Did something close to this with my Apache blackberries 10 years ago. I dug them up to move them in a rush and cut close to the main plant not ideal but they lived and all of the lateral main roots put up plants. When the original plants were removed I didn't take time to fill the holes. Came back with compost a month later and where the roots were exposed they had put up new plants. Approximately 3 new plants per plant dug. It is a good propagation method.
I’ve never seen a video on this but I had the exact same experience! I started with one plant and the next year when I moved it four more popped up, so I potted them up and moved them. Lo and behold the next year they had all done it again and I’ve now got 20 or so plants. Can’t beat it!
Tip rooting is another way of propagating thornless blackberry plants. It's probably the simplest way if you don't have plants where you don't want them.
I have access to sawdust... Thoughts on using it in place of woodchips.... Looking forward to increasing our plant production with one or two of your methods. I just found you on TH-cam so I will be watching you for hours. Thanks
Great question, well I hate to start off with it all depends, but it really does depend on several factors. For the most part sawdust can be used as a mulch around plants as long as it isn't too thick. When it's too thick it prevents adequate water infiltration and creates a cake-like surface. Especially if it's very fine powder. I'd also be aware that some sawdust have toxicities or rather some people are sensitive to the sawdust material. However hemlock and pine sawdust which are very common are very good for integrating into a mulch system. However whenever we're using carbon-rich sources such as wood chips or sawdust that has not decomposed there may not be enough nitrogen available in this material to meet the needs of plants. in the case of the blackberry plants that are in pots I would recommend either mixing these sawdust with soil or sand or clay in order to help it start establishing roots within the pot. I don't have ready access to sawdust therefore I don't have a great deal of experience with it. I have posted several asked me anything videos about wood chips and factors that influence their decomposition which creates a beautiful soil for perennial plants. I recommend checking those videos out. If I had ready access to sawdust I would let them decompose mixing them with leaves collected in the fall, grass clippings, wood chips, small sticks, or compost for at least three to six months. Ideally turning the pile once a month to help the sawdust get mixed in so that clumps aren't maintained. The other way of getting really nice rich fungally dominated sawdust would be to use woody material and leaves from the forest floor. That should help to inoculate the sawdust and you should start to see some mycelium within a few months if it is kept moist and in a dark place in the woods. I hope this is helpful. Thanks for the question
I don't actually know I would leave them in the pot for the whole season and they would develop great routes that could be transplanted right in the ground. I suspect two to three months would be adequate to develop enough routes for repotting. I hope this is helpful.
Sorry it hasn't worked out for you. We've had pretty good success with this technique. I've done it each year since posting the video and probably have over 90% success. I believe that the main problem that you're likely having is that if the nodes aren't covered by soil, the plant can't develop roots. Soil covering the internodal space Will not produce Roots. I'll try to make a video demonstrating this.
@@GrowingABetterTomorrow AFTER LAST CHAT EXHANGE I TOOK YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND ALSO NOTICED YOU CUT OFF THE LEAVES ON THE LOWER PROTION THAT WAS THE BE BURIEDIN THE POTTING MIX,,A STEP I WAS NOT DOING.. NOW HAVING ROUGHTLY 80% TO 90% SUCCESS THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND SUCH A SUPER SIMPLE IDEA YOU SHOULD PATENTED IT
im gonna give you a tip, in gardening videos, a lot of people have no desire to see you sitting in your house talking, if you start the video in the garden and dont dilly dally, more people will watch, good luck
I've never heard of anyone else doing this. You should patent this technique and put your name on it. Thanks for sharing.
You cannot patent a technique
Any way of increasing the number of plants is a welcome info.
They get pretty pricey when you want to buy them.
Did something close to this with my Apache blackberries 10 years ago. I dug them up to move them in a rush and cut close to the main plant not ideal but they lived and all of the lateral main roots put up plants. When the original plants were removed I didn't take time to fill the holes. Came back with compost a month later and where the roots were exposed they had put up new plants. Approximately 3 new plants per plant dug. It is a good propagation method.
That's Great!
This is awesome! I'll file this away in my brain and try to recall it after I chip up a few trees later this summer.
I’ve never seen a video on this but I had the exact same experience! I started with one plant and the next year when I moved it four more popped up, so I potted them up and moved them. Lo and behold the next year they had all done it again and I’ve now got 20 or so plants. Can’t beat it!
