Propagate Raspberries from Cutting

There are several noteworthy uses and benefits of growing raspberries. 

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• Raspberries are chemopreventative, ie they help your body to prevent disease (because of high amounts of ellagic acid). 
• Raspberries contain high amounts of strong antioxidants like vitamin C, quercetin and gallic acid that fight cancer, heart disease and circulatory disease and aging as it relates to general decline
• Raspberries contain carotinoids that protect against macular degeneration, ie an eye disease that may cause blindness.
• Raspberries fight inflammatory conditions like gout and arthritis. 
• Raspberries leaf tea has been to treat sold sores, gingivitis, anemia, leg cramps, morning sickness, canker sores and diarrhea. ==> BUY TROPICAL MEDICINAL TEA LEAVES <==
• Raspberries leaves are said to be very effective in inducing labor.
• Raspberries are easy to grow, consume and store. In fact, they can even be frozen and freeze-dried without losing their nutritive value.
• While the different types types of raspberries; ie the black, darker red (rubus occidentalis) and lighter red (rubus idaeus) all offer the above health benefits, the health benefits are more prominent in the darker types. 

Notice the nodes along these raspberry cuttings.

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To grow raspberries from cuttings, you will need:

• a healthy mother plant with branches that are sufficiently long to provide cuttings as long as 5 to 6 inches long (to provide as many nodes on each cutting as possible).
• soil
• A growing container (like grow bag or buckets) that is at least 4 inches deep. Alternatively, a roughly 4-inch deep hole in the ground in a clear spot in the ground.

Steps for growing raspberries from cuttings:

1. Trim 5 to 6 inch cuttings off of a mother plant. You may harvest longer cuttings which can be divided upon arrival at the gardening site.
2. Place the raspberry cuttings into the container or hole in the ground 
3. Fill the growing container or hole with soil so that as many as 2/3 of the nodes will be underground for rooting as roots develop from the nodes of raspberry cuttings. As an alternative, you may use foam.
4. Moist the soil (or foam).
5. Mist the soil every day.
6. Do not lose faith if all of the leaves dry and fall off. In fact, it is very common for the cutting to look like a dead twig for as long as a month before showing signs of life above ground. This is quite typical of cuttings of woody plants. See a video that illustrates how raspberry cuttings may look dead initially. Essentially, such cuttings go into a state somewhat like hibernation. During this period, they slow or completely abort above-ground functions (involving leaves). This allows them to conserve, build and direct energy into developing a solid root system for its future long term survival. In this case, the cutting focuses on developing a root system. It is only when the root system is sufficiently developed to support the above-ground function does the plant begin to show signs of life above ground again.

   

   This raspberry cutting was presumed dead. However, I had forgotten to toss it out and stumbled upon this new growth after roughly 1 month of appearing dead.

7. Depending on your location and conditions, roots are likely to appear within 2 to 3 weeks. Leaves are likely to appear shortly thereafter
8. Transplant the young raspberry plants into the ground between the new moon and the first-quarter moon (when it falls in Cancer, Scorpio or Libra). Transplanting according during this moon phase is likely to improve the success of growing new healthy raspberry plants.

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How to propagate and grow basil from cuttings

If you have several sweet basil plants, you can use 1 or 2 of them as your mother basil plants from which you propagate numerous others. By following these steps, you could train your mother sweet basil plants to multiply its number of stems from which new clone cuttings can be created.

To propagate sweet basil from cuttings, you will need:
scissors, sterilised cleaned with rubbing alcohol, cups, water, roughly 1 to 2 weeks, a sunny window sill in which the basil cuttings can be placed

How I successfully propagate sweet basil from cuttings

• Select the healthiest looking stem tips that do not have flowers. You may prepare several sweet basil cuttings at the same time
• Cut about 3 to 4 inches off the top
• Cut just above a set of leaf nodes. In my personal experience, cutting at this point speeds up the rooting process as in the image below.

• Water the mother plant (to aid in her regeneration)
• Gently remove all of the leaves with the exception of roughly 3 of the highest and smallest ones
• Leave the stem in clean water by a windowsill. You may use a single container for several cuttings, as long as they are not overcrowded
• Be sure to change the water daily or every other day to prevent bacteria-related stem rot. The water should always cover roughly half the length of the stem where roots should grow



Day 4

• Depending on your climate, roots are likely to start sprouting after approximately 4 days. (I noticed small roots on my basil cuttings after only 4 days). 
• Remove the seedling from the water when the roots are roughly 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. Although the seedlings will continue to root easily if left in the water for longer, the roots become very entangled if and difficult to separate if you are preparing several cuttings in the same water container 
  
• Plant the seedlings individually in 3- to 4- inch plant pots and keep in indirect light until they are strong enough to be planted directly into the ground or into a larger pot
• For drier climates, mulch around the base of the plant, without allowing the mulch to touch the stem

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General sweet basil plant care

• For bushier sweet basil plants, pinch off the tops of the plants, especially just above leaf nodes. This will encourage the plants to branch out
• The pH should be roughly 6.0 to 6.5
• Water the plant frequently enough to prevent the soil from becoming dry
• Fertilize with rich regular or worm compost when the foliage turns light green
• Harvest as early and as much as you like as long as you never remove more than 1 / 3 of the foliage

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