Sweet and sour berries of gooseberries did not accidentally receive the honorary title of northern grapes: behind their inconspicuous emerald-amber shell is hidden a real vitamin bomb. Varieties of this plant there is a lot that they can satisfy any, even the most demanding taste. If the gooseberries growing on the site, fully meets all your wishes, in the autumn it's time to start breeding it. More details on the subtleties of gooseberry propagation by cuttings and cuttings in autumn we will talk today.
How does gooseberry propagate?
To propagate a favorite sort of gooseberries can be one of the vegetative methods: cuttings (green or woody) and layers. Whichever method you choose, only healthy shrubs that are not infected with pests or diseases can be used as the raw material for it.
Reproduction of gooseberry by cuttings
Cuttings of gooseberries can be carried out both in summer and in autumn. In the summer period, a small interval from the beginning to the third decade of July is suitable for this, when shoots slow down their growth. Autumn cuttings cut after the end of the fall leaf, and then until the spring is determined for storage in the glacier. Cuttings best suited are cuttings cut from the top of the branch, since they have the highest growth rates and are the fastest rooted. On each of them should be not less than 4-5 kidneys. In spring, the billets are taken from the glacier and rooted in a school filled with loose and nutritious soil. At least one kidney should remain above the surface of the soil. Before the rooting of the cuttings, it is necessary to soak for at least an hour in water, in which a small amount of growth stimulant can be added to improve survival.
Reproduction of gooseberry by layers in autumn
The process of reproduction of gooseberries by layers should begin in the spring, in order to have a well developed and rooted planting material in the fall. Young three-four-year-old shrubs are propagated by the method of horizontal layers. For this, early in the spring, they bend down to the ground and put young strong shoots into special trenches, sprinkling them with loose fertile soil. During the summer, rootlets and new shoots form on shoots, forming autonomous bushes by autumn, which must be carefully separated from the mother plant.