How to feed currants and gooseberries in August: a miracle cure - next year will be fruitful
The last month of summer is a very important period for gooseberries and currants.
After all, it is during this period that buds for the next year are formed on the bushes.
This is why a summer resident has no right to ignore plants after the berry harvest is complete.
Crops need to continue to be watered, protected from diseases and... fed.
There is one great August remedy that will help buds form without any problems. This means that next year's harvest will most likely be very abundant.
Ideal August feeding for currants and gooseberries
An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh reminds: in the final third of summer, the soil under the above-mentioned fruit crops is greatly depleted.
There is probably a deficiency of potassium and phosphorus.
This is why it is advisable to apply phosphorus-potassium fertilizers in August.
Without such feeding, the process of bud formation for the next year will most likely be seriously disrupted.
At the end of summer, potassium monophosphate is ideal for currants and gooseberries (7 grams of the product should be used per bucket of water).
It makes sense to feed the plants with potassium sulfate (15 grams per bucket of water).
But fertilizers containing nitrogen or chlorine can seriously harm gooseberries and currants at the end of summer.
Important reminder: it is advisable to combine fertilizing shrubs with procedures such as loosening the soil and using mulching materials.
