Garden raspberries tend to proliferate and can therefore be propagated quite easily using root suckers. Two methods that have also been tried and tested are the lowering of individual shoots and the propagation of cuttings. We present all variants in the following article in a clear manner.
Raspberries propagate themselves via root suckers
cut off runners
Depending on how much space you have given the raspberries, you can find offshoots about twenty to fifty centimeters from the mother plant. You can simply cut them off in spring and plant them elsewhere.
Propagation by sinkers
If the mother plant has sufficiently long shoots, this method is very suitable.
- Defoliate elastic young rods and bend them towards the ground.
- Secure the middle section of the rod with a piece of wire weighted down with a stone.
- Cover with soil.
- The tip of the shoot must protrude above the ground.
- As soon as the sinker is well rooted, you can separate it from the mother plant and move it.
propagation by cuttings
The raspberry branches are not normal branches, but aerial extensions of the rhizome. For this reason, the cutting is taken from the root of the raspberry. The ideal time for this variant of propagation is autumn:
- Cut off sections of the rootstock that are about ten centimeters long.
- Place them in a seedbed with humus-rich soil mixed with sand.
- Mulch the bed with a layer of leaves.
As soon as new plants have developed from the root cuttings, you can transplant them to the desired location.
tips
Theoretically, raspberries can also be propagated by seeds. However, this takes a long time and you need a lot of patience until the bush is big enough to bear delicious fruit. Since the other methods succeed reliably and bring rapid success, you should fall back on them in the home garden.