Comments on: Growing Blackberries from a Cutting http://www.zone9garden.com/growing-blackberries-from-a-cutting Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert R. http://www.zone9garden.com/growing-blackberries-from-a-cutting/comment-page-1#comment-18739 Robert R. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:50:07 +0000 http://www.zone9garden.com/?p=430#comment-18739 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 :) ~~~~~~~~~~ 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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]]> By: Dan http://www.zone9garden.com/growing-blackberries-from-a-cutting/comment-page-1#comment-12992 Dan Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:37:32 +0000 http://www.zone9garden.com/?p=430#comment-12992 @Robert, Yes you can do this any time of year! Good luck with them! @Robert,
Yes you can do this any time of year! Good luck with them!

]]> By: Robert R http://www.zone9garden.com/growing-blackberries-from-a-cutting/comment-page-1#comment-12702 Robert R Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:33:03 +0000 http://www.zone9garden.com/?p=430#comment-12702 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 ~~~~~~~ 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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