A simple but important procedure at the beginning of spring will protect currants from pests and provide the gardener with large berries.
The bud mite is especially dangerous for currants. Getting rid of the pest is more difficult than other parasites.
The tick begins its activity before the first leaves appear on the bushes. The pest first deprives summer residents of their harvest, and then destroys the plant. The tick nestles in the currant buds, eating them from the inside.
Experienced gardeners begin to fight the pest in early spring, when the last snowdrifts melt. To protect currants, it is enough to use an old but effective method.
In March, the top of the bush is doused with hot water, almost boiling water. The method is ancient and proven - there will be no harm to the plant if you do not delay the procedure.
First, the bush is doused with hot water, and then the shoots damaged over the winter are cut off. Currants are treated with a fungicide in early April, when the first leaves have formed.
