Renegade Red Currant Bush


My red currant bush just doesn’t behave like it’s supposed to according to the books. Again this year it’s flowering on 1 year old wood and there are very few flowers on the 2 and 3 year old wood:

The party is clearly on the 1 year old top shoots, and not much is going on below on the older wood:

The numbers on the picture below is the age of the wood:

But what the heck – I bet the fruit is just as good if we can get to it before the birds.

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