[NAFEX] Rooting currants
Dale Burkholder
dburk at planetcomm.net
Tue Nov 3 13:22:31 EST 2009
Lon & everybody else;
I found an old email on my computer with some advice about rooting
currants. I am planning to start 100-200 Crandall currants for sale in the
spring, and would like to know if I am interpreting these instructions
(below) properly.
My idea is to wait another month until dormant, then cut 6" sections of new
growth (or is last year's growth also okay?), place them 4-5 inches apart -
about 2/3rds buried in the ground in an unheated greenhouse, add a few
inches of mulch for insulation and wait until spring.
Or, Plan B, assuming the roots won't grow much anyway until spring, can I
just cram them in a big ol' feed bag full of sand/soil mix with tops
sticking out and leave outside in the snow and rain until March and then
plant them in pots?
Dale Burkholder
Shenandoah Valley, VA Zone 6
If I did learn to speak proper English, who would I speak it to?
At 05:57 PM 5/13/2003, Lon wrote:
>That's about the worst time to root them. Once the buds break, the
>cuttings won't root. Much easier to wait a few weeks and root some green
>cuttings under mist. Or take dormant cuttings in the fall and plant them
>in moist sand on the sheltered side of a building. When they leaf out in
>spring they are rooted and can be set out. I used to do it for a big
>berry nursery.
>-Lon Rombough
>From: Tom Olenio <tolenio at sentex.net>
>Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:34:42 -0400
>To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [NAFEX] Rooting ribes
>
>Hello,
>What is the best method to root currants early in the spring, when the
>plant is no longer dormant?
>Thanks,
>Tom
>____________
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