It's not that easy to cultivate a healthy, hardy grapevine in the garden. Anyone who has been blessed with such a magnificent specimen understandably wants to multiply it as a single variety. Find out here how easy it is with offshoots.

Step by step from offshoot to young plant

If the vine is full of juice in summer, this is the best time for propagation by offshoots. The technique recommended below scores not only with its uncomplicated handling, but also guarantees the exact transfer of the positive attributes of the mother plant to the offspring. Select an annual, pliable vine. Proceed as follows:

  • pull the vine to the ground
  • where two buds touch the ground create a 10 cm deep trough
  • scratch the shoot a little with a razor blade
  • Only dig so far into the channel that the shoot tip protrudes 10-20 centimeters from the ground

If the tendril shoots up again, it is weighed down with stones or fixed with staples. Tie the end of the shoot to a wooden stick with string. In the further course, a budding will signal whether the rooting is successful. Until then, the sinker stays attached to the mother plant so she can provide it with nutrients. Ideally, keep the soil slightly moist during this phase.

Recognize the right time to break up

If growth proceeds according to plan, a self-sufficient root system will have developed from the buried buds and the wound tissue by autumn. If you feel a stable resistance after a slight pull on the sinker and the shoot tip sprout again, there is no reason not to separate it from the mother plant. Cut off the young plant with a sharp knife.

The fresh root ball is dug up with a spade or hand shovel. Plant the young vines at the new location and take care of them from now on like an adult specimen.

tips and tricks

A vine in the bucket can also be propagated by sinkers. To do this, place a pot filled with lean substrate in the immediate vicinity. Put the tendril in there to bury the scored middle part of the shoot with 1-2 buds in the substrate. Rooting takes place just as quickly as in the bed of the garden.

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Vegetable garden