The reproduction of the blackberry, the shrub from which we obtain the delicious blackberries, is one of the most effective means we have to propagate this crop in our orchard or garden and thus double the production of this fruit.
We have already seen on other occasions how to plant blackberries in the garden, as well as everything you need to know. Today we are going to focus on this form of reproduction of the blackberry by cuttings, but without forgetting the different care and everything you need to know about it.
Reproduce blackberry by cuttings
The ideal is to reproduce the blackberry by cuttings between autumn and winter, when the plant stops growing. We will choose the stakes and cut them to prepare them later.
We will count that each one has three nodes and we will cut diagonally just below the first node, as we can see in the following video:
As I explain, in some cases we can leave 4 nodes, if we see that they are too small. Once all the cuttings have been cut, the next thing is to remove all the leaves with the sharp pruner.
It is important to leave the bud when cutting the leaves, this is where each blackberry cutting will bring out the branches.
Once we have all the cuttings prepared, with their leaves removed and of the ideal size, we leave them in the water while we prepare the substrate that we are going to use to plant them.
pot and substrate
As I also explain in the video, the pot must be large enough to cover twice the size of the buds of the cuttings that we are going to put.
In my case, the substrate is mixed with earthworm humus And compost, which I recommend to provide the necessary nutrients for our blackberry plant that we are cutting to grow without problems. But if we don’t have any, with a good substrate we would have more than enough.
root
Once we get the pot ready, what we will do is help each other in a good way. house rooting. In this case, I opted for one of my favorites, the aloe vera rooting agentwhich heals and helps rooting.
What we do in this case is soak the first two buds in aloe, make a hole to place our well-soaked cutting and bury the two buds, where the roots will sprout.
We leave space between each of the cuttings, and if we want we can do it in more than one pot.
Irrigation
Once all the blackberry cuttings are buried, we do a good first watering, as I always advise when doing this kind of thing, whether in cuttings or transplanting.
You have to be careful with excess watering, because as it happened to me, in order not to miss it, I ended up killing some.
Climate
As we did this process in cold weather, we will take care of the cuttings from cold and frost, either at home, next to the window, or in the greenhouse, so that they receive the light necessary to develop, but without the risk of suffering from low temperatures.
As can be seen in the video, after two weeks the first shoots are already beginning to emerge from the top of the future blackberry plant, and over time they are coming out more and more stems.
Transplant the blackberry cutting
At the end of winter we will separate those that have gone well and we will place them in separate pots at least twenty centimeters deep, so that they continue to grow and when the time comes in their final place.
I recommend that you go through the article I mentioned earlier, about planting this bramble and the post on the blackberry pests and diseasesso that you become experts of this fruit and its cultivation.
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