I was just given a giant red currant bush by a customer of mine. Its probably 15 years old, i plan on digging it up and moving it to my place. Im so excited to have my own bush again :D
Thank you for posting. I'm traveling through VA and saw some currant bushes. And I asked myself "Self? Can these be propagated?" And you answered "Yes, and this is how!"
Thanks a lot, Liz. I was just looking for a video like this because i want to grow a lot of blackcurrant bushes from the one i have in my garden right now. I like and subscribe. 👍
Hello and welcome to the channel, I hope you'll find lots of information and videos that interest you, as well as some that amuse you (we aren't all serious, all the time here!)
This is perfect timing! I have a black currant that survived a horrible ice storm and two historic heat waves, and still gave me a handful of tasty black currants. Definitely going to take a cutting.
My mom bought black and red currents in the US, back in 1972 at our new house. I've kept them going and have about 32 right now. I grow a lot from seeds too. These grow really well.
@@pascalbaylon256 Gather surface dry but well hydrated leaves in the morning then leave them to shrivel for a few hours in the shade or in the house. Then break the leaves by rolling them in your hand or with a rolling pin or a small rock through paper to moisten them with the leaves' own juices and release the oils and enzymes (doesn't always work when gathered from too hot and dry place). Then lightly roll them into balls. Next put them into glass jars with the lid lightly on top. You can spray a little water on them at any point if they seem to dry. Then keep them in 40-50C or 104-122F degrees. The time depends on which plant's leaves you're using. The smell will change, the colour becomes darker and the consistency leathery. Then open the leaves and dry them quickly. Preserve in airtight jars. You can do leaves of black currants, raspberries, apple, rowan, ash, rose, meadowsweet and numerous others.
This is a wonderful video! Thanks for this great tutorial. I live in Michigan and have just started growing currants and gooseberries a few years ago and I really love them. You make it look so simple and I can't wait to start my cuttings!
Great video Liz. If you take cuttings from blueberries we’d love to see it. We have found blackcurrants to be very forgiving, but blueberries are so different in growth aspect. 😊🌺🥕
I love watching your videos! Always give a thumbs up. I don't own land, don't have a backyard but just watching you grow plants keeps my dream alive. Maybe someday I will be able to grow my food as well. Blessings and thank you!!
Thanks for the different ways to propagate currants. I have always just bent a branch down and covered a portion with soil and when it has new roots just clip the branch to separate it from the main plant. I am going to try both the methods you showed. 🇨🇦
Thank you Kenneth. I now have so many currant bushes I'm giving them to friends and family and I still keep taking cuttings - it becomes a bit of a habit!
Thanks! I have a very small pink champagne currant that was planted just this past spring, and recently stripped halfway down by a deer or squirrel. 😱 If a leaf or two regrows from the stems, I am hoping to take cuttings from the damaged material. Hopefully I will end up with a handful of baby plants and it wint be a total loss.
I love how nature gives us a helping hand all the time. The plants in the kitchen window had filled their jam jar with roots, I really need to go and check on the ones in the garden. Perhaps that's a video for next month :-)
3 people must have been misdirected. Lovely video thanks for the education. I would really love to grow cassis and I believe now I am ready to give it a go with a little more confidence. Thanks
Thankyou for the instruction, I've just purchased my first currant and blueberry plants and hope to receive them soon. This seems a fantastically easy way of propagating more if I like the varieties :)
I'm amazed I had no idea you could do this with fruit plants. Do you think this is possiboe with my gooseberry bush. XX absolutely fantastic video thank you liz. Xx🍒🍃🌱
Yes it should work with a gooseberry, just be really careful to remove the spikey bits and remove the leaves one by one rather than running your hand down the stem. A gooseberry thorn in the hand would be painful!
Thank you for this video, I have a giant saskatoon berry tree that somehow has red currants growing in the center. I want to move them to a different location. I am also in Central Alberta, Canada. so not super long or hot summers here lol
We have done the same with the grape cuttings our friend from New Zealand gave us last year, but the ones Charlie planted into a raised bed actually fared a bit better than the ones in the greenhouse. I think he planted them in March, though. He is now getting started on the grape arbors we are looking forward to having. Mini vineyard in the works. 😀💕
I just received my black currant cuttings in the mail and I will be doing exactly what you showed here. I will split them into two groups, potting some and growing the others in water. Wish me luck!
I ended up getting 15 cuttings in the mail. They bounced back so well in water that I ended up just putting them all in the ground. All but two have had all the leaves drop off at this point. I may have killed them. We'll see.
