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Post by pdblake on Mar 13, 2012 10:27:29 GMT
I know they should be taken in autumn from hardwood, but has anyone tried from new growth in spring?
I have a couple of bushed scattered about and abig gap down the bottom of the garden where cats cut through and traipse right across my seed bed. I was thinking of plugging the gap with something spikey that would give me a crop too.
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 13, 2012 12:34:25 GMT
I actually haven't much of a clue except that my late FIL used to take his cuttngs in the Spring before they started growing - whether you can take softwood cuttings, I don't really know...hope someone else posts...
Good idea with the barrier for the cats - stuck my hand in a pile this morning....yuk!!
RF
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Post by pdblake on Mar 13, 2012 13:34:37 GMT
Oddly enough I don't get much trouble from the muck, just the scratching things up and traipsing across everything.
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 13, 2012 19:41:33 GMT
I can't see any reason why softwood cuttings won't work PDB, worth a try. I wonder how long it would be before they were mature enough to fruit.
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Post by pdblake on Mar 14, 2012 7:56:22 GMT
I did some hardwood cuttings a couple of years ago, to turn one bush into four. The cuttings fruited the following season. Hopefully if I take some this weekend they'll spend the year maturing and fruit next year.
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Post by pdblake on Mar 19, 2012 11:39:12 GMT
Well I took a half dozen or so at the weekend and stuck them in a pot in the greenhouse. I suppose I'll be able to tell by summer if they took or not, then plant them out to settle in for the winter.
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 19, 2012 13:39:17 GMT
It will be interesting to see what happens pdb...
RF
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Post by pdblake on Mar 19, 2012 15:44:43 GMT
I'll keep you posted ;D
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Post by Barbara on Sept 6, 2012 17:12:01 GMT
I have just planted some cuttings I got from the man on the next allotment to us, I hope they take.
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