Ribes x robustum
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit has a sour taste and can be eaten raw or cooked.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
This is an artificial hybrid.
How to Identify
A deciduous shrub with hermaphrodite flowers pollinated by insects. Hardy to UK zone 6. Grows in light sandy, medium loamy, or heavy clay soils with good drainage. Tolerates mildly acidic to basic soil pH. Can thrive in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist soil.
How to Grow
Easily grown in a moisture retentive but well-drained loamy soil of at least moderate quality. Plants are quite tolerant of shade though do not fruit so well in such a position. Hardy to about -20°c. Plants can harbour a stage of 'white pine blister rust', so they should not be grown in the vicinity of pine trees. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus.
Propagation: Seed is best sown as soon as it is ripe in autumn in a cold frame. Stored seed requires 3 months of cold stratification at 0–5°C and should be sown as early in the year as possible. Under normal storage conditions seed remains viable for 17 years or more. Prick out seedlings into individual pots when large enough to handle, grow on in a cold frame through their first winter, and plant out in late spring the following year. Note that this is a hybrid and will not breed true from seed. Take cuttings of half-ripe wood, 10–15cm with a heel, in July or August in a frame. Cuttings of mature wood from the current year's growth, preferably with a heel of the previous year's growth, can be taken from November to February in a cold frame or sheltered outdoor bed.
Medicinal Uses
None known.
Other Uses
None known.
Wikipedia
A deciduous shrub with hermaphrodite flowers pollinated by insects. Hardy to UK zone 6. Grows in light sandy, medium loamy, or heavy clay soils with good drainage. Tolerates mildly acidic to basic soil pH. Can thrive in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist soil.
Notes
There are about 150 Ribes species.
Names & Synonyms
References (2)
- Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math. 1906:287. 1906
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
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