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[Couperwife]

It says in this times Home Farmer magazine that I can take cuttings from my gooseberry bush by taking a 30cm branch and sticking 2/3rds of it in the ground (there is probably more to it than that, but thats the basic idea )

 

right, does anyone know? can take loads of cuttings and plonk them in deep plant pots and separate them sometime in the future? or does it have to be in the ground?

 

my goosegog has been fabby this year, and i'd love to have lots of bushes (as ive just discovered that I love goosegogs ) and this seems like a possible plan

 

any help would we wonderful

 

cathy

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[sjp]

I think you can put them in a pot but the traditional way is just to put then in a small plunge trench at one end of a bed or by the greenhouse then leave them to it until next year pot the ones up that have grown it's that simple the trench only needs to be 4inch wide with the cutting 2 inch apart

[Couperwife]

ooh, right , ill have a go at that

 

thanks

 

cathy

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[Egluntyne]

Careful with gooseberry bushes.....you never know what you might find under one.

[Lesley]

[Snowy]

When taking cuttings it helps if you use a nice, young branch - new vigorous growth rather than old woody growth. Cut the bottom end just below a leaf nodule, and cut at a 45 degree angle (roughly). You can use hormone rooting powder to give things a kick start, but some plants don't need this as they are more vigorous anyway. I don't know about gooseberries. Line your trench with some sharp sand mixed with the soil/compost. You need a nice gritty texture, poke your stick in and water well