{"id":149509,"date":"2025-02-14T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-start-of-something-new-how-to-propagate-fruit-bushes-from-cuttings\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T20:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:54:58","slug":"the-start-of-something-new-how-to-propagate-fruit-bushes-from-cuttings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-start-of-something-new-how-to-propagate-fruit-bushes-from-cuttings\/","title":{"rendered":"The start of something new: how to propagate fruit bushes from cuttings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nNow is the perfect time to start pruning your fruit bushes and take cuttings to create new plants. Here\u2019s how to do it Last spring, I did some spontaneous pruning of the rampant blackcurrant bush in my veg patch. Instead of putting the cuttings on the compost heap, I placed them in a vase of water because I find the Ribena-like scent of the leaves just delightful. Within a few weeks, the little branches had started to sprout roots and, eventually, each were poised to grow into a bush. These blackcurrant cuttings\u2019 admirable determination to grow can be taken advantage of now, even before the new growing season is under way.As winter\u2019s end approaches, and before buds start to break, is a good time for pruning your fruit bushes. This happily coincides with an ideal time to take hardwood cuttings so you can create new plants from your existing plants \u2013 an approach that works for blackcurrants, redcurrants, white currants, gooseberries and figs. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/feb\/14\/the-start-of-something-new-how-to-propagate-fruit-bushes-from-cuttings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The start of something new: how to propagate fruit bushes from cuttings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Now is the perfect time to start pruning your fruit bushes and take cuttings to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-CTr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12124,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-tomato-cuttings-thatll-shoot-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":149509,"position":0},"title":"Gardens: tomato cuttings that\u2019ll shoot up","date":"May 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The side shoots on a tomato plant make fantastic cuttings \u2013 so think before you throw them awayIf you are anything like me, at this time of year your windowsills will be covered with little tomato plants just beginning to produce their very first side shoots. Conventional wisdom says\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":126239,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/new-plants-for-free-how-to-propagate-from-softwood-cuttings\/","url_meta":{"origin":149509,"position":1},"title":"New plants for free: how to propagate from softwood cuttings","date":"April 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I am moving house; so from lavender to buddleia, I\u2019m taking cuttings from new growth to plant in my garden. It\u2019s easy when you know howI am beginning a long farewell: by the end of the year, I will be gone from this garden and starting anew in Welsh\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":98371,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-grow-new-plants-from-cuttings\/","url_meta":{"origin":149509,"position":2},"title":"How to grow new plants from cuttings","date":"September 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r It\u2019s free and easy. Here\u2019s howIt is a simple, but magical, act: take a little bit of stem and, with a few careful cuts, create a new plant. That magic, the ebb and flow of hormones and auxins, is on your side: once severed of its root, the plant\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":72209,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/just-add-water-how-to-take-cuttings-from-houseplants\/","url_meta":{"origin":149509,"position":3},"title":"Just add water: how to take cuttings from houseplants","date":"November 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I love to watch roots grow, particularly in winterI am the crazy cat lady of the house\u00a0plant world. I have so many of them. Closing the curtains has become quite the task, as you snake between specimens all vying for light. And yet I\u00a0continue to take cuttings.Many house plants\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":138539,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-has-rewilding-become-such-a-prickly-issue-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":149509,"position":4},"title":"How has rewilding become such a prickly issue?  | Letters","date":"July 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Readers respond to a piece by Isabella Tree in which advocates abandoning perfectionTo add to Isabella Tree\u2019s article (Don\u2019t be scared of rewilding, Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh: it\u2019s a garden revelation, 24 July), may I refer Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh to the 1985 book by Chris Baines,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":113634,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-growing-concern-is-it-ever-ok-to-steal-plant-cuttings\/","url_meta":{"origin":149509,"position":5},"title":"A growing concern: is it ever OK to steal plant cuttings?","date":"January 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Gardeners and collectors have shared cuttings for generations, but as certain plants have become status symbols, questions of ethical grey areas have arisenIn December, Cory Jarrell of Portland, Oregon, posted a photo he never imagined he would have to share with his 16,000 Instagram followers: loose, limp cuttings of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149510,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149509\/revisions\/149510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}