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[chooklady]

Can you take cuttings from raspberry canes and if so what's the best way to do it and what time of year?

Many thanks looking forward to your replies

Nicola

[bokbokbok]

I *thought* you would have to separate a plant and up-root it. Am now watching this thread in case anyone else actually knows what they are talking about as I would like to pass on a raspberry plant to a friend.

[redhotchick]

I've copied this (see below) from another site. I have one raspberry plant and I want to propagate from it too. It's red, but I may try the tip layering method now, and if it doesn't work, split it next spring. Also, as I will be cutting the canes back after they have fruited, I may try to propagate from the cuttings, either by putting in water or by putting into soil in a pot.

 

Propagating Raspberries

by National Gardening Association Editors

 

With absolutely no encouragement, red, yellow, and some purple raspberries will produce new plants from root suckers. In the early spring, as soon as the suckers emerge, dig up whole clumps of sucker roots and soil. Separate the roots of the suckers from the mother plant. Then transplant.

 

Propagating Black Raspberries

Blackcaps and the remaining purples require a different procedure. Give the plants a year or two to get established before prodding them to multiply. In mid-summer, the current season's new canes (or their lateral branches) will be ready for tip-layering: insert the tips of some healthy and actively growing young canes straight down about 4 inches deep into loose, moist soil. Several shoots should emerge in the fall. Early next spring, separate the new plant from its mother and transplant.