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'''Birds:''' birds | '''Birds:''' birds often feed on the fruit crop.<ref name=crawford2016>Crawford, M (2016). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/creating-a-forest-garden-working-with-nature-to-grow-edible-crops/oclc/1041938577 Creating a Forest Garden: working with nature to grow edible crops.] Green Books. ISBN 9781900322621.</ref> Whitecurrants and late ripening redcurrant cultivars are eaten less by birds.<ref name=crawford2016 /> They may also damage buds. Nets can be used to cover the bushes over winter to prevent this.<ref name=rhs2012>Brickell, C; Royal Horticultural Society (2012). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/royal-horticultural-society-encyclopedia-of-gardening/oclc/819914706 Encyclopedia of Gardening]. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9781409364658.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:36, 3 April 2019
This article deals with Ribes rubrum, commonly termed Redcurrant (Red currant). Whitecurrant (White currant) refers to the same species, but only to cultivars with white-coloured fruit. Red and white currants are discussed in this article.
Blackcurrant refers to a different specis, Ribes nigrum, which is discussed in a separate article (See: Blackcurrant).
Problems
Birds: birds often feed on the fruit crop.[1] Whitecurrants and late ripening redcurrant cultivars are eaten less by birds.[1] They may also damage buds. Nets can be used to cover the bushes over winter to prevent this.[2]
Aphids:[2]
Sawfly Larvae:[2]
Grey Mould (Botrytis):[2]
Coral Spot:[2]
References
See also
External links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crawford, M (2016). Creating a Forest Garden: working with nature to grow edible crops. Green Books. ISBN 9781900322621.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Brickell, C; Royal Horticultural Society (2012). Encyclopedia of Gardening. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9781409364658.