Reproduction by layers

Lines are called rooted, but not separated from the parent plant shoots. This is one of the oldest methods used in horticulture, which has found wide application in such tree and shrub species as currants, gooseberries, dwarf varieties of apple trees, grapes, lilacs, rose, hazelnuts, actinidia, etc. There are different ways of vodka reproduction. Often receive horizontal, arc-shaped and vertical layers.

Preparatory work of

- strong single-year shoots are grown on the uterine plant( sometimes the whole plant is severely pruned);

- prepare a good fertile soil, introducing sand, peat, humus;

- in hard-to-root cultures, a stalk is first made: by a sharp knife, a strip of bark 8 mm wide is removed along the circumference of the stem. You can tie the shoot in place of folding with copper wire.

Arc-shaped layers

Typically, laying is laid in the beginning of spring, as soon as the soil can be treated

.In the radial direction, grooves are dug to the plant with a depth of 10-15 cm and shoots are laid there, bringing the tops upward into a vertical position. The shoots are covered with prepared soil, slightly compacted and watered. During the growing season, the soil moisture is monitored and, if necessary, watering is carried out.

Method of vertical layers

This is the planting of plants planted on a stump and forming a bare shoot of the current year

.For hilling use compost or humus earth, and spend it in several ways - the first, when the height of shoots reaches 15-20 cm, the next - every 1.5 months, until the height of the earth mound reaches 30 cm. By autumn, each shoot forms in this moundits root system. In autumn( or early spring next year) the mound is opened to the very bottom and the roots are separated by a secateur from the mother plant.

Horizontal layers

In the early spring, strong annual shoots of the uterine bush are laid horizontally into small( no more than 2 cm) furrows -

Gooseberries are known to poorly propagate by cuttings. I use such an accelerated way of its reproduction. I choose the strongest, well-developed annual shoots of the uterine bush. Usually the pieces are 8-10.I cut a little at them tops and I lay out one by one in furrows in depth of 8-10 sm, necessarily pinching everyone. Fall asleep branches of fertile soil. As a result, vertical shoots grow out of the buds, which gradually digest with loose nutrient soil. During the summer I weed the weeds and water them, if dryly, after the rains carefully loosen the soil, all the while bothering the ground with growing shoots. In the autumn, I cut off the shoots from the bush and cut them into separate bushes that have their roots.

ki in a radial direction from the uterine bush and pinned them with metal pins. Earth is not sprinkled. Only when young buds begin to develop from the kidneys, the branches are sprinkled with earth, while not closing the young sprouts. Gradually, as they grow up, they are grounded with earth. Separate young plants from the mother's bush in autumn or early spring.