How To Take Currant Bush Cuttings | Propagating Blackcurrants In Autumn & Winter
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- How To Take Currant Bush Cuttings | Propagating Blackcurrants In Autumn & Winter
We are becoming increasingly aware that soft fruit are one of the most expensive and heavily sprayed crops out there, yet they are some of the easiest things to grow in your allotment or vegetable garden. Being perennial, this means once planted you will be rewarded with beautiful organic harvests year after year, with little or no input.
They are also one of the easiest crops to propagate, which means you can invest in one good quality plant and then make lots more plants by taking hardwood cuttings in winter, or softwood in summer, increasing your harvest potential or to even to swap with other gardeners.
Within a few years of propagating you can create a productive fruit garden, free of costs and pesticides.
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What Temperature is it in that cold frame all winter ??
As an American I thank you for this. Our govt made Currants illegal for many years and they ordered all currant farms destroyed. It's now legal for citizens to possess small amounts of certain species of the bush, so I am trying to get a bunch growing to enjoy and also give something for the wildlife to eat. The plant is so hard to come by here all I have is two small sprigs of red currant so it will be awhile before I can even get cuttings, but now I know what to do.
Im in Oregon and have access to very large size red currant from Berry Craig farms I believe.
@@todd1388 Thanks! I will look them up. Only one of my currant bushes is still alive and it's still just a sprig. Not growing well at all.
@WohaliTheOneandOnly. I got an advertisement today for both black and pink currants at One Green World. If I recall right they are 15.00 a piece
smashing video erica
Thank you.
This was so helpful. I have just the one black currant bush at the plot so this will be my weekend task! Thank you Erica.
Glad to have helped. 😘
that’s a great way to increase the amount , great video 🧤🙂🌸
Cheers lovely. 😍
You just saved my backside mid pruning for cuttings got stuck and didnt know what to do your a life saver
Glad to help.
Great way of increasing your black currants Erica - thank you!
Thank you. ☺️
Great way to get free plants. I'm on the waiting list for my local allotment ( number 21 on the list! ) so if I see some soft fruit bushes cheap I'll grab some so I can build a stock of bushes ready to plant there. Might have fruit bushes on about half the allotment so it's low maintenance. 🤘
That's such a great idea! 😊 Thanks for watching.
Blackcurrants: You have to harvest them within a very short period. We are lucky if we get a three week window. You need space in your freezer or go down the tincture/preserve route. They are lovely but we find that you have to plan in advance otherwise you get caught out and miss the opportunity to harvest and store them. Thank you, Erica. Great vid.
You can get early or late cropping ones so it's good to get a mix of both. I was harvesting and then making small batches of jam most days for a week or so.
Thank you! I love currants & gooseberries. Which type do you grow? Are other varieties better?
That's the problem with Nature...... Get yourself organised!!
I’m new to black currants and I’m in love 😍 such an unusual flavour. My favourite Jam to make now!!
I've found that perlite really helps fight waterlogging when mixed into compost! I think it's basalt that's heated & basically turned to rock popcorn. It helps the compost keep from compacting, but is also brittle enough even tiny roots will break through it. And when it's broken up it helps add calcium and other micronutrients to your soil.
I personally like that it's an organic amendment too. It's relatively inexpensive, $1.50 - $2 per kilogram if you buy a 20 kilo bag. The stuff's light and from my experience one of those will be enough to mix into 400 - 500 gallons of compost
I keep meaning to get some perlite.
Thank You for making this video, how did your blackcurrant cuttings do? Watching your video makes me think I could grow some too - thanks again
They did really well thank you!
I love v your cool accent.
Thank you.
This video is really handy for me. My new plot has some fruit bushes and I'd like to take cuttings. 😁
Glad to be of service.
V informative bits in the video. Good to grow plants naturally. Could i check on what material you have used for the cold frame and is the cold frame inside a greenhouse or cud be stored out in the open areas. Thanking you.
Cool 😎 😀
Thank you for watching.
You are so correct soft fruit in the shops are expensive. That was a very simple cutting propagation. Thank you for sharing. 😊🍁♻️
I bought a currant bush last year, and would like to propagate more, so I'm starting to research. I'm in the USA, zone 4A - my winters routinely get down to -25 to -35 Fahrenheit (-32 to -37 Celsius) for two to five weeks. Am I correct in assuming cuttings would NOT survive in a cold frame for me? And if so, how would I keep them alive through winter? I'm having trouble finding a channel with brutally cold winters (our wind chills are -50 to -60 F) and/or significant snow (about 1-1.5 meters in average years). Thank you.
