So, although our neighbour has now collected all the huge, juicy redcurrants from his plot, ours haven't ripened quite as quickly as his. We've collected some of the best ones - to be used for redcurrant gin very shortly! - but there are still a lot that aren't fully ripe.
The bushes are heavily laden and very, very dense, but as our plot has been neglected for so long, they presumably haven't been pruned in a while. After watching this short but helpful Gardeners' World clip of Monty Don pruning redcurrants I can see what needs doing before next summer.
For this year, however, we'll hopefully get some decent redcurrants, although it seems there's just far too much fruit on the bushes for them to get as large and juicy as they should be.
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| Neglected redcurrant bush |
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| Ripening redcurrants - pretty inconsistent in places! |
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