To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] rooting Red Currants
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:52:03 -0400
How hard is it to root red currants? Can I do it right now, with a plant
that is just pushing buds?
I have a feral red currant that I got as a seedling in my uncle's back yard.
I've had it for more than 20 years, now, and it is in decline. Also, I'd like
to use that spot for a Carmine Jewel cherry, but I'd like to save part of the
plant if I could. I will try to transplant it, but that's dicey with an old
ailing plant. I wondered if I might also try to cut off some twigs and root
them, and how to do that.
Thanks,
Ginda
Eastern MA, zone 6
[NAFEX] rooting Red Currants,
Ginda Fisher, 04/17/2011