Based on your interest, another ONE-DAY COURSE is being held on October 28, 2023, connected with a tour of the Fruitful Garden, for which you can register here: http://plodnazahrada.cz/seminar/ Our goal when cutting red and white currants is to encourage branching and lateral growth , that's why we cut the shoots by approximately 1/3 - this cut will trigger the growth of side shoots - twigs that will bear fruit in the following years. Red and white currants bear fruit best on two- and three-year-old wood, although they also bear fruit on four-year-old and older wood, but there should be no wood older than five years on the bush - this should be removed, both to ensure new growth, and on the other hand, the fruits are on these older branches smaller, lower quality and less sweet, smaller bunches with fewer fruits are formed. We make the cut on the bud that points out of the bush, if we want to achieve a greater distribution of the bush to the sides - opening the bush, on the contrary, if we need the shoot to grow more vertically - we make the cut on the inner bud. We make the cut just above the bud - neither too high (do not leave the so-called starlings, which are an entry gate for pathogens), nor too low (cutting into the bud zone can cause the bud to dry out). Although currants tolerate partial shade, good, large, tasty and sweet fruits are produced only where the sun shines. That is why it is important that the leafy branches shade each other as little as possible, and the cut must also be adapted to this. The suitable periods for cutting currants are after the harvest in July or when harvesting (we remove the old 4-5-year-old wood so that the new shoots can ripen better) and in early spring, approximately in the second half of February, before the currants begin to sprout. 0:00 differences in cutting black and red (white) currants with regard to the support and renewal of fruit-bearing wood 1:36 cutting a 6-year-old tree red currant 7:21 tying the crown of a tree currant - a type of tying that is somewhat flexible is ideal, so that it does not get cut into the stem over time - e.g. binding rubber "spaghetti" (used for vine stems, it can also be used for tying, for example, young fruit trees) or a rubber band or sisal underwent a radical rejuvenation; rootstock/rootstock from merusalka is in the place of grafting (the rootstock and rootstock fusion was already of poor quality from the nursery) affected by botrytis (a fungal pathogen that gradually causes necrosis at the point of fusion and later the death of the entire rootstock) 11:18 alternation of tree and bush forms of berries for optimal use of space 12:19 ideal number of branches of different ages of bushy red currant (variety Rovada) 13:04 use of side shoots for impregnation 13:37 buds of a bouquet-bearing overgrowth 14:50 correct application of the blade of the scissors when cutting in relation to the part of the branch that will be preserved 15 :37 shoots and branches of different ages on a Rovada red currant bush 16:35 removal of annual shoots thickening the middle of the bush 20:24 shoots prepared for the planned replacement of older branches 20:41 the effect of "non-pruning" on the lifespan, vitality and fertility of a bush currant 22:22 how distinguish between black and red currants when they are not fruiting, by the shape and color of the buds, after scraping off the bark, black currant wood smells like black currant fruits (red currants do not emit any smell) 24:08 bushy white currant Blanka Video was filmed on 01/06/2021. I wish you much success in growing red and white currants. Please write your questions and experiences in the comments. CHANNEL SUPPORT AND MEMBERSHIP: If you like our work, it is beneficial to you and you would like to support our work, then we will be very grateful if you decide to support our work with a financial contribution. account number: 5417315/0300 IBAN: CZ07 0300 0000 0000 0541 7315 BIC (SWIFT): CEKOCZPP For a symbolic monthly fee, you can also become a member of this channel in the forms: SMALL SUPPORT or BIG SUPPORT and thus support our activities. When you choose the next level of membership in the form of FANS, you even get access to membership benefits in the form of exclusive videos, which have already been filmed over 20 times and which you have access to throughout your membership. To log in to the member section, click the JOIN button below the video or on this link: / @plodnazahrada SUBSCRIBE VIDEOS: Here you can subscribe to videos from the Fruitful Garden: / @plodnazahrada You can follow MORE TIPS from the Fruitful Garden on: → Instagram: / plodnazahrada → Facebook: / plodnazahrada CAMERA AND EDITING: Behind the camera is my handy son Petr, without whom none of the Plodná zahrada videos would be created. Petr is a very successful calisthenics trainer. If you want to get in shape, he will definitely be happy to help you. You can see his activities here: → YouTube - / mojeviz