I basically just asked the same and what do they mean by cold frame? Green house? I think our best bet would be to dig the pots I to the ground and cover with snow, or putting cuttings straight in to the garden. I might try a few different ways and have a few in my heated garage as it doesnt get below +5 Celsius on those -40 c days. I know we have local nurseries where I got the cuttings from they grow them out in the field then dig out in spring to sell. Or they’ll have to be started in spring I’m sure they’ll take before winter.
I’m in zone 3
Did you say she would make black currant squash? If so this sounds so very good
Yes I mean blackcurrant cordial not pumpkin blackcurrant if that's what you thought I meant.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden thank you my mouth was watering of a hot squash dish with currants lol
Haha, maybe give it a go!
If you happen to know where you can get some cuttings from some willow, Soak the leaves & stems in a big bucket then the water you have a day or two later is a natural rooting hormone.
Thanks learned alot
Greetings from California!
I rooted my currants in water this winter. I’m hoping that their roots are vigorous enough.
It’s incredibly dry where I live, and I’ve had bad luck rooting cuttings in soil, because I get so busy and since I’m not gone during daylight hours, I forget to water them.
Ahh, I know what you mean, maybe a mulch over the top of the cutting bed would make the soil dry out slower?
Hey, I've used the lay down method last year with a very good outcome on blackcurrant cuttings. The leaf buds start to sprout within 10 days & roots a fortnight. You can then prick them in plastic bottles with potting soil a month later and plant them in the garden on late may.
Thanks Erica, great video, didn’t realise it was that easy. 👍👍good luck👏👏
Yes, this easy. ☺️
Great vid thanks
Hello, I grow blueberry, raspberry and red current bushes in huge pots and as this is first year doing so I am now with your suggestions doing more cuttings for next year. 🇨🇦🥬☮️🥕✌️🍆🙏
Yay, more plants! How exciting.
Nice video, Erica. As you say, soft fruits are so expensive to buy so it's a bonus when we can propagate and grow our own organic fruits. Take care. Jan :-)
It's so easy isn't it?
Thank you so much this information is vital to me.
Great!
Thanks Erica, black currents my fave fruit, will definitely do this. I got a tip via a horticulturist, to use custard powder to dip your cuttings into it and plant instead of root powder. They were referring to dahilias at the time to a friend of mine. Something in the custard powder stimulates growth.
Thanks for sharing yet another great video.
Oh wow, what a good tip. Thank you.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden i haven't done it, but she told my friend who was doing a workshop with her. She also said when the dahlias are just shooting up, snip some and dip in the custard powder to grow more plants.
Well everyday is a school day 😌
Cool, I thought it would be more complex than this for some reason, but it actually looks super easy. Thanks for showing us how 😊
So easy! 😊
Hello Erica, I watched your video & thought why on earth am I not growing some soft fruits!!! I grow veggies but no fruits so I've just ordered some raspberry canes off the ebay, Thanks for the video. 🙂
Yay! Hope they grow well for you. 😍
Would be great to see an update :)
Maybe I'll film in the future.
I should really be doing this, thanks Erica :)
Hi Kimmy, it's such a good idea. Thanks for watching X 😊
On another YT vid I learned you can use your own spit & a little honey, a wee bit of cinnamon, some aloe vera & some willow water. These are all &/or options, but they likely work best having a few of them together as a natural rooting hormone. Thanks
Ohh very interesting. 😁
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Yeah, was titled som'n like 8 natural rooting hormone ingredients, or maybe that was my search string to find it.
Interesting that it doesn't matter the orientation of the cuttings. Just thinking maybe the flow of water & nutrients may prefer want to continue in same direction? Looking closely at our black currant yesterday, wanting to split off some of it, looked to be a reckless exercise, having to cut runners, but also dunno if roots also connect back to parent, so looks like cuttings is best way. Maybe too, your compost looked rich enough to maybe have some natural rooting capability.
Great simple info.
Thank you.
Great video Erica
Thank you Ann ☺️
How did it go? I’m going to do exactly this soon!
Can I put the cuttings in the water?
I'm going to do this with my currant bushes 😻😻👍❤️
Yay! Make MORE plants!
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden yes! I love making blackcurrant jam, it's my favourite 😻😋👍
Best jam ever.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden it really is! ❤️❤️
how did they work out? i would love to see how they look now. even if they didn't work out!
