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Propagating Blackberries & Raspberries

6 years ago

Several years ago, I bought some blackberry and raspberry plants that we planted at my parents' house. It looks like I'm -finally- going to buy my own home, likely this fall or winter, though potentially late winter/early spring, depending how long it takes to find the "right" place.


I want to make tip cuttings of the blackberries and pull up some raspberry shoots from the now well-established plants growing at my parents' place, and naturally I want to get the plants put in as soon as I can.


When is the best time to take these cuttings, and if it's this summer or fall, what would be the best way of overwintering the potted cuttings, considering I currently live in a second-floor apartment in zone 5, where it regularly goes and stays well below freezing for the duration of the winter? I have a balcony, but it's going to get very cold out there, single digits (F) for weeks at a time.


And finally, when is the right time to put them in the ground? I assume after the danger of frost has passed? Which would be about mid-May in my location.

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