at the bottom of the hole as successfully as possible, avoiding the curvature and bending of the roots upwards. Next, you should reliably compact the ground.
Planting gooseberries in spring
Immediately after disembarkation, you need to cut off the aerial part. If the currant propagates in the fall, you need to prune in such a way as to preserve the shoots 18-21 cm long.
Such drastic measures help to grow lush and rich bushes for a good harvest.
Agrotechnics: general and differences
Growing fruit bushes will not be beneficial if you do not take into account their characteristics and the rules for caring for them.
During the first years, it is allowed to plant vegetable crops in the area between the bushes. After harvesting, such plants will decompose and feed the bushes with organic matter. As a rule, already from the second year after planting the bush, deep digging of the earth between the rows is carried out. This is best done when autumn comes. Digging depth - 15-16 cm. Carefully handle the tool closer to the bush so as not to damage its root system. The optimum depth is 8-10 cm.
With the beginning of spring, currant and gooseberry bushes need deep loosening. During the summer, you need to perform this procedure 5-7 times. Both plants need to get enough moisture. The first watering of seedlings occurs immediately after transplanting them to a new place. Then you will need to water the bushes regularly. The frequency and volume of fluid directly depend on the region and weather conditions. To retain more moisture, mulching is used in the southern regions of the Russian Federation. More than one agricultural technician recommends covering the soil surface with straw manure, peat or straw in early spring (after the first treatment). Layer thickness - from 6 cm. If there is a lot of organic material, you can spread it on the ground between the rows. Thanks to mulching, experienced gardeners confirm, the yield is almost doubled.
A prerequisite for both currants and gooseberries is top dressing. It is performed for them in the spring, about 3 weeks before the berries ripen. The best option for feeding will be organic fertilizers - chicken droppings, manure.
The cutting of currant and gooseberry bushes is carried out in different ways. In the first case, with 4-5 fresh shoots, only 2-3 of the strongest should be left for further development. Next year, approximately 7-8 new shoots should appear. Of these, 2-3 of the strongest are also left. Thus, a mature bush consists of shoots of different thickness and age.
As for the gooseberry, cutting is important for this bush, especially of damaged shoots. They can be shortened in different years, but for this plant it is important that there are many shoots - 20-25 at least.
Landing at the correct distance
The distance between the gooseberry and currant bushes when planting directly depends on the planned period of operation. So, in the event that the bushes will be in the same place for 10-15 years, the distance between the plants should be 1.2-1.5 m. The interval between rows is 2 m.
When the owner does not plan to keep currants and gooseberries in his garden for a long time (up to 6-7 years), the optimal distance is 1 m from each other. As in the first version, the row spacing cannot be less than 2 m.
Given the above, we can conclude that the fruit bushes of currants and gooseberries are very similar. In fact, they all need to be planted equally, and the care of plants is similar. Meanwhile, there are differences in terms of watering rules, pruning of bushes.
