Is it too late to prune hard some old red/black currant bushes?

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  • 22nd April 2018 at 8:43 am #46401

    SteveDevine
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    Another job that has just not happened so far this year. I have some old red/black currant bushes (probably 20 years) on which the new growth is poking through the top of the netting (at 6 foot high). I meant to prune them back hard to the ground back in November but did not get around to it. Is it too late to do something that drastic?

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    Steve

    4th May 2018 at 8:43 pm #46583

    Cleansweep
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    By now your bushes are probably in flower; pruning will surely remove this years potential fruit? You may as well do the pruning as you pick that ripened fruit, in (?) july/august. Perhaps just prop the netting up for now.

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