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["Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)" <sam.brungardt@state.mn.us>]

Sorry, I misunderstood.  First, remember that these bush fruit are very cold 
hardy and may not be damaged by the freeze as much as you fear.  If the new 
shoots are frozen back, I'd prune each of the branches on the plants back to 
three to five buds.  If they are present, dormant buds, whether on what 
remains of the branches or on the roots, should sprout.  Be patient with this 
process, it may take a while.  I'm not sure why you're contemplating 
resetting the plants, unless you want to have more of the buds on the 
branches buried so there will be buds to sprout should another freeze like 
the expected one occur. -- Sam

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [nafex] early cuttings and suckers

Sam, what I'm saying is they have leafed out a month ago and this
weekend all that leafing out will be frozen back.  Just wondering out
loud if it will reset the plants to want to send out some secondary
buds....

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)
<sam.brungardt@state.mn.us> wrote:
> As long as the elderberry and currant plants have not leafed out, you can 
> take and stick cuttings.  Most of the buds will be beneath the soil once 
> they're stuck, and this should protect them from any cold temps you 
> experience this spring. -- Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (USDA Zone 4a)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 8:12 AM
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> Subject: [nafex] early cuttings and suckers
>
> Normally this is the time of the year that I would be lopping off
> elderberries and currants, and digging up suckers but I've done a
> minimal amount of that this year given how far ahead the season.  Next
> week I'm seeing low temps in the high teens which should do a pretty
> good job of killing all new growth.  I was thinking tho that that
> might reset the plants a bit and maybe it would again make sense to do
> cuttings?  Thoughts?
>
> ~mIEKAL
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