Growing Blackberries from a Cutting
A friend of mine gave me 3 cuttings from a Natchez Blackberry. This verity of blackberry was developed by The University of Arkansas to be hardy in the southern zones, including zone 9.
After receiving the cuttings I dipped them in rooting hormone and put them into a mixture of peat and pearlite. Surprisingly it only took about two weeks for the cuttings to root. Right after the cuttings put out roots about 50% of the length of the cutting I planted the new Natchez Blackberry plants into small containers, and this is where they are now. I am going to wait until they develop a strong root system before planting them outside!
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Will this rooting work anytime of year…?
I just bougth some bareroot blackberry plants and was told to cut back some of the top growth when planting. Since I am cutting some of the branches off, could I be trying to root these instead of discarding them in the trash…?
Thanks,
Robert R.
Wharton, TX
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February 16th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
@Robert,
Yes you can do this any time of year! Good luck with them!
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Just a follow up to my Feb. post…..My attempt to root the “trimmings” from the bareroot plantings did not turn out too successful. I made about 30 cuttings and they looked good for a couple of weeks….leafed out and appeared healthy. Well, turns out the leaves were just living on the energy in the stems and no roots developed.
I have since learned that I made my cuts in the wrong places on the stems. The cuts need to be made directly beneath a bud as that area has the greatest potential to develope roots. That end with a bud is treated with hormone and placed beneath the rooting medium.
I was not aware of this and none of my cuttings had a bud beneath the rooting medium….just a bare stems. After six weeks, four or five still have leaves, so maybe those few will develope roots….Hope so
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