Blackberry Hardwood Cuttings

How to grow blackberries from cuttings.

Blackberry hardwood cuttings.

I would use clonex my preference or dip and grow or another rooting powder or gel. My favorite way to get new blackberry plants is by rooting cuttings. Mist them often to keep the soil moist. You need to use something over the plants to control humidity or a mister to keep them damp.

We only sell roots in lots of 100 cuttings. 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. Keep them in a bright shady place until roots develop.

Yes blackberry cuttings are easy to propagate on a heat mat with grow light. Thornless types will not have thorns and vice versa. Your mix will likely be some combination of peat moss coconut coir vermiculite perlite and or pine bark. Fill your pots with a soil free mix.

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. Make cuttings approximately 15 inches long with 15 nodes per cutting. Propagating blackberries is easy. Many gardeners grow blackberries rubus fruticosus sometimes called brambles for their sweet mildly tart fruit and low maintenance care requirements.

The root cutting has a live percentage of 60 to 80 percent. Take hardwood cuttings between december 15 and january 31. The roots we use are from tissue culture blackberry plants these are the most vigorous and healthy rooting you can get.