A quick guide

To keep a blackcurrant bush (right) healthy and productive, remove a few older stems at the base each year to keep young stems coming through and retain lots of those two to threeyear-old stems, too, as they’re the most productive.

Sally Nex takes us thorough the whole operation beautifully in a few minutes on the Crocus. co.uk channel on YouTube (search for ‘How to prune blackcurrants’).