Red and white currants are propagated in a similar manner to gooseberries but cuttings can be taken with success far later. With the former, as has been said, it is always better to take the cuttings while the leaves are still on the bushes in the late autumn.
With redcurrants, healthy shoots can be selected in November. These should be pieces of one-year-old wood cut into lengths 12 to 15 inches long. All the buds should be removed with the sharp blade of a knife, with the exception of the top four.
A trench can be dug out 7 inches deep, with one side perpendicular, and the cuttings should be laid against this straight side 6 inches apart.
The great thing with strawberries is to do everything possible to encourage one-year-old plants to produce good runners in July or August, for new beds should always be planted out during these months.
Sink these into the soil right up to the rim all around healthy one-year-old 'parent' plants and as the runners develop peg them down into the centre of each pot. The moment the plantl.et has sent in its roots the stolen is severed at I inch beyond the pot. Then the young plant grows quite happily on its own. Plants raised in this way can be set in their new bed with the minimum of disturbance.
Furthermore, they can, if desired, be potted on into 6-inch pots in October of early November, and they can then be 'forced' by being placed on the staging of the greenhouse or, better still, on shelving near the light. - 15266
With redcurrants, healthy shoots can be selected in November. These should be pieces of one-year-old wood cut into lengths 12 to 15 inches long. All the buds should be removed with the sharp blade of a knife, with the exception of the top four.
A trench can be dug out 7 inches deep, with one side perpendicular, and the cuttings should be laid against this straight side 6 inches apart.
The great thing with strawberries is to do everything possible to encourage one-year-old plants to produce good runners in July or August, for new beds should always be planted out during these months.
Sink these into the soil right up to the rim all around healthy one-year-old 'parent' plants and as the runners develop peg them down into the centre of each pot. The moment the plantl.et has sent in its roots the stolen is severed at I inch beyond the pot. Then the young plant grows quite happily on its own. Plants raised in this way can be set in their new bed with the minimum of disturbance.
Furthermore, they can, if desired, be potted on into 6-inch pots in October of early November, and they can then be 'forced' by being placed on the staging of the greenhouse or, better still, on shelving near the light. - 15266
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The best fruit trees to plant are ones that are two years old and 3 to 5 feet tall; not only do they survive transplanting better and take hold faster than older trees in your garden.