Absolutely genius ideas. Thank you! I'll be trying these on my thornless blackberry
I just saw this video and I'm very excited! This should work!
Tip rooting is another way of propagating thornless blackberry plants. It's probably the simplest way if you don't have plants where you don't want them.
That is so cool never seen it done like that before
Thank you !!
I have access to sawdust... Thoughts on using it in place of woodchips.... Looking forward to increasing our plant production with one or two of your methods. I just found you on TH-cam so I will be watching you for hours. Thanks
Great question, well I hate to start off with it all depends, but it really does depend on several factors. For the most part sawdust can be used as a mulch around plants as long as it isn't too thick. When it's too thick it prevents adequate water infiltration and creates a cake-like surface. Especially if it's very fine powder. I'd also be aware that some sawdust have toxicities or rather some people are sensitive to the sawdust material. However hemlock and pine sawdust which are very common are very good for integrating into a mulch system. However whenever we're using carbon-rich sources such as wood chips or sawdust that has not decomposed there may not be enough nitrogen available in this material to meet the needs of plants. in the case of the blackberry plants that are in pots I would recommend either mixing these sawdust with soil or sand or clay in order to help it start establishing roots within the pot. I don't have ready access to sawdust therefore I don't have a great deal of experience with it. I have posted several asked me anything videos about wood chips and factors that influence their decomposition which creates a beautiful soil for perennial plants. I recommend checking those videos out. If I had ready access to sawdust I would let them decompose mixing them with leaves collected in the fall, grass clippings, wood chips, small sticks, or compost for at least three to six months. Ideally turning the pile once a month to help the sawdust get mixed in so that clumps aren't maintained. The other way of getting really nice rich fungally dominated sawdust would be to use woody material and leaves from the forest floor. That should help to inoculate the sawdust and you should start to see some mycelium within a few months if it is kept moist and in a dark place in the woods. I hope this is helpful. Thanks for the question
Only a TRUE GARDENER would fill up 3 buckets of dirt when he's only got 2 HANDS🤣🤣🤣🤣
How long does it take for the plants to root enough to cut loose from the main sucker and be independent in it's new pot?
I don't actually know I would leave them in the pot for the whole season and they would develop great routes that could be transplanted right in the ground. I suspect two to three months would be adequate to develop enough routes for repotting. I hope this is helpful.
Nice vid! I look forward to acquiring some of your plant stock one Spring.
Here's to some rainfall in the coming weeks.
PS: lay off the cyanide =)
Sounds great!
Cool!
I thought I was listening to red Skelton's son. He looks and sounds like Red Skelton
I HAVE TRIED THIS FOR 2 SEASONS NOW HAVING MAYBE A 10% SUCCESS RATE HOW HAS THIS WORKED FOR YOU OR IS IT A BUST ??
Sorry it hasn't worked out for you. We've had pretty good success with this technique. I've done it each year since posting the video and probably have over 90% success. I believe that the main problem that you're likely having is that if the nodes aren't covered by soil, the plant can't develop roots. Soil covering the internodal space Will not produce Roots. I'll try to make a video demonstrating this.
@@GrowingABetterTomorrow THAT IS MOST LIKELY MY PROBLEM ILL ADJUST WHAT I AM DOING AND LET YOU KNOW A MONTH OR SO THANKS FOR THE QUICK REPLY
@@GrowingABetterTomorrow AFTER LAST CHAT EXHANGE I TOOK YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND ALSO NOTICED YOU CUT OFF THE LEAVES ON THE LOWER PROTION THAT WAS THE BE BURIEDIN THE POTTING MIX,,A STEP I WAS NOT DOING.. NOW HAVING ROUGHTLY 80% TO 90% SUCCESS THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND SUCH A SUPER SIMPLE IDEA YOU SHOULD PATENTED IT
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im gonna give you a tip, in gardening videos, a lot of people have no desire to see you sitting in your house talking, if you start the video in the garden and dont dilly dally, more people will watch, good luck
Sometimes some happen to know everything and it must make everything good because they're never wrong.
And the Outcome of the experiment was. . . . .. ???????? Where is the follow up video?
It worked out very well. There are videos posted showing the results.