Blackberry Hardwood Cuttings

Mist them often to keep the soil moist.

Blackberry hardwood cuttings. Propagating blackberries is easy. Fill your pots with a soil free mix. Keep them in a bright shady place until roots develop. My favorite way to get new blackberry plants is by rooting cuttings.

Yes blackberry cuttings are easy to propagate on a heat mat with grow light. Take hardwood cuttings between december 15 and january 31. Regardless of the method used for rooting blackberries the plant will characteristically resemble that of the parent variety especially as far as thorns are concerned i e. The root cutting has a live percentage of 60 to 80 percent.

Blackberry root cuttings another option for your planting needs is to plant the root cutting of a blackberry plant. Many gardeners grow blackberries rubus fruticosus sometimes called brambles for their sweet mildly tart fruit and low maintenance care requirements. Make cuttings approximately 15 inches long with 15 nodes per cutting. Clip cuttings from 1 8 inch diameter canes.

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. The roots we use are from tissue culture blackberry plants these are the most vigorous and healthy rooting you can get. These plants can be propagated by cuttings root and stem suckers and tip layering. Cut some 4 to 6 inch pieces off the tips of blackberry canes and place them in a pot of moist potting soil a moist mix of peat and sand works best.

Your mix will likely be some combination of peat moss coconut coir vermiculite perlite and or pine bark. Thornless types will not have thorns and vice versa. We only sell roots in lots of 100 cuttings.