Harvesting red berries in your garden remains a real pleasure. With simple cuttings, you can multiply the stems to renew your small fruit trees, to offer some or to make exchanges. Get started with gooseberry cuttings, which are easy to do.
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To have bountiful harvests of red berries like currants or gooseberries, nothing better than to multiply the feet already in place in the garden or at the neighbor’s. This cuttings is easy to do, but there are a few rules to know for successful new plants.
When to take the cutting?
You can cuttings the currant tree allwinter, when the leaves have fallen and the weather report do not announce gel. Between December and the end of February, cut the currants. If you forget, you will have a second chance which will present itself to you from June to August.
Which part of the currant to choose?
This type of cuttings is called ” drink dry ”. You will have to observe the stems in winter rest by spotting the young shoots of the year (between green and brown) and those of the previous year (brown and dry in appearance) because it is the latter that will interest you in order to succeed. the cuttings.
How to take the cutting from the currant tree?
Select only healthy, non-diseased stems. With a clean and sharp pruning shears, take stems of about 20 to 30 cm by cutting above a eye (swollen part). Cut off the heads of the stems then remove any dry leaves.
How to transplant the gooseberry cuttings?
Either you plant the cuttings in a pot or a tray filled with a light mixture (half potting soil and half sand) or you install them directly in their final place.
Here are the key actions for a successful cutting:
- Push the cuttings two-thirds of the way up into the potting soil then tamp all around in order to properly install the cutting;
- to have a corner of small red fruits or well-filled pots, plant the cuttings by 3 or 4 to create a single beautiful foot;
- prefer a place sheltered from bad weather and exposed to Sun ;
- concerning the pots, put them in a corner of the garden, facing north, preferably.
The gooseberry cuttings will thus spend the winter outside, without fear of frost and cold, and from the following spring, you will see a few small leaves appear, a sign of successful cuttings. From the first beautiful days of spring, you can water the soil, without soaking it in order to promote recovery. Transplant the cuttings made in pots from thefall next, taking care to space each foot about a meter and wait between 2 and 3 years in order to be able to harvest the first currants and gooseberries.
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