Currants thrive particularly well in a favorable location and produce lots of sweet, large fruits. This is how you ensure the ideal place for your currant bushes.
Which is the best location for currants?
The ideal location for currants is a sunny, wind-protected place with loosened, nutrient-rich soil. Waterlogging should be avoided as the plants do not tolerate it well. A combination of different currant varieties also promotes cross-fertilization and thus a richer harvest.
The best location for currants
- Sunny place
- Protected from the wind
- Loosened soil
- Avoid waterlogging
Sunny locations preferred
Even if currants are originally found on the edges of forests, you should plant them in a sunny spot in the garden. Only if the fruits get enough light and especially sun do they become nice and big and sweet.
In partially shaded locations it takes longer until you can harvest your currants. The fruits also remain smaller and contain more acid.
As shallow-rooted shrubs need loose, nutritious soil. Currants cannot tolerate waterlogging. Therefore, ensure that the soil is permeable.
Tips & Tricks
Most currant varieties are self-pollinating. However, the harvest will be richer if you plant several bushes in the garden that fertilize each other.
