The soil in which the cuttings are to be struck should be free from perennial weeds. The rows should be 18 inches apart, and the cuttings should be 5 inches apart in the rows.
They should be inserted in the soil in such a way that only an inch is seen above soil level. This can either be done by getting out a trench 8 inches deep with one straight side and laying the cuttings in this upright. The soil should then be put back and be trodden firmly afterwards. The other method is to fork the soil over so as to make it puffy, i.e. light and friable, and then it should be possible to push the cuttings upright into the soil.
If canes are allowed to fruit, there is always the danger that (a) virus diseases will be perpetuated by means of the suckers, and (b) that some of the fruit will drop to the ground, with the result that useless seedlings may arise which will grow so fast that they take charge of the row. The writer has seen this happen more than once.
Leave the cuttings in position until the following autumn, and by then they should have rooted well and new branches should have been made. In fact, under ideal conditions each cutting may have produced branches 2-21 feet long. It helps to this end if sedge peat is used as a mulch, on either side of the rows, to the depth of an inch. Poor results invariably occur owing to shortage of moisture, and mulchings ensure good results. In very dry weather it may be necessary to water copiously during the summer, while in May the author has known it advisable to shade the cuttings with hessian or sacking.
Blackcurrants perhaps are easier to propagate than any other soft fruit. The cuttings should be taken immediately after leaf fall, the idea being to choose the well-ripened shoots of the current year's growth. Each cutting should be 9 or 10 inches long and should be prepared by making a cut with the sharp blade of a knife just above a bud at the top and just below a bud at the bottom.
After a year suckers will start to be produced around the original cane that has been planted and some of these may be cut off in the late autumn, together with their roots, for planting out in a new row. - 19955
They should be inserted in the soil in such a way that only an inch is seen above soil level. This can either be done by getting out a trench 8 inches deep with one straight side and laying the cuttings in this upright. The soil should then be put back and be trodden firmly afterwards. The other method is to fork the soil over so as to make it puffy, i.e. light and friable, and then it should be possible to push the cuttings upright into the soil.
If canes are allowed to fruit, there is always the danger that (a) virus diseases will be perpetuated by means of the suckers, and (b) that some of the fruit will drop to the ground, with the result that useless seedlings may arise which will grow so fast that they take charge of the row. The writer has seen this happen more than once.
Leave the cuttings in position until the following autumn, and by then they should have rooted well and new branches should have been made. In fact, under ideal conditions each cutting may have produced branches 2-21 feet long. It helps to this end if sedge peat is used as a mulch, on either side of the rows, to the depth of an inch. Poor results invariably occur owing to shortage of moisture, and mulchings ensure good results. In very dry weather it may be necessary to water copiously during the summer, while in May the author has known it advisable to shade the cuttings with hessian or sacking.
Blackcurrants perhaps are easier to propagate than any other soft fruit. The cuttings should be taken immediately after leaf fall, the idea being to choose the well-ripened shoots of the current year's growth. Each cutting should be 9 or 10 inches long and should be prepared by making a cut with the sharp blade of a knife just above a bud at the top and just below a bud at the bottom.
After a year suckers will start to be produced around the original cane that has been planted and some of these may be cut off in the late autumn, together with their roots, for planting out in a new row. - 19955
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Incidentally, garden fruit trees like nectarberries, boysenberries, and other hybrid berries which grow in a similar manner to blackberries, are all propagated in the same way.
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