When currants ready?

lilyann1

When are currants usually ready for picking?
I have blackcurrants and redcurrants and quite few have gone black or red whilst alot are still green.
Do i pick them gradually when as soon as they are ripe and how long do they keep for?

Sharifa_2

Some of my whitecurrants are ready now, while others are still ripening. I've spotted a couple of redcurrants but not many. I don't have any blackcurrants yet. I freeze mine instead of eating them fresh, then turn them into sauce or icecream when I have enough. I would think they'd be okay for a couple of days in the fridge.

torbrex

I use all my blackcurrants for jam and I tend to pick and freeze them as they become ripe. The hard part is getting them before the birds, I have a net up but I have noticed some of the bird are pecking at the berries through the net. I will need to get longer stakes to raise the net higher above the bush.

HelzBelz

torbrex wrote: »

I use all my blackcurrants for jam and I tend to pick and freeze them as they become ripe. The hard part is getting them before the birds, I have a net up but I have noticed some of the bird are pecking at the berries through the net. I will need to get longer stakes to raise the net higher above the bush.

The birds don't stand a chance in my garden, it's more a case of getting them before hubby eats them straight off the plant;)