Seedlings from the window sill or the secret of winter breeding currant

Currant – a very valuable berry that contains a large amount of vitamin C. It is not very demanding in terms of maintenance, easily propagated.

It is for this, as well as for its taste it is loved by many gardeners.

Winter propagation by cuttings

General guidelines for rooting currant
 

Propagated by cuttings of currants is easy. Cuttings can be rooted in almost all winter. So this lesson is particularly suitable for those who live in the country in the winter. Usually cuttings are cut during January-March.

To root cuttings you must jars of glass filled with water. Many gardeners use more convenient plastic containers. This should not be done, because the plastic still decompose and create toxins. For the same reason, it is not necessary to use a bus when planting in the open ground.
 



With proper care, cuttings can ensure that by may they were strong and had beautiful leaves. Then they will give a fine crop.

The essence of the method
 

Spending cuts cuttings since the beginning of December. You need to choose only those shoots that was a year old. They must have well-developed buds. The cuttings should be cut at the ground. The length of these cuttings should be about 20 centimeters. It should be noted that to distinguish the annual cuttings from the others quite simply – they are a bit lighter.

Further, the cuttings should be put in cans of water. It should be a little sweeten for this sugar in amounts of quarter teaspoon. You can also add water to the honey.

The cuttings in the banks have to keep on a window, in a warm place. Definitely need to substitute the foam under banks – cuttings was warmer. Now we need to wait for roots. They will appear for 25 – max 30 days.

When the roots grow a bit – to about 5 centimeters, you need to plant them in pots. They can be made out of paper. Better suited for this ordinary brown paper from packages. At the bottom of the pots have to be clay, leaves polupereprevshim, and the top – land. To this mix must be planted the cuttings and watered them with a weak aqueous solution of cow manure for fertilizer. These pots should be in the box. The box also need to put in foam. You must make sure that the cuttings were in heat. You also need to regularly water the ground, so it does not dry up.

The results of the winter breeding currant
 

Already by February, the cuttings will bulk up the buds. Until then, when it is necessary to plant – may – get beautiful seedlings. They will have well developed leaves and green leaves. For better development of the root system they should be watered with an infusion of onion peel. About the end of the first decade of may they can be planted in the soil.

If the plant will form flowers, they should be cut, as young plants need to gain strength. The next year the seedling can bloom.

If the seedlings good care, water them, fertilize and loosen the soil, then the currant will reward their owners an excellent harvest. Feed young shrubs it is advisable once a week. If fertilizer is used for mullein, it should be diluted with water – one part fertilizer to ten parts water.published

 

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