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Almost everyone who has a garden plot grows raspberries. The bushes are grown for tasty and healthy berries. Unfortunately, these are not always varietal plants, the yield does not meet the needs.
It is not necessary to go to the store for seedlings if a neighbor has raspberries of different varieties on the site. If you plant one bush, then in a year, when the seedling has a good root system, you can get new varietal plants. The question of how to propagate raspberries by cuttings or in other ways worries many gardeners. Let's see how good propagation by parts of a plant is, whether varietal qualities are preserved at the same time.
What is needed for a successful breeding
In order for the reproduction of raspberries to be successful, the following conditions must be observed:
- The planting material is planted in moist, fertile soil.
- Reproduction of raspberries should be done in cloudy weather, the plantings are shaded for several days.
- The work is carried out at a temperature not lower than +23 degrees.
They stock up in advance with a shovel, pruning shears, and a sharp knife.
Reproduction methods
The plant manages to use up soil resources (even top dressing does not save), the yield decreases. It is necessary to transfer the raspberry to a new place, but there are no seedlings, and they are not cheap. How to be in this case?
Planting material can be grown independently using old plantings. About the reproduction of raspberries and will talk. There are many ways, thanks to which you can not only provide yourself with seedlings for the raspberry, but also preserve the varietal qualities of the raspberry.
Raspberry breeding methods:
- lignified offspring:
- green shoots;
- shoots;
- root cuttings;
- dividing the bush;
- layering;
- nettle;
- microclonal method;
- Scottish method.
You can breed a new plant from seeds. The process is quite lengthy, in addition, there is no certainty that parental qualities will be repeated.
Woody offspring in the fall
The most common way to obtain planting material is to propagate raspberries by root suckers. They are located at a distance of 30 cm from the mother bush, grow from the adventitious bud during the summer.
In the fall, the offspring is carefully dug out so as not to damage the roots. After that, you need to revise the planting material. If there are swelling or bluish specks on the stem, it cannot be used for propagation.
Green root suckers
When raspberries, after hibernation, start to grow, a large number of shoots appear around the bush, and they are called green offspring. When they grow up to 15-20 cm, they choose the healthiest ones, stepping back 40 cm from the bush, and dig it out with a lump of earth.
Root cuttings
One of the common ways is to propagate raspberries by cuttings in autumn or spring. They retreat from the uterine bush by 40 cm, dig up the soil and take an adventitious root with branches. The root must be at least two millimeters in diameter. When cutting the root (10 cm each), the presence of kidneys is taken into account. You do not need to tear off the roots.
The cuttings should be immediately laid (flat) in the fertile soil in the grooves, sprinkled with earth and watered.
Green cuttings
Gardeners thin out raspberries throughout the season. You do not need to throw away healthy shoots, this is an excellent material that will allow you to propagate raspberries with green cuttings.
Choose shoots up to 15 cm in height and 2-3 leaves. The cut is made at the very ground. You need to work with a sharp, previously disinfected knife. Several cut shoots are tied into a bunch. To help the cuttings quickly form roots, they are soaked in a solution of Heteroauxin for 17 hours. After that, they are planted for growing in a greenhouse or garden bed.
Divide the bush
There are valuable raspberry bushes that you want to propagate, but few root suckers are formed. In this case, propagation of raspberries by roots is recommended. When dividing the bush on the planting material, there must be healthy roots and at least two shoots.
Reproduction by nettles
If you have only one bush of a valuable raspberry variety, and you want several of them on the site, use a small nettle growth. Reproduction of raspberries with nettles is a kind of cuttings. The shoots should not be higher than 15 cm. They are cut off and immediately planted in the ground. The work is performed in the evening. Can be timed to coincide with rainy weather. Planting material needs abundant watering and shading in the early days. This promotes rapid root growth.
How can you propagate raspberries, video:
Method from Scotland
If you need to propagate remontant varieties of raspberries, then use the Scottish method. It is based on plant propagation by roots. They are harvested in the fall, and they are planted in the spring. The roots need to be dug, cut into 15 cm pieces, processed in a solution of potassium permanganate.
Planting material is stored in boxes in moss. For the winter, put in a refrigerator or cellar. From time to time, lightly sprinkle with water.
In early spring, sprinkle the roots with soil or peat, watered abundantly. When the leaves appear, the offspring are separated along with the upper part of the root and transplanted into a greenhouse in the shade, under polyethylene. If there is no greenhouse, you can plant in pots by covering the planting with a bag.
Young plants take root in 20 days. The shelter is removed after 35 days. Planting in the ground with the arrival of warm days in early June. Each bush is covered with a plastic bottle.
The Scottish way of breeding raspberries fully retains their parental qualities. It is widely used by the inhabitants of Scotland.
Rarely used methods
Growing from seeds
Reproduction of raspberries by seeds is rarely used at home, due to the laboriousness of the process. The seeds are collected from ripe berries. You can sow them in the spring, but experienced gardeners recommend doing everything at once.
Seeds need stratification, which will contribute to better germination. They are sown into a nutrient substrate to a depth of no more than 2 cm and sprinkled with sand. The sprouts will appear in the spring. Raspberry shoots are fed, watered. Transplanted to a permanent place in the fall.
Method for scientists
Microclonal reproduction of raspberries is carried out in laboratory conditions. A piece of plant tissue is used to obtain a new plant; raspberries are grown in a test tube. Look at the photo below, really interesting!
Useful Tips
The common and remontant raspberry in different ways, but success will depend on the fulfillment of certain rules. Experienced gardeners advise:
- Seedlings are planted in moist nutrient soil.
- Use only healthy raspberry bushes for propagation.
- If the seedlings were grown in a house or greenhouse, harden them before planting in open ground.
We hope the material is interesting for gardeners. Choose any method to propagate raspberries and grow healthy bushes with delicious berries.
