Propagation by cuttings
- Cut cuttings in summer or winter
- Divide into pieces
- Put in prepared potting soil
- In the spring plant out
How to cut cuttings for propagation
Summer cuttings are cut in July or August. Winter cuttings cut On a frost-free day in winter. Choose an annual shoot that is healthy and well sap.
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Cut it off the bush just below a bud. Divide it into several pieces about ten centimeters long, which you cut with an oblique cut at the bottom and a straight cut at the top. Make sure you have at least one on each piece eye is located.
The cuttings are put into the potting soil with the lower end so that the eye is covered. Then press the soil and carefully water the cutting with the shower head of the watering can.
Lower the currant
Like all berry bushes, you can easily multiply the blood currant by lowering it. To do this, bend a healthy shoot on the ground in late summer.
Fix it with earth or small stones. Tent pegs or wire loops are also suitable for fastening. Cover the branch with soil. Make sure, however, that the tip of the shoot remains free. Spray the surface with water.
In the spring, small offshoots have formed that you can simply detach and attach to the desired ones Location can plant.
Cut or tie off the shoot
An old gardening trick recommends scratching the sunken shoot with a razor blade at intervals of about ten centimeters before covering it with soil. Alternatively, you can wrap it with copper wire.
The sap builds up at the scratched or tied off point. This stimulates the shoot to form roots.
Tips & Tricks
If you propagate your blood currant by cuttings, be careful not to damage the small pieces of shoot. Before setting, drill a hole in the earth with a thin pencil. Then you do not injure the cutting while planting.
