What you will need:
- cuttings;
- knife;
- jar or cut bottle;
- water;
- priming;
- glass or pot.
The process of rooting grape cuttings
The vines cut from promising grape varieties in the fall are wrapped in damp cloth and placed in a cellar or basement. Around the 20th of February, the vine is removed and cut into cuttings of 2-3 buds.
Each cutting is cut approximately 15 mm below the first bud. The cut should be straight.
The first bud is removed, and below it along the cutting, longitudinal cuts are made with a knife.
It is necessary to cut through the bark in 3-4 places. In the future, roots will grow along these grooves.
To prevent the vine from drying out, you need to dip its top cut into melted wax or paraffin.
The prepared cuttings are placed in a jar and filled with 1 cm of water; no more is needed.As it evaporates, water is added. Exactly in a month, the roots will break through and reach a sufficient length for planting seedlings in the ground. If a green leaf appears first, you need to wait; the root will definitely appear in a few days.
Seedlings with sprouted roots are planted in cups with soil, preferably containing humus. The seedlings are placed on the windowsill on the south side and watered. Seedlings are grown in cups or pots for 2-2.5 months. If flower stalks appear on the seedlings, they need to be cut off.
A week before transplanting into open ground, seedlings must be hardened off. First, they are taken outside for 1 hour, on the second day for 2 hours, and so on for a week. When planted in open ground, a seedling prepared in this way will take root well and will produce a mature vine by autumn. Next year it will already make several sleeves.
