If a beautiful gooseberry bush grows on your site, giving juicy and tasty fruits, then why not propagate it in order to receive even more favorite berries. There are several ways to propagate gooseberries, while they do not entail absolutely no costs and the reproduction is quite simple, the main thing is to choose the most convenient principle.
The most optimal ways to propagate gooseberries:
using seeds;
on the principle of dividing the mother bush;
with the help of perennial branches;
by vaccination method;
Using microse -free;
with the help of combined, green or lignified cuttings;
Using the layering of horizontal, vertical or arcuate.
In view of its simplicity, beginner gardeners very often use the method of propagation of gooseberries using launches, cuttings are used less often, but also very effective.
The principle of propagation of gooseberries with layering
If the propagation is needed for several bushes, then the method of horizontal layouts is suitable. The advantage of this method is that it allows you to get at least ten beautiful layers. Preparation for such a method of reproduction is recommended to be performed in the spring until the kidneys are opened on planting material. Shoots need to choose young, recommended — annuals, you need to remove them carefully from all sides of the bush. After that, you need to prepare special recesses in the ground of an oblong shape and the depth of it less than ten centimeters. Prepared branches must be placed in these furrows, and they must completely come into contact with the ground, especially concerns the base of the escape. The next step will be the roller of the top of the young shoot of three centimeters to the ground. The rest of the escape should be fixed in the furrow with wooden studs. It is also worth noting that the escape itself is necessary only after green processes are formed on it up to five centimeters high.
After young shoots are reached in a height of 15 centimeters, you need to perform the procedure for their hilling, while it is better to carry it out after the rain, since we need wet land. During the summer period of time, it is necessary to periodically pour the earth to the layering, it is better to do this during the loosening of interior. It is also recommended to fertilize layouts using potassium salt, superphosphate or ammonium nitrate. In case of drought, the shoots must be watered. There are times when shoots grow too much, then the forces of the plant must be directed to branching by trimming. The transplant and disconnection of the escape with its own root system should be carried out in the fall, the shoots must be transplanted to a pre -prepared place. Practice shows that up to six young shoots can be obtained from one horizontal layering, and the shoots often become full -fledged annual seedlings by the next season.
Propagation of arcuate layering occurs according to the same principle, the difference is that in the groove the escape needs to be fixed with only one hairpin, as well as the exhibition of the Earth should be carried out immediately. In addition, it will be necessary to remove the shortened top of the escape to the outside, while the escape acquires an ardent shape, after which it is necessary to fix it with a peg. After that, you need to carry out the hilling procedure and fertilize the flow using humus. In the summer, the layering must be watered as the soil is dry, and also give them a top dressing several times. Aruruid layers are rooted until the fall, after which they can be disconnected from the mother’s bush and transplanted, having previously dug. Despite the fact that with this method of reproduction, fewer young shoots are obtained than with horizontal layering, but they are much more powerful, respectively, they begin to bear fruit faster.
Vertical layering is best used to propagate old gooseberry bushes. In early spring, all the old branches must be cut from the bush, and the young need to shorten by two -thirds. Such actions provoke the occurrence of a large number of new shoots on the old bush. Wagging the surface of the bush must be done after young shoots reach a 15-centimeter height. They need to fall asleep using fertile land, while the Earth should close half the length of the shoot. As the shoots grows, throughout the summer it is recommended to carry out the bush drive several times, while again, it is worth using wet land. To form the branch of the top of the escape, it is necessary to pinch, this must be done around the middle of July.
If you carefully care for vertical layering, regularly water them and fertilize, if possible, in just one season they will be ready for transplantation. Vertical layering is transplanted in the fall, first you need to twist the ground from the base of the bush, and then disconnect the layering of the root from it and transplant to the right place.
Chergeon propagation procedure with cuttings
The main condition for the propagation of gooseberries with the help of green cuttings is the correct determination of the desired period, it is very important that such a process occurs during the period of suspension of the growth of the shoot, often it falls on the beginning and mid -July. In the case of the wrong period of cuttings, the process of rooting cuttings can occur much longer. As for the survivability of cuttings, it depends directly on the gooseberry variety, as well as on air temperature, soil saturation with nutrients and from the substrate.
Cutting cuttings should be carried out in the morning of time and the sooner, the better. In gooseberries that are difficult to root, you need to cut only the tops or short primary branches, as for easily rooted varieties, you can take any parts of the shoot from them. At the same time, it is worth remembering that the basal cuttings take root worse than the cuttings of the first.
Draw chopped cuttings in the substrate, in which you need to make a deepening of two centimeters. In order to improve root formation, the lower part of the cuttings must be placed in a solution with the addition of heteroauxin before landing. The substrate for planting the cuttings is best made from sand and peat, while observing equal proportions, this will help provide the stalk with good drainage and aeration.
As for the optimal conditions for rooting cuttings, the humidity should be 90%, and the temperature is +270C, the substrate should have a temperature of at least +200s. That is why greenhouse conditions or greenhouses are optimal for cuttings. The cutting of the cuttings must be planted in the spring, thanks to this, you can increase the area of power.
Reproduction by combined cuttings is considered a more convenient method. Combined cuttings are the same green cuttings, but with the presence of pieces of two -year -old wood on them.
The main advantages of breeding with cuttings of this type:
In this way, more gooseberries can be propagated;
For the process of rooting, greenhouses will be needed, and the presence of a greenhouse is optional;
With this propagation, it is not necessary to track the humidity of the air and the substrate;
The length of the annual growth can be any.
Propagation with the help of obsessed cuttings is considered not effective, especially if you use European gooseberry varieties. To perform such reproduction, you need to trim the basic cuttings, which are exceeding 20 centimeters in length. The peculiarity of such reproduction is that it is produced in early October, and the cuttings need to be planted in early May. In this case, when planting on the surface, you need to leave part of the cuttings with several buds and additionally insulate with sawdust, peat and film.