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Blackcurrant vs Cranberry

Both are Berry. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Blackcurrant Cranberry

Measure Blackcurrant Cranberry
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Jan–Feb Apr–May
Days to harvest 2–3 yr 3–4 yr
Spacing 180 × 120 cm 30 × 30 cm
Soil pH 6.0–6.8 4.0–5.5
Water 600–900 Flooded beds
Temperature °C 5–24 5–22
Seed rate Nursery Cuttings
Yield 5–9 t 15–25 t
Watch for Gall mite, leaf spot Fruit rot, fireworm

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Everything in the same group, on the figures that decide what to plant.

Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Raspberry Jan–Feb 2 yr 5.5–6.5 10–24 6–10 t
Blackberry Jan–Feb 2 yr 5.5–7.0 10–26 8–14 t
Gooseberry Jan–Feb 2–3 yr 5.5–7.0 5–24 6–10 t
Blackcurrant Jan–Feb 2–3 yr 6.0–6.8 5–24 5–9 t
Redcurrant Jan–Feb 2–3 yr 6.0–7.0 5–24 5–8 t
Elderberry Jan–Feb 2–3 yr 5.5–7.5 5–26 8–14 t
Boysenberry Jan–Feb 2 yr 5.5–7.0 10–26 8–12 t
Loganberry Jan–Feb 2 yr 5.5–7.0 10–26 7–11 t
Blueberry Jan–Feb 3–4 yr 4.0–5.5 5–25 6–10 t
Cranberry Apr–May 3–4 yr 4.0–5.5 5–22 15–25 t
Cape Gooseberry Jun–Jul 150–180 5.5–7.5 13–28 12–20 t

All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →