Do you have a currant in the garden that bears particularly delicious fruit? Just multiply them. By cutting cuttings you gain new plants that will bear just as many and beautiful berries as the mother plant.

This is how currants are propagated by cuttings

  • Choose currants that are well-bearing
  • Select one-year-old, healthy shoots
  • Cut off with a sharp knife
  • Divide into pieces
  • Place in prepared seedbed
  • Transplant next spring or fall

The best time for cutting the cuttings

Late autumn is best for harvesting sticks. Choose healthy, vigorous annual shoots from a high-yielding currant plant.

With a clean, sharp knife, separate one or more shoots. Divide them into pieces 20 to 30 centimeters long. Cut the lower side of each cutting at an angle, leaving the upper side straight.

Prepare a seed bed with loose soil. Use a thin stick to poke holes 6 to 8 inches deep in the ground, at least 4 inches apart.

plant cuttings

Push the cuts with the underside into the prepared holes, deep enough that only two eyes remain above the ground. Be careful not to damage the cuttings.

Press the soil firmly and water the rows carefully. Make sure the water jet is gentle so the soil doesn't wash away.

Finally, spread a 2-inch thick layer of mulch over the row of mature compost, foliage, or other mulching material.

Transplant cuttings

New leaves should appear on the above-ground eyes as early as spring. If the seedlings are big enough, you can transplant them in spring.

But you can also wait until autumn to move the new currants to their final location.

You need a little patience until the first harvest. You can only harvest the first currants from your home-grown bushes after three years.

tips and tricks

You can also put currant cuttings in small pots with potting soil. The potties can be placed and cared for in an easily accessible place. The cuttings are planted out next fall.

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Vegetable garden