lookin’ good!
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Nice lights. Are those DIY?
EDIT: Stalked your post history and found your build posts. Good stuff - very similar to what I’m using to grow my strawberries right now.
What kind of nutrients are you using and what amounts?
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Good snooping! They are awesome lights, fairly easy project also. Nutrients im using right now are primarily megacrop by greenleaf. For my currants Im using a full 5gal bucket of RO water, 1tbsp + 2tsp megacrop, 1tsp Epsom salt for magnesium boost, 1/2 tsp calcium chloride for calcium boost, and diluted sulfuric acid to get to about 6.0ph.
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cuttings taking off. got about 60 if them now. changed light cycle to 12/12, hoping to initiate bud formation. i topped the tallest ones to slow them down a bit.
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I tried putting sticks into the ground last fall. Will be interesting to see how many sprout. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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what variety? i would have tried that also but my plants r all small still. pretty easy to grow them inside evidently, if a person gives them a little tlc.
My bet is: all of them.
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what variety?
Ben Sarak, Consort Black, Pink Champagne, Primus White, Imperial White, Jonkeer van Tets, Red Lake, Red Rovada, White Pearl Currants, Captivator, Hinnomaki Red, Hinnomaki Yellow, Jeanne, Poorman, Tixia Gooseberry. Many were quite small yet, but I managed to get a couple sticks off each. I also have a couple other gooseberry varieties that I didn’t try to root yet. Some day I will probably wonder why I planted so many kinds. I’ve only had a taste of a few kinds so far.
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This has probably been brought up in other threads, but what varieties of black currants are actually good off the plant? I’ve heard that most of them aren’t that tasty.
Also, best tasting non-black currants? We aren’t growing any right now, but we do have three gooseberry plants (close relative). One of them gave us fruit last year, an Oregon Champion.
what variety? i would have tried that also but my plants r all small still. pretty easy to grow them inside evidently, if a person gives them a little tlc.
Actually, I think you just enjoy tinkering with them.
gives me something 2 do during long cold winter. grow closet is nice to be in. bright 82f and moderately humid, takes out the chill and helps my mood.
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I was disappointed with Titania currant taste and size of the fruits - too small and bit acid. This variety grows very fast to 1,5 m bush. My favourite black currants are Bona, Jubileyna Kopanya and Sofiyevskaya with nice big fruits and higher sugar content, these are dessert varieties…I also like Tisel with its typical black currant taste…
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haven’t seen those varieties fs here in us… are they new releases or been around a while? I’d sure like to try them…
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These are available in Europe mostly eastern part.
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Yes, Bona and Tisel comes from Poland, Sofiyevskaya and Jubileynaya Kopanya from Ukraine. And I forgot Noiroma (big fruits, early ripening) distributed from Switzerland. Those are newer selections and still new ones varieties are selecting here in Europe.
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These varieties do not suffer by diseases in my area, so no chemicals need to be sprayed and can be grown organic. I grow also Ben Hope - bit acid fruits in raw and Ben Sarek - is sensitive to mildew. So I prefer polish or ukrainian selections of black currant.
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Hello, do you know by the chance where may I buy above-mentioned varieties: Sofiyevskaya and Jubileynaya Kopanya in the USA? Thanks
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Hi, I have no idea, these varieties are available mainly in EU countries, sometimes are names written as Sofijevskaja and Jubilejnaja Kopanja. I have these varieties but cuttings should not be sent to USA without phyticertificates and this is pretty expensive issue.
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Thanks for the quick response, maybe I’ll be able to buy any of these varieties (especially Jubileynaya Kopanya - “Ювiлейна Копаня” ) somewhere in the US.
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