Affordable and reliable Blackcurrant ‘Summer Pearls Giant’Ribes nigrum

Blackcurrant Summer Pearls Giant

Blackcurrant ‘Summer Pearls Giant’ is a heavy cropping variety of blackcurrant that develops colossal-sized berries! Every ginormous fruit can grow up to 1cm in diameter, making them some of the biggest Blackcurrants that you can grow at home. As well as being huge, they are nicely sweet and juicy which make them a healthy snack or can be turned into your own homemade jams and desserts. This blackcurrant is certainly worth growing on the veg patch, and you will have plot to plate in no time! Height and spread: 120cm (48″).

Blackcurrants prefer a position in full sun but will tolerate semi shade. Shelter from cold winds and late spring frosts as these conditions may damage the flowers, and reduce the yield of fruit later in the year. Grow blackcurrants in rich, moist, well drained soil. Incorporate plenty of well rotted manure into the ground prior to planting. Plant blackcurrant bushes between late autumn and spring, at a distance of 1.5m (5′) apart and a depth of 5cm (2″) lower than the soil mark on the stem. Planting blackcurrants slightly deep will encourage the production of extra stems from below ground level.

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