posted 12 years ago
I am too far away to help out but I wondered how you root gooseberry cuttings. I have dug and divided these old clumps surviving at an old housesite on our land. That method does well for me but I love to root things too. Would you use new growth or older? When I prune I am always cutting out some of the oldest canes and thinning out others...leaving a few of each, one, two and three year old canes. Mine are very small berries and tastey the years they produce well and need no extra watering here but I have never figured out how to stop pruning them and still get fruit.
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