Can you clone Goumi?

Has anybody tried to clone Goumi? We’re getting mixed responses from online searches so we’re wondering if anyone has experience with it?

I haven't tried it yet, but the propagation book I have in front of me suggests to propagate by rooting cuttings in soil. Each cutting should have 3 to 4 buds, and be taken in mid to late February.

This is roughly translated from "さし木・つぎ木・とり木" (sashiki tsugiki toriki) a Japanese book on propagation. Ref: https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/4262136086

the reference i have suggests june (60% success) or september (95% success) cuttings work better than november (0%)…but doesn’t mention february!

Greg, do you mean like now? And is that rootcuttings or normal cuttings?
I've just put some in!

Seaberry which is goumi cousin will sucker from the root. So I can see goumi root cutting working. You could also try regular cutting with some natural willow water or you can try full strenght rooting hormone.

I tried goumi cuttings with no success, but I may not have been trying at the right time of year. However, when I managed to get a bit of root with the stem, I was successful, even though it wasn't much root, and it's taken a long time to get established.

Mind you, to be fair, between the rocky soil, the deer and  the tent caterpillars, it's not quite been the STUN method, but it's been darn close!

However, it's about to be September, so maybe I should give a couple of cuttings a try again?