With the end of winter near, it’s time to start planning for the garden season. At the outbreak of COVID-19 last year, many people attempted to grow some of their own food, re-popularizing the concept ...

IF YOU think your garden or gardening skills aren’t up to growing fruit, think again. Blackcurrant bushes are very easy to care for and they take up little space – perhaps a couple of square metres ...

Scientists are working with the company behind the popular British fruit drink Ribena to boost the vitamin C content of blackcurrants in a move that would be a major benefit to consumers and farmers.

Blackcurrant, a berry crop prized for its vitamin C and antioxidant content, faces severe yield losses when exposed to ...

Many fruit crops are thinned to increase crop yields. Removing flowers of establishing small-fruit plants can also increase growth of plants which encourages earlier establishment. Fruits are a major ...

To evaluate the impact of timing and rate of application of amendments on bush size harvestability, yield and fruit quality during the early years of establishment and production. To identify optimum ...