Best to make any pruning cuts to an outward facing bud.

Prune currant bushes. Blackcurrants and redcurrants can both be pruned in winter, but they need a slightly different pruning method to keep them healthy and fruiting. Blackcurrants grow as a stooled bush, with all the growth coming from ground level or below and they fruit on the previous season's growth. May tree clippings disposal, How to prune gooseberry bushes and currant bushes.

Pruning fruit bushes can seem complicated but is, in fact, very simple. Many people are nervous about the process so leave fruit unpruned which will result in progressively lower yields as the plant ages.

Red Currants are pruned differently to Black Currants. Most of the problems associated with lack of fruit on red currant bushes is owing to the wrong method of pruning. Get the pruning right at the right time and red currants are hardly ever a problem. Jan 24, Jan 24, If you haven’t yet done it, now’s the time to prune gooseberries and currant bushes.

It’s done while they are dormant, so you’ve got until around the end of February or early March, when buds will burst. Many gardeners dread fruit pruning for fear it is complicated but there are a couple of simple rules that make things. Jul 19, Commonly grown for their lush foliage, Ribes alpinum, also called"alpine currants," are mound-forming deciduous shrubs that can grow up to 6’ tall.

Their striking green foliage changes shades throughout the year, starting as bright green in the spring, dark green in the summer, and a warm yellow in the fall months.

Pruning Blackcurrants: After Planting: Cut all the stems down to about inches. Year One: Have a cup of tea.

Feb-March of Year two: Apply whatever fertiliser you like in a good amount, following their instructions or your own. Wait for a month and apply one ounce of sulphate of ammonia for about a square metre around the base of the plants. Rhododendron, azalea Rhododendron species little pruning is needed; renewal prune when dormant Rose Rosa species climbers and ramblers: bloom in early summer on old wood, prune after flowering, leave new growth for next year hybrid bush-type: flowers on new wood; remove dead canes and cut back in spring; shrub roses: prune out old, diseased, or unwanted.

Jan 13, I'd do some summer pruning later in the year and leave structural pruning till next winter. Helen Gazeley on Wednesday 15 April"I would like to move my gooseberry and blackcurrant bushes to one area of my allotment for next year. May 02, When to Prune Flowering Currants. Ribes (or flowering currants), flower early in spring on flower buds that are grown in the previous growing season and needs a full season to shrubdisposal.bar ensure flowering next year, Ribes should be pruned at March or April.