Update: 10 of the plants have green new leaves growing on them after about 6 weeks. I call this a success. I have ordered 20 more red and white currant cuttings to propagate over the winter. This may be more challenging. I plan to start them in water, as Liz did at the end of this video. Thank you!
When I put in glass jar on window will...I like to add it to something that roots quick in same jar. Like green onion tips. Sweet potato . or potatoes. That way the ones already rooting help the others to root well.
Emily, post a photo of the raspberries in the FB group or on insta and I'll let you know if this method will work for them, and do you know if it's a summer or autumn fruiting raspberry?
Hi, I took 5 cutting last year after watching this video - thank you. They are all doing well around the edges of the container I used. Question - do these make 5 plants of do the 5 cuttings merge together in the pot to make one new plant? Thank you
Hi Liz, when you take the compost out of the pot, you should be able to very gently pull the plants away from each other and have 5 separate new plants. So pleased to read that you've had a success!
I never have any luck with woody cuttings. find it easier to just wait til a branch gets bent down to the ground and roots then snip it off and plant it somewhere.
You always have something I'm looking for! Budget required I only buy one currant, just planted last year. Do I need to let it grow for a certain amount of time before taking cuttings? Can this be done with cherry trees? Thank you!
Hi Karen, take cuttings from currants later in the year, after the fruits are finished is best. Alternatively, you can take hard wood cuttings now (in the UK). Cut lengths, push them into the ground and leave for 6 months, then lift and you'll have a new plant! Sadly you can't do the same with cherry trees, but they grow from the stones very easily. Once the cherries have ripened on the tree, eat a couple of cherries and then put the stones into a pot. Alternatively, let the birds do it for you - just keep an eye open for young cherry trees as you garden.
I live in Alberta Canada. We have -30 C winter temperatures. When should I start to propagate my blackcurrants? We don’t usually plant our veg garden until mid May. If I take currant cuttings in June, would there be enough time to root and plant out?
I would put cuttings straight into the ground and not grow in a pot first. Take cuttings as soon as you have harvested, or before if you have non-fruiting stems.
Not essential as they will rot away, but it gives the stem a better chance to send the messages to the plant cells to change to become root nodes rather than stem or leaf nodes. (I love that plants can do this!)
one important detail, only plant where you are sure you have space and you aren't going to change your mind. Once established they are hard to get rid of. For grapes I get a good success rate if planted in soil rather than compost.
My cuttings do that too, when I plant them into their final positions, I plant them much deeper. This way they also form roots all the way up the length of the stick and form nice strong plants.
I've got a lot of catching up to do! :) But, I'm thinking you just solved my 'taming the wild black raspberries" issue. We've got scads of wild black raspberries on the property, but they kinda just grow where they want. I'm wanting to attempt to coax them into rows. (Yeah, I'm a glutton for punishment). But, if I cutt & root new plants, those will go in any rows I put them in! Liz you're a gem!
This video was made at the end of August, and I take cuttings on cooler days during late summer and autumn. You cna take soft wood cuttings earlier in the year and hardwood cuttings later in the year. They don't work well when I take cuttings during the dormant period Dec - Feb or in blistering heat because they lose too much water to evaporation.
Great video Liz. I just planted some geraniums from cuttings, great having free plants. I always use seaweed or fish solution to aid with the transplant shock.
Hello from Maryland, USA!! Could you use this method for raspberries and blackberries too? I would love to propagate my one raspberry and one blackberry bush. Ohhh, and do you think it would work for figs as well?
5:13 How come they are placed by the edge of the pot? And is it ok to do this in February? Thank you for sharing this video, it’s much appreciated!🙂/ 🇸🇪
They are put in around the edges of the pot as they stay warmer there (I don't really understand the science of it, but that is what I'm reliably told) and depending on where you are in the world, you could do cuttings now in February, these would be hardwood cuttings and most likely, wouldn't be ready to plant out until spring 2021. I hope that helps!
I answered another of your questions about when to take cuttings as though you are in UK. But if white currants are considered invasive, then you probably aren't in the UK.
@@LizZorab My fault, I should have said. I'm in Minnesota, in the USA. Thanks so much for getting back to me; given your many subscribers, I'm very impressed! And I loved your book, the ones I bought to give away arrived today. My bushes are still under two feet of snow.
I hope it grows well for your Robert, I remember you saying that currants can't grow in your area as it gets too hot in the summer, I hope the same doesn't apply to gooseberries.
