Reproduction of garden crops helps to increase their productivity and preserves any newly acquired variety well. Gooseberry, a perennial shrub plant, takes root well on any soil. However, this is possible only if its cultivation is organized taking into account some of the characteristics of the culture.

If you first figure out all the intricacies of the breeding operation, it is quite easy to breed gooseberries. At the same time, with a 100% guarantee, it will be possible to grow a good bush with high yields.

Differences between cuttings in spring and autumn

If you try to make every effort, then the propagation of gooseberries by cuttings in the spring can be successful at any time in the garden. For this, both autumn and the spring-summer period are equally suitable. The process technology for each of these times differs only in details from traditional methods, which is explained by the peculiarities of the current season.

Preparing cuttings

In order to identify the differences in seasonal work on planting a gooseberry bush, each of them should be considered in more detail.

Spring

Usually, the decision of the question of how to propagate the gooseberry by cuttings in the spring is forced by circumstances, due to which it was not possible to cut the branches from the bushes earlier (even in the fall). At the same time, cuttings of gooseberries in spring have one feature, which is that their cultivation at this time involves the obligatory preparation of seedlings with shoots (cutting them). Moreover, it should be carried out even before the beginning of the visible swelling of the buds and the movement of juices along the stem.

Before, how to grow gooseberries from cuttings in spring, you will need to prepare the plant for planting, taking into account the following requirements:

  • If dried or damaged roots are found, they should be removed immediately;
  • Following this, the ground part of the bush must be slightly trimmed (shortened);
  • To improve the survival conditions, before planting the gooseberry, it is recommended to soak its roots in Kornevin or Epin solutions for about 12 hours.

You can also use an adaptogen, with which each branch of the seedling is sprayed twice immediately after they are completely dry.

Note! Before propagating gooseberries, you need to be careful to keep the roots moist.

When choosing an area for landing, it should be borne in mind that this plant has a strong root system that easily penetrates deep into the soil. This property allows it to germinate successfully even in arid lands.

Root

The gooseberry bush is very fond of light, but despite this, it develops well in areas with little shade. When choosing a suitable site, you should also remember the following features of the plant:

  • Gooseberry reacts positively to neutral and slightly acidic soils;
  • It is undesirable to choose low-lying lands for planting it, since it does not tolerate stagnant moisture at all;
  • When looking for a place where it is supposed to plant gooseberries, preference is given to areas of the garden, protected from strong winds;
  • Optimal for it is considered a soil containing non-acidic loam with the possibility of arranging drainage.

Before you breed gooseberries, be sure to keep in mind that places where raspberries or currants were previously bred are not at all suitable for this. This limitation is explained by the fact that the bushes of these crops take all the juices from the ground.

Before propagating gooseberries, you need to remember that when carrying out earthworks, the main focus is on the introduction of the necessary fertilizers and soil drainage.Drainage work should be carried out taking into account the characteristics of the soil and provide for the following mandatory actions:

  • In the presence of loamy soils, sand is necessarily added to them;
  • To fertilize soil with a high acidity index, dolomite flour should be used as a bedding (at the rate of 50 grams per unit area);
  • In order to balance the sandy soil available on the site (in order to avoid its strong subsidence), a layer of clay is added to the landing hole;
  • To fertilize the soil in this case, you can use superphosphate, wood ash, as well as humus or compost in quantities that are provided by the instructions for their use.

At the same time, the land in the area allocated for planting is necessarily dug to a depth of about 30 cm. At the same time, weeds and foreign objects that interfere with the normal growth of the bush are removed from it.

Fall

Autumn cuttings should be started at the moment when the vegetative period of the plant is coming to an end (it can be judged by the appearance of dead leaves).

Important! The main condition for obtaining a good result during the summer-autumn period is the absence of frost, in the presence of which the shoots usually die.

Schematic reproduction

The most suitable time for breeding gooseberries is the second decade of October. As for the choice of a place for an autumn planting of culture, it must meet the following requirements:

  • Since this plant loves warmth, a place for it is chosen in a lighted and well-protected corner of the garden without potholes and bumps;
  • Wetlands, characterized by high acidity and a significant content of sandy impurities, are not at all suitable for gooseberries;
  • The groundwater level in the region where the planting is planned should not be above 1.5 meters.

And finally, a large amount of stagnant water should not accumulate in the place of the intended cultivation of the gooseberry bush.

Reproduction order by layering

Blackberry propagation by cuttings in spring

The gooseberry lends itself easily to such a well-known method of dividing as propagation by layering, thanks to which it is used with pleasure by both beginners and experienced amateur gardeners. A feature of this method, which allows you to get even better acquainted with how gooseberries reproduce, is the presence of several schemes, the main ones of which are given below:

  • Horizontal layering;
  • Vertical sprouts;
  • Arcuate processes.

The first and third methods are very similar in their execution, so only one of them is usually considered when describing them.

Arcuate layering

For reproduction by this method, bushes 3-4 years old with sprouts that have appeared on the branches are well suited, from which up to 10 new copies can be obtained without much difficulty. Optimal time for horizontal division - start spring, preceding bud break.

