raspberry and blackberry questions
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That will work many times, but the easiest, most effective way to get more berry plants is to staple the lower branches into the soil. They root readily -- much better odds than rooting cuttings. I usually use pots so that once the roots have started I can move and plant the new berry wherever I want it.
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Chickie'sMomaInNH
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just like Smart Red said. this time of year my raspberries that haven't been cut will bow down and where the tips touch the ground will start rooting and spreading. i really need to tame them and move to a new location to keep them manageable.
i've also bought some cuttings online and when they arrived placed them in a flat on their sides, covered over with some soil and had them sprout and root that way. you'll get roots at each bud node that leaves start sprouting.
i've also bought some cuttings online and when they arrived placed them in a flat on their sides, covered over with some soil and had them sprout and root that way. you'll get roots at each bud node that leaves start sprouting.
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wonderful thank you. also would you reccomend june bearers or everbearers? ive never had to plant berries before where we lived before they were everywhere and we just bought a house this past fall not a berry in sight! my kids and i love to pick (and eat) them together so i dedfinatley want to
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plant some but dont really know where to start i have read that berries only grow on established stocks not new growth so i probably wont see berries this year but then i read a post that ever berries sometimes will produce in their first fall. any experience with this?
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journey11
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I do raspberries as Red said. My blackberries, once established, more than readily send out suckers everywhere that can be dug and replanted.
I saw, on here I think, pictures of a set up someone had for rooting pruned tips and it looked to be a bit labor intensive. They had a misting system set up overhead to keep them constantly moist. I guess they won't root well otherwise. I'd wonder if you could do them like roses and put a jar or plastic humidity tent over them?
ETA: Welcome, btw!
(My everbearing raspberries didn't bear the first fall, but I think it could have been that I got them planted too late in the spring.)
I saw, on here I think, pictures of a set up someone had for rooting pruned tips and it looked to be a bit labor intensive. They had a misting system set up overhead to keep them constantly moist. I guess they won't root well otherwise. I'd wonder if you could do them like roses and put a jar or plastic humidity tent over them?
ETA: Welcome, btw!
(My everbearing raspberries didn't bear the first fall, but I think it could have been that I got them planted too late in the spring.)
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journey11
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I prune mine back in the fall because I prefer getting one big crop. I suppose if you were wanting to can them into jam, that would be best. But if you like munching on them or tossing them on your breakfast cereal, it would be nicer to let them bear summer and fall. I am not sure about the yield either way since I've only pruned mine for fall.
