goosebery cutting

[claybasket]

wood love to take some gooseberry cuttings,can anyone advice me how?

[claybasket]

[Alex133]

Took some couple of years ago about this time and have grown on really well. Just cut short new season shoots, trim below leaf joint, dip in hormone rooting stuff, poke into normal seed compost, cover plastic bag etc, wait until you see roots coming out the bottom and plant as normal.

[PAULW]

Or you could take cuttings by layering, if you pin a branch to the ground it will send down roots you can then cut between the new roots and the main bush giving you a new plant.

[claybasket]

thanks will try both ,cutting and layering .

[gavinjconway]

Cut some stems about 9" long... trim all but 4 leaves, place in sandy compost 2" deep and water occasionally - dont let it dry out.. in a few weeks they will be growing.. Transplant in the Spring.. Simples!!

[powerspade]

Take a look under the goosgog bush you may find that some of the lower branches have layered by themsleves

[artichoke]

It's so easy - any prunings, you shove into the ground - some will root and others won't. Most of my bushes have been grown by cuttings.

[brown thumb]

what about currant s would they just root from cutting as well and is this the time to do it

[goodlife]

Currants are as easy..but I would wait now until the leaves had dropped off and then then take some cuttings and put them into ground..next spring when the new growth start to come..you know they have rooted and dig them up..pot them to grow bigger and next year this time you should have good size started bushes to plant where you want them.. ;)....or..you can root them in deep rose pots with soil based compost..
I find doing in ground far easier..I can forget them for the winter..no need to remember to water...I'm less tempted to have sneeky peek like I do with pots..can't resist to see what's happening... ::)
Works with layering too..bend low growing branch on to ground..drop heavy stone or brick on...pile some soil around..and hey presto...in few months time you've got yourself a rooted branch..but then I would shorten the brach a lot before re-planting it to another spot..it will help to balance the amount or roots to the tops as after cutting it off from the main bush and digging it out..'mother is not there to provide anymore and it have to cope with the bit of roots there is.. ;)

[shirlton]

Both gooseberries and currants have been so easy to root for us. Some books say October is the best time but we just stick the prunungs into the ground and off they go. With Gooseberries we do take the bottom branches off so that the plant is on a leg. You dont have to crawl under the lower branches and get  scratched to death

[brown thumb]

i will do what i do to my azaleas( very  technical this)scrape away bark with special tool ( finger nail  ;) ) until green show place branch on soil sprinkle a little soil around anchor down with a stone or a u shaped piece of wire     a new  plant next spring ;D

[gavinjconway]

vey hi tech but works well!!

[Digeroo]

I did blackcurrants just after they finished fruiting and just stuck bits in the ground and kept them well watered.

Red Currants they also seem to layer root on their own and there are usually several ready to move in the spring.

I did not realise you could also do them in the Autumn so I might try a few more.  Thanks,

[manicscousers]

Ray trimmed all our currants and berries, he put them in an old open cold frame, meaning to move them to the compost heap. They had no soil and, in spring, 6 raspberry, 2 gooseberry and a couple of redcurrants had sprouted  roots ;D