| John,
Where are you located; and your zone plse. On Nov 4, 2009, at 12:05 AM, John Barbowski wrote: This year, I rooted about 75 black current cuttings if July. A couple of weeks after fruiting, I pruned the bushes, primarily getting rid of older wood. I then took the branches and cut them into about 8 inch sections and placed them in water in a shady area. I had almost all cuttings take root. All were planted this fall. Both current year's growth and older wood developed roots. About 5% were lost due to rotting.
The currents were Ben Sarek and Ben Lomonde. Ben Sarek didn't root as vigourously as BL.
I did the same with figs, namely taking cuttings (12") and placing them in water. Again, both current year's growth and older wood rooted. The fig was a yellow Excel. They were planted in soil in late Sept. (I never had good success rooting them the normal way with dormant cuttings in taken in the winter)
Unfortunately, the summer was so poor, the 20 or so figs on the mother plant never developed. All the leaves have now dropped leaving the nice large figs still green on the branches. A poor year in general for figs.
jmb
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Dale Burkholder <dburk@planetcomm.net> wrote:
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@sentex.net>
- Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers
<nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 18:34:42 -0400
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@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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