It seems like my cuttings from last summer survived the winter very well. They were all in pots that were sitting on the ground. The temperature got down to around -20°C (-4°F) for a few days.
I believe these are “variety 3” in my pictures from last summer. There were 5 cuttings, one was already dying so it was discarded last summer. One of the cuttings that I potted up had no roots in the picture, just callus.
Most of my cuttings have growth from all nodes above ground, some even from the node below ground. Some cuttings have one or more dead nodes.
A few of them were in small pots and dried out in early spring. There might be some life left even in those as I saw one of them growing from the node below ground.
I was searching youtube for a video of successful rooting of honey berry cuttings and I couldn’t find one so I was thinking that I could make a short video on it. Then I found this video from a Swedish youtuber that actually shows some roots. She uses no rooting hormone, doesn’t say when she takes the cuttings and she leaves the cuttings uncovered, doesn’t even mention misting. Seems like it can work but she also doesn’t mention her success ratio.
Any thoughts on this? Maybe I should still do a video and test some additional variations to the process, including not covering the cuttings.
Seems like rooting hormone is difficult to buy here in the EU. I can still find Clonex at some online retailers but no RH in powder form.
how much snow do you get there? I’ve rooted cuttings in ground , in late fall in plain soil in nursery beds with just scratching to the cadmium near the bottom, then planting leaving 2 buds exposed ,then mulch around them. i get about 50% takes with no care. the snow keeps the ground from freezing too much, allowing the cuttings to root over winter. works well with currants, cherry, blueberry and elders,
We get some snow but it doesn’t stay for very long. Northern Sweden is another story.
From visitsweden.com:
“Thanks to the Gulf Stream, a warm Atlantic ocean current, Sweden enjoys a much milder climate than other countries at the same latitude, such as Canada or Russia. Without this natural phenomenon, Sweden’s winters would be far colder, and its summers less temperate.”
I did stick a couple of forsythia cuttings in the ground in January or February. I found it quite unusual that the ground wasn’t frozen then. Those cuttings are flowering a bit now so they might have rooted.
Maybe I’ll try some honeyberry cuttings in the winter too. Is the best time to stick the cuttings in the ground just after the leaves falls off?
Bonus picture from late October last year. This was a cutting from 2023. I covered the new side shoots gradually with potting mix in spring-summer. The results were similar to the summer cuttings, some varieties roots easier than others.
The information in this thread is so amazing that I decided to create an account just so I can try and contribute. Very fun to watch progress over the years.
Below I have documented the first couple weeks of attempting to propagate Haskaps using aeroponics cloners. I’m going to try and put as much detail as I can but since the account is new I cant upload too many pics.
I am trying to get a sense of success rate based on variety as well as other factors which I hope others find helpful. I also started a bucket of gooseberries so I’ll try and add those details in here as well.
In shade, Outside, On heat mat, Scrapped the cambium layer on half
In Shade, outside, No heat mat
Type of Wood
Lignified(but still this years growth I believe)
Green Softwood
First saw roots
10/4/25
10/4/25 (To be fair I tried not to mess with them too much)
Roots as of 10/15
75% Rooted 0/1 Blizzard 8/11 Berry Blue(atleast one more looks on the verge of roots. I am going to leave them going until they look dead just to see what happens)
So far of the 3 Berry Blue not rooted, Two had scrapped Cambiums and 1 did not. At this point it is not conclusive if that step is needed. It doesn’t appear so.
I don’ think Honeyberry USA is selling them yet. I was part of that SARE Honeyberry trial and we had a meeting a few weeks ago and someone mentioned them. They sound really promising, but I don’t see anyone in the US selling them at this point.
i prune in mid late april. contact me then and ill give you all you want. i grow indigo gem/treat, aurora, honeybee, boreal beauty,/ beast/ blizzard, maxie solo. and strawberry sensation.
