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What to add to water for currants: the berries will be sweet as honey
07.06.2024 12:38
It happens that one of the least capricious plants in summer cottages and rural farmsteads – currants – begins to “act up”.
Sometimes it “kicks up” so much that it stops bearing fruit or produces such tasteless berries that you have to throw away the entire harvest.
The problem can be solved with the help of some fertilizers.
Compost
It needs to be scattered around the bushes and lightly dug in.
Compost will saturate the soil with useful elements and improve the soil structure, and it also retains water.
Humus
It is applied in the same way as compost. It is useful because it contains all the necessary minerals.
However, it is recommended to use only rotted humus - fresh humus can burn the plant roots.
Natural organic fertilizers
Experienced gardeners pay attention to urea in this regard.
It contains a lot of nitrogen, which stimulates the growth of green mass and the growth of the plant as a whole.
Complex mineral fertilizers
We are talking only about those that contain nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium – the most important minerals for currants.
Mulch
Straw or peat helps retain moisture and prevent weed invasion.
In the process of gradual decomposition, straw (peat) enriches the soil.
Liquid fertilizers
They are very easy to use – they are dissolved in water and then watered onto plants.
Due to this method, currants are able to quickly absorb nutrients.
Previously, plants were named that should not be fed with eggshells.
