Rapid propagation of currants by layering in autumn

Of course, you can propagate currants by cuttings, but it will take too long for the fruits to appear. It is much faster to do this by digging up the cuttings in the fall. Next summer you can already get a small bush that will quickly gain strength in a new place and quickly produce the first harvest.

Step-by-step instruction

On a bush with especially large and fragrant berries, we select annual or biennial shoots growing along the periphery. We dig them in without separating them from the plant. We press it with a board, a stone or pin it with strong wire.

The buried branches receive nutrition from the mother plant, while simultaneously forming their own root system.
In the fall we add potassium and phosphorus, and in the spring we feed with nitrogen. In mid-June - early July, enough roots form on the part of the shoot located in the ground to feed it independently.


At this time, they can be separated from the bush with pruning shears or, if time permits, left for another month. Then several root systems will appear on the layering; accordingly, 1 branch can be cut into pieces and more planting material can be obtained.

Using pruning shears, we separate the cuttings from the mother bush and plant them in a hole prepared in advance.We dig it out with a size of 50 x 50 and a depth of 35-40 cm. Pour 2 buckets of humus or compost, add mineral fertilizers, for example Nitrophoska (3-4 tbsp.).

Mix.

Pour a bucket or two of water and give it time to saturate the ground - 1 hour.

Then we plant the currants in a permanent place and water them.

Mulch with humus or compost.

In this way, you can propagate not only black currants, but also red and white currants, gooseberries and other shrubs. If you didn’t have time to do this in the fall, you can dig in the cuttings in the spring, and by the end of summer you will receive full-fledged planting material.