blackcurrant 'Ben Connan'

Grow as a multi-stemmed bush in a soil enriched with well-rotted manure or compost. Tolerates a range of soils including slightly alkaline ones. Add a balanced general fertiliser and additional nitrogen in spring

Prune blackcurrants when dormant, from late autumn to late winter. Fruit forms on young wood, so when pruning aim to remove older wood, leaving the young shoots

propagate by hardwood cuttings in the dormant season

Blackcurrants are susceptible to gall mites, gall midges, scale insects, aphids and reversion

Has resistance to American gooseberry mildew