Arcuate

The order of work is as follows:

  • First, still young (annual) branches with shoots are revealed on the gooseberry bush;
  • Then, next to it (near the shoots), longitudinal grooves are dug;
  • After that, the young branches slightly bend in an arc and fit into the furrows so that they can be securely fixed in the middle;
  • As new growth appears on the horizontal cut, which usually grows straight up, you should wait until it reaches a height of about 10 cm;
  • Upon reaching it, the branches are additionally sprinkled with humus, after a couple of weeks you can begin to spud them;
  • At the end of the growing cycle, the part that is underground is cut off from the bush and is divided into a series of shoots corresponding to the number of young vertically sprouted shoots.

Important! The sprouts that have blossomed on these branches, which have been planted in the ground, should not be sprinkled with soil.

At the final stage of work, they proceed to the final seating of the layering in the place intended for them.

When performing operations in an arched pattern, the part of the young shoot remote from the bush is brought to the surface and attached to a peg, ensuring the desired bend is obtained. After that, you should carefully dig in the layering and spud it, completing the earthwork by watering the soil. With the arrival of autumn, each such shoot is separated from a solid arc branch, as a result of which an independent seedling is obtained.

Professional gardeners resort to reproduction by this method if they need to get a reliable and healthy fruitful plant.

Vertical propagation

The vertical method is used for relatively old bushes and involves reproduction by upward shoots, carried out according to the following scheme:

  • In spring, the old branches on the bush are completely cut off, and the young shoots located nearby are shortened only by 2/3 of their length;
  • By the time an active young growth appears in the lower part of the bush, reaching a length of about 15 cm, the soil is hilled, in which the sprouted branches with shoots are half filled;

Note! In the process of hilling, they carefully ensure that all niches remaining between the shoots are completely filled with earth.

  • Depending on how quickly the twigs grow, during the current season, you should huddle the bush several more times;
  • Active branching of vertical layering can be initiated by pinching its tops, and if the soil is too dry, additional watering is performed.

Closer to autumn, the gooseberry bush is dug up, the vertical shoots that have grown on it should already completely take root. After that, the branches with new roots are separated from the bush and then planted in a place intended for independent germination.

Breeding order by cuttings

Reproduction of currants by cuttings in spring

Before grafting gooseberries in the spring, it should be borne in mind that when propagating by cuttings, the following options are possible related to their condition:

  • Cuttings are taken in a woody form;
  • They may be slightly sprouted (green stalk);
  • A combined material is used for reproduction.

The first method is considered classic, but it does not always guarantee the complete success of cuttings (the percentage of taken root blanks is not too large). Everything is explained by the fact that lignified workpieces are partially deprived of the rooting ability that distinguishes the layers described earlier.

Reproduction by cuttings covered with greens gives a slightly better result, but it is also not immune from accidents and does not always lead to success. Therefore, over time, a completely new way of cutting gooseberries was proposed - the use of specially selected combined cuttings.

Green cuttings

To implement this method, slightly lignified cuttings are taken from the bushes, on which there are at least 2-3 shoots, and then placed in grooves spilled with water to a depth of about 8-12 cm. Branches with green shoots remaining above the ground are slightly shortened (not more than 3-5 cm), and then also watered with water.

Important! Throughout the rooting period, it is necessary to moisten the soil abundantly, watering the plantings 3 times a day.

If this schedule is followed, roots can be expected to appear approximately 2-3 weeks after planting. As they strengthen, the number of waterings decreases to once a day, and subsequently stops altogether.Under normal conditions of development, by the end of autumn, the buds grow by about 10 cm.

For the first time, the cuttings spud when they reach a height of about 15-20 cm, subsequently this procedure should be repeated a couple more times. With the arrival of October, they are taken out of the ground and cut with a pruner into several separate shoots with their own roots.

As a result of these operations, at least two or three seedlings can be obtained from one cutting. It is much easier to use cuttings for rooting, however, it is unlikely that it will be possible to obtain such a powerful root system as in cuttings with cut propagation. When using the method of combined cuttings, the grown seedlings usually begin to bear fruit within a year after the completion of planting work.

Reproduction by division

Honeysuckle propagation by cuttings in spring

Gooseberry is a plant with pronounced individual qualities of its individual parts. Situations are not uncommon when small shoots begin to cut through on the still young branches of the bush, which is the reason for the propagation of the gooseberry by division.

Note! This procedure can be started only at the end of the growing season, and sometimes in those cases when the shrub begins to "wake up".

For gooseberries not older than 5 years, such reproduction can be organized both in the spring and with the arrival of the autumn season. It is carried out according to the following simple scheme:

  • First, a shrub with young shoots is dug out of the ground;
  • Then it is divided into separate small bushes, each of which should have a young shoot and sufficiently developed roots;
  • The resulting bushes are planted in the designated areas, after which their branches are slightly trimmed.

Pruning excess branches will ensure accelerated growth of the shrub during the period of the arrival of spring heat.

In conclusion, we note that caring for a gooseberry is reduced to its regular watering and fertilizing the soil according to an already proven and well-developed scheme. In the event that the division of the bush was carried out in the fall, it is advisable to cover it with something warm for the winter to prevent frostbite of the branches.