Blackberry Hardwood Cuttings

Blackberry root cuttings another option for your planting needs is to plant the root cutting of a blackberry plant.

Blackberry hardwood cuttings. Propagating blackberries is easy. The roots we use are from tissue culture blackberry plants these are the most vigorous and healthy rooting you can get. The root cutting has a live percentage of 60 to 80 percent. I would use clonex my preference or dip and grow or another rooting powder or gel.

My favorite way to get new blackberry plants is by rooting cuttings. Many gardeners grow blackberries rubus fruticosus sometimes called brambles for their sweet mildly tart fruit and low maintenance care requirements. Mist them often to keep the soil moist. We only sell roots in lots of 100 cuttings.

Fill your pots with a soil free mix. Your mix will likely be some combination of peat moss coconut coir vermiculite perlite and or pine bark. Take hardwood cuttings between december 15 and january 31. Yes blackberry cuttings are easy to propagate on a heat mat with grow light.

You need to use something over the plants to control humidity or a mister to keep them damp. Clip cuttings from 1 8 inch diameter canes. Thornless types will not have thorns and vice versa. Make cuttings approximately 15 inches long with 15 nodes per cutting.

Keep them in a bright shady place until roots develop. Many people will recommend many different potting mixes i ve always had great results with promix but the main thing to look for is a soil free growing medium because this will minimize the changes for disease or unwanted fungal growth. How to grow blackberries from cuttings.