Blackcurrant Bush

Hi there all,

Strolled out into back barden this morning and had a bit of a shock :eek: There appears to be a blackcurrant bush starting to grow out from the base of brickwork which makes up the external wall (kitchen). It already has fruit on it although it is only small can't think how i missed it :confused:

Is there any way i cqan take a cutting from it as it is impossible to relocate it unfortunately. I have no choice but to kill the actual root.

I pressume it came from a bird dropping, a pleasant surprise though, quite excited about it really :D

 

how good is that heres me all summer searchin all
all over for a blackcurrantbush and when i finally
did find them. they were eight squid. and heres you walk outside for a stroll and got em coming
out of ya brickwork lucky sod. not sure about the cutting
but if you can make sure you get one coz
they taste great. got my first lot off this year
so wife went mad and bought a smoothie maker
whatever one of them is...just another exscuse
to go shopping.the fruit drinks are great though
stop you feeling hunry throughout the day..wife said there to help me wiv my gardeners bum..
cheeky swine.....

 

Cuttings are dead easy, they are usually taken about 12 inches long. Do not remove any of the buds and push it gently into the ground where you want it to grow or in a pot of compost. The reason you do not remove any buds, even on the bit below soil level is that you want new branches to grow from below ground level in future.
�£8 seems rather steep for Blackcurrants. The last time I loked for them they were a couple of quid so I would reckon now they would be around �£4. Some of these cheaper outlet type places often have them, Woollies, Lidl, Wilkinson's, Aldi, even Morrisnon's have had them in the past around now.

 

Palustris,

None of the bits reached 12 inches, no buds either just fruit. Should i wait until it is bigger before taking cutting?

Poor thing doesn't even know it is on death row as we speak but eventually it will have to go :(

 

Are you sure it's a blackcurrant bush Paula, lets have a picture there's a few things that can get fruits like blackcurrants on.

 

Agree with Walnut and even if it is a Blackcurrant the chances are that the quality of the fruit will be lower than that from a cultivated named variety. If it is a Blackcurrant growing out of the wall then all you need to do is pull the whole thing out with as much root as comes out and treat that as a cutting.

 

Walnut + Palustris, will put pic on link today

 

Walnut/Palustris,

This is the bush starting to grow out of outside kitchen wall :confused:

 

Definitely not Blackcurrant. That is actually one of the Nightshade family, Solanum. The berries leaves and srems are very poisonous. Pull it out quick and dispose of!
You can always tell blackcurrant, 'cos the leaves smell of cat urine! (Well they do to me!).

 

sorry palustris
i meant 4 pound each bought 2 in case one didnt make it

 

Palustris,

So glad you told me, imagine if one of the dog's chewed at it :eek:

Thank you so much

 

oh ac. wot a shame
see you wasnt so lucky after all just glad
you found out what it was before the dogs
had them. my lab has spent all summer trying
to get them off the bush. when that back door
opens i have to race the dog to the bush he
loves em. good job palustris spotted it

 

Lucky escape wasn't it :eek:

My dog's are partial to blueberries :D

 

hi A.C. i was just wondering how you went on with
that nasty bush did you send it to heaven

 

I have used this site in the past for blackcurrants
http://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/blackcurrants.php
he charges about �£7/bush and they are sent out bare rooted in winter. He has an interesting range. the last time i bought some I pruned them down as you do and then stuck the prunings in a row at my father in laws. He ended up with a whole load of bushes from those prunings.