How to prune Redcurrants Redcurrant bushes are one of the easiest types of fruit bushes to grow, with a little pruning and care they will produce an abundance of fruit in summer. You may think that they are pruned in the same way as blackcurrants but this is incorrect, they are actually pruned in a very similar way to gooseberries. Whitecurrants are also pruned in this way as well. Redcurrants produce fruit on the previous…

How to prune gooseberries Gooseberry bushes produce oval fruits that are often red, yellow or green depending on the variety and they taste beautiful either eaten fresh or when used in cooking recipes. Although pruning is not essential, if you do a little winter pruning it will encourage more fruit and help prevent diseases as well as make picking fruit in the summer easier. When should you prune? Gooseberries produce fruit on the previous years’ growth so pruning…