The best fertilizers for currants
- compost
- Manure
- Horn meal
- Nettle manure
- Berry fertilizer
Many of these fertilizers can be made by yourself. If you don't have any compost or nettles in your garden, you can use commercially available ones Berry fertilizer(€ 11.35 at Amazon *) return. You can also get them in the garden market Horn meal.
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Improve the soil before planting
Currants need nitrogen to thrive. Therefore, prepare the soil before Planting good before.
Sow some green manure like a few weeks in advance lupine or Phacelia, even Bee pasture called, from. Dig the Green manure just before planting just below.
The roots of the green manure loosen the soil. The crushed plant material rots in the earth and releases valuable nutrients. You can also improve very poor soils with ripe compost or well-rotted manure. Fill the planting hole with it as soon as you have inserted the currants.
Fertilize currants regularly
In early spring, the bushes should be fertilized in good time before they sprout. Further fertilization takes place in April and May.
Nettle manure, which you can easily make yourself, is very suitable. But only use nettles that have not yet set flowers. With diluted liquid manure you can supply your currants several times a year. You shouldn't use it just before harvest fertilize.
Alternatively, you can also manufacture Berry fertilizer use from the garden market.
The autumn fertilization
Before the plant goes into hibernation, sprinkle horn or bone meal under the plants and work the material very lightly into the soil.
Avoid the Care of currantsto loosen the soil too deep. They then damage the roots of the currants, which run very shallowly under the surface.
Tips & Tricks
Make sure you have a good supply of nutrients when using your currants mulch. A mulch cover made of leaves, grass, straw or bark mulch not only ensures that no weeds emerge. The material breaks down and releases important nutrients. At the same time, the flat roots are optimally protected.
