Berries · Perennial
Blackcurrant
Grossulariaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 150 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–8b
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 18 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- clayAlso okay:loamy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normal
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Blackcurrant is the vitamin-C king among berries. Part-shade is OK, full sun is better. Prune heavily in February — fruits on 2-year-old shoots. Classic for syrup and jam.
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage