Juicy, sweet and useful garden blackberry – the welcome guest on table. However to grow up this culture not easy, it is whimsical and demands careful care. The first task for the beginning gardener – reproduction of bushes. It is the most convenient to use shanks, but in their rooting there are nuances which need to be considered.
Rules of cultivation of garden blackberry
There are several options of reproduction of blackberry. One of the simplest – prikapyvaniye of layers. It is possible to receive about 20 new plants from one adult bush, and it will not be required to replace them to the new place. Prikapyvaniye will be seen off at the end of August, at the same time from uterine bush the saplings do not cut off. By the end of November the young layers have to take roots. However in practice the reception works well not always – accidental frosts or insufficient watering will ruin new plants.
One more way – reproduction by offsprings. They undertake from the adult 3-4 summer bushes, offsprings with the created roots separate in the spring and immediately change to the new place. Such way is not suitable for the large-fruited hybrid blackberry which is not giving dense young growth.
Universal option – reproduction by shanks. It is rather productive way, plants take roots in the greenhouse or on house windowsill. Preparations can be cut off from one-year escapes, on each piece there have to be 2-3 kidneys. The best shanks reach 15 cm in length, leaves from them delete.
Pieces are located in bank with water with the upper kidney down. Water is added in process of evaporation. After a while on shank the green young growth with roots appears. The mini-bush is separated and replaced in pot with nutritious substrate, in water the following kidney is located and process repeats. Bushes are grown up on windowsill till spring, with approach of heat they can be moved to garden.
How to make multiple copies blackberry shanks: small cunnings
Many beginning gardeners complain that not all shanks take roots, and not numerous whitewash over time dry up. The trick yielding the guaranteed result will help to cope with problem. That the kidney has taken root, the lower part of shank is placed in water, and top – in soil.
It is impossible to Prikopat vertical shank therefore at first the upper part with kidneys is placed in plastic bag with damp soil. For germination improvement the soil is previously spilled water solution of chicken dung. The package is densely wrapped around shank and tied fabric strips. The lower part of shanks is placed in banks with warm otstoyanny water. It is enough to pour 3-4 cm of liquid, in process of evaporation water is added.
The first backs appear in 10 days, but it is not necessary to hurry with landing of shanks. Add the concentrated infusion of egg shell to water. In several days it is possible to transplant blackberry shanks with numerous strong backs in pots with the earth. For the best survival the saplings cover with glass jars and in due time humidify the soil. Will help to accelerate development of young plants the bright, but scattered sunlight.