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- From: Ribes60@aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Currant cutting request
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:08:20 EDT
I think that fall is the best time to plant currants and gooseberries and
also to root cuttings. I no longer propagate and sell plants but have rooted
many hundreds by fall cuttings. I am in central PA zone 5/6. I like to till a
row , add rotted leaf mulch and till it again. I put down black plastic, and
stab the cuttings through the plastic. I prefer to get the cuttings in by mid
October - our first good frost is about that time, I strip any remaining leaves
off the cuttings before sticking them. I like cuttings about 8 to 10 inches
long and stick them in about 4 to 5 inches.I have found very little difference
in using cutting with or without the terminal end. The ground rarely freezes
before mid to late December so the cuttings will probably have roots formes
before that. Gooseberries are an exception - they do not root as easily as
currants and some are very difficult to root. I have had better luck rooting
semi-green cuttings of gooseberry in May. They must be kept moist and in the
shade at that time. I also remove all but the top three of four leaves, then
spray or dip the tops in "Wilt Pruf". I also use a rooting harmone with
them.
I think that fall planting is much better than spring planting because in
the spring we often get early dry spells that would require a lot of watering -
even with a drip system. In the fall the weather is cooling and we get more
rain, the plant tops are leafless so do not transpire as much as plants in the
spring.
Ed Mashburn
Zone 5/6 PA
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[NAFEX] Currant cutting request,
Rondi Anderson, 10/27/2004
- RE: [NAFEX] Currant cutting request, Mark Lee, 10/28/2004
- [NAFEX]Apple Tree $ Value, Del Stubbs, 10/28/2004
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RE: [NAFEX] Currant cutting request,
Luffman, Margie, 10/28/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Currant cutting request, Lon Rombough, 10/28/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Currant cutting request, lee reich, 10/28/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] Currant cutting request, Ribes60, 10/29/2004
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