Yes these are doing great. I will upload a photo on Facebook and Instagram tomorrow for you to look at.
Fantastic video Erica. I love black current . Do you think I could do this with my gooseberry bush xx❤❤
Is it the same method for redcurrants and raspberries? I was given one of each and would like to increase my stock but don't know how to.
Yes, any type of soft fruit. 😍
Yes it is the same method just make sure you cut above the node ( the area of the stem where a leaf used to be and new leaves will grow or develop from).
Thanks for a great video :)
How are the flower seeds doing that you put in your cold frame. I did some the same time and mine are doing well😁
Yes doing very well thank you, I will post a photo on my Facebook tomorrow!
Hey Erica, Why don't you leave all the leaves on? Thanks ☺️
If a plant has leaves it can dry out quicker, if you take them off the cutting can concentrate on growing roots. Thank you for watching.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Thanks Erica! Makes sense 😄
Can someone translate the cold frame into the North American English ? What’s the purpose of it? I see it and think it’s kind of the idea of a green house to keep the plants warm. But cold frame just sounds like the opposite of it. I’m in zone 3 so my green house wouldn’t be of any help in January as it’s gets to -40 here. Would make more sense to cover it with deep snow to keep it warm.
It's a small greenhouse to keep your plants warmer. It's unheated so relies on the sun rather than other heat source.
So... can I do this with my gooseberries aswell??
Yes you can! How are you, not seen you around in ages? Hope you're well. 😆
I know, I'm good.... just been a hell of a year. Had to have a kidney out in June, so haven't had the best of seasons. And not been up to doing anything on here.
How's the family? Have you all kept safe?
Oh no, hope you're feeling better now. It has been such a crazy year.
Yes thank you, all good.
Great video! What would you say about spacing for the fruit bushes? I'd love to grow raspberries, currants, gooseberries and blackberries but I think that might take up too much room. I was hoping to devote 1 bed of about 10' x 4' to soft fruits
Mine are quite close together but they are quite small compared to other people's. Might be worth doing a bit of research.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden certainly will! I can always jiggle my plan around because I don't even own the garden yet 🤣 another week to go at least so no rush
Exciting times. 😍
You mentioned spraying have you tried making a spray with rhubarb leaves.
That's a good idea, thank you for the tip. 😊
How do you stop the caterpillars eating the leaves
I've not had this happen, maybe put a net over them?
Do v you do this with blueberries too?
Yes you can.
So if you do the cuttings in early spring; what kind of wait am I probably expecting?
I took cuttings in 15th October and just potted them up. If you take cuttings now it will be much quicker as it's getting warmer but they won't fruit this year. I show them in my latest video.
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden
Thank you Erica.
I watched both videos, I just missed how long to expect if doing it now. Again: Thank you......
I don't have black current in my garden but I have raspberries and my god..what a nightmare..they start taking over my land! :-( I put it down straight to the ground about 10 years ago and I didn't know anything about it. I pull it out when i notice it spread like wild fire..i thought I kill it all but last year it start to pop up again and this year it gone out of control..do you know any way to get rid of this once for a all? I wish i know that you should grow in container :-(
I'm not sure sorry, All I can suggest is you keep digging it out...
Any updates on these plants
Yes, they're planted out in my garden now. 😊
Did they grow Erica?
Yes they did. 😊
@@ericaslittlewelshgarden Great. I will do that with ours. Thanks.
Do you have any pictures or videos of how they grew, how many of them gave roots? @@ericaslittlewelshgarden
Can tree seeds be sold to me, where I am in Indonesia, can I sell trees?
What is an "allotment"?
A small piece of land that you rent from your local authority to grow vegetables mostly. Sometimes they're called community gardens.
Was asking myself, why is it important for you to show yourself all the time instead of being focused on the subject of the video you're sharing? Noticed since a while now there are different kinds of presentation on YT people use in their video in which some will do first as a sort of pulpit for their own image promotion. Does it has something to do with being celeb, famous, an idol? Was just asking to understand this attitude. It's like if I was reading a textbook in which the author's photo was shown all the time throughout the pages... Is it some kind of cult about yourself or something?
My channel is called Erica's Little Welsh Garden, it's about me in my garden. There are many channels that don't show their faces. Why don't you spend your time watching those rather than leaving rude comments on my video?
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BUT WHAT temperature are they at all winter in that COLD frame???