Cuttings from blackberries
 

Could some knowledge person tell me how to take and successfully root
cuttings taken from b lackberry bushes. I really need detailed
instructions, please.
TIA.

Jon


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"jon" wrote in message
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Could some knowledge person tell me how to take and successfully root
cuttings taken from b lackberry bushes. I really need detailed
instructions, please.
TIA.

Jon
take the thorns off and cut into pieces about as thick as a pencil and at
least a foot long. Remember which end is the top!. Push into a sandy compost
and keep moist.

PS. It's easier to get new plants by bending a stem from an existing plant
and burying the tip. It'll root very easily and create a new plant.

--
Martin & Anna Sykes
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"jon" wrote in message
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Could some knowledge person tell me how to take and successfully
root
cuttings taken from b lackberry bushes. I really need detailed
instructions, please.

Don't take a cutting. Just bend over a healthy long shoot and bury
its tip an inch or two into the soil. Anchor it in place with a stout
wire hook or something similar.

Franz

"jon" wrote in message
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Could some knowledge person tell me how to take and successfully root
cuttings taken from b lackberry bushes. I really need detailed
instructions, please.
TIA.

Jon


If you really mean Blackberry as in brambles then you peg the shoot tips to
the ground, it will soon root.

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)