Black currant: propagation by cuttings

Currant is one of the most useful and loved by many garden crops. Care of it is not very difficult. Modern varieties are distinguished by excellent taste and abundant harvest of large juicy berries. The price of good planting material is not so high in comparison with fruit trees, but these costs can be avoided by growing seedlings on their own.

Care of the royal plant

If there is elite or superelite currant on the site, propagation by cuttings will allow not only to increase the number of valuable shrubs, but also to sell surplus seedlings to those who wish.

When purchasing annual plants for breeding, attention should be paid to the purity of the variety and the absence of diseases, especially viral diseases. When planting shoots are cut, leaving 3-5 kidneys above the ground. In the first year, the seedlings need special care: watering, loosening, feeding and combating pests of the garden.

In autumn, leave 1-3 strong shoots, the rest cut out. In the second year, the reproduction of black currant can begin with cuttings. To shoots have matured well, at the end of summer they reduce watering and completely eliminate nitrogen fertilizing.

Autumnal cuttings propagation

Early autumn, when the period of rest of the kidneys begins, black currant is best rooted . Reproduction by cuttings from the lower and middle lignified parts is more effective, the green, unripe crowns have a small supply of nutrients and develop worse.

As a rule, one-year shoots with a diameter of 6-10 mm are cut. They are divided into parts up to 20 cm long. The lower cut must be performed under the kidney, the upper one - above the kidney. Slices are made by a sharp pruner: the lower one - at an acute angle, the upper one - under a straight line. For better survival, the cuttings are placed in the root stimulants, but this is not necessary.

Planting should be done a month before the onset of cold weather in the prepared soil. Cuttings are immersed at an acute angle into the ground, leaving one kidney on top. Then the soil should be compacted and watered. Lunge during autumn planting is less than 30%.

Spring troubles

If the necessary for cultivation of currant was not prepared in autumn, propagation by cuttings can be carried out in the spring. In this case, the material is harvested in winter and at the very beginning of spring. It can be stored in wet sand at zero temperature, in a package in the refrigerator, or in the snow in the area.

Such a landing has its own peculiarities:

• Cuttings are planted as early as possible, otherwise the survival rate drops sharply;
• The ground before planting is covered with a black film, the cuttings are stuck into the soil through it. This will save heat and moisture reserves, which contributes to the rapid development of the root system and relieves gardeners from loosening and weeding.

Reproduction of black currant with green cuttings

From the beginning of June to the end of July, you can start green cuttings. This method is more laborious, but has its advantages:

1. You can get a lot of new seedlings from this year's shoots.
2. The uterine shrub quickly gives branches, on which fruit buds are laid for harvest next year.
3. Planting material is guaranteed to be clean from pests such as gall midges, glass beetles, and kidney mites.

First, early varieties are cut, then a later currant. Reproduction by cuttings is optimal in mid-July.

Better take root annual shoots of the first order of branching 10-15 cm long. The top two leaves should be left, and the rest removed.

Soil for planting should be loose, nutritious, aerated and drained. Cuttings stuck into the ground obliquely and deeply enough: only the crown with leaves remains above the surface. They must be constantly moistened and weeded. Rooting occurs after 3 weeks, then watering is reduced.

To obtain a large number of plants, it is possible to cut cuttings with two kidneys and one internode. Their lower parts are immersed in root stimulators, then they are planted vertically to a depth of 1.5 cm. The soil is compressed, a film shelter is set above the cuttings. In the hotbed until the roots are kept high humidity. Then the film is removed. Several times during the summer, foliar top dressing is performed.

In the middle of autumn, young plants are ready for planting in a permanent place.