Modern jostaberries grow stronger than many classic berry bushes. This requires modified pruning care that counteracts premature baldness and aging. These instructions will familiarize you with the perfect pruning care for a yoghurt.
How should a josta berry be cut correctly?
The best way to properly cut a josta berry is after the harvest, with old, dark brown shoots being sawed off at the base and worn side shoots being shortened. Balanced proportions of perennial and young shoots should be retained. If necessary, annual shoots can be used as cuttings.
Cutting josta berries after harvest
When it comes to the right pruning date, a jostaberry works in the same direction as its original parents, blackcurrant and gooseberry. The best time for thinning and maintenance pruning is after the harvest. This has the advantage that you can clearly identify worn rods. If you miss the summer cutting date, a second time window opens in late winter. A particular advantage of this choice of date is a leafless berry bush, which offers a good overview for expert pruning.
Cutting instructions
So that a Jostaberry doesn't grow over your head and become bald and senescent prematurely, please cut the berry bush once a year. Pruning care is aimed at old, dark brown shoots that are largely exhausted. The most valuable treasure of a yokeberry are annual, light brown long shoots that bloom and fruit on numerous short shoots. How to cut correctly:
- Saw off old, dark brown ground shoots at the base
- Important: do not leave any stubs
- Short down worn side shoots until just before the bark of the scaffold shoot
- Multi-branched side shoots derive from the youngest side branch
Use the derivation cutting technique on the scaffolding shoot with multi-branched side shoots. Cut off the older side shoot at the fork to the younger side branch. The darker the bark color, the older the shoot. Please measure the cutting circumference so that a balanced balance of perennial and young shoots is created on the jostaberry bush.
Bypass scissors and folding saw
Cutting a josta berry can be done without a lot of effort and is particularly gentle on the plant with the right tools. Ideally, you should cut shoots up to around 3 centimeters in diameter with bypass scissors. It works based on two sharp cutting edges that run against each other and create smooth cuts. You can saw off thick scaffolding shoots with a folding saw, which allows you to maneuver easily in tight spaces.
Cut annual wood as cuttings
In the regular pruning care of a josta berry, light brown, annual shoots are taboo because they promise a rich berry harvest in the future. The only exception is if you want to grow more yokeberries. Between September and April, cut annual, unbranched shoot tips that are 15 to 20 centimeters long.
Plant two thirds of a leafless cutting in a pot with potting soil. Water regularly on the bright, warm windowsill so that the offshoot roots quickly. If you put a transparent cover over the pot, the rooting process will accelerate.
Tip
In order to radically rejuvenate an old jostaberry, there is no difference to the blackcurrant. At the end of February, cut off old scaffolding shoots at ground level. Ground shoots with promising side shoots direct you there. The age can be easily recognized by the dark brown bark. Young shoots with light brown, smooth bark remain as a starting point for new growth.
