Sorry about that.
That is one of the points of doing this ,to try to find out if there is a best orientation for rooting , hence the up,down and side ways.
Their are shoots on each trial, slightly less on the upside down .
But as they just started pushing in the last week or so it is to early to tell what the final result will be.
They are not dead yet.
ALL look promising right now
I will update .
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This is the only video that i have seen as proof with burying the whole cutting. Looks like if you bury 4 nodes you can possibly get 4 new plants.
I tried this in spring and failed… but looks like deep dormancy is better.
Video is in Russian so toggle the CC and auto translate to English.
So now is a good time to try this.
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This has not been discussed much but if you tip root, the plant knows that it has vegetative growth in place and will only send roots to the dark area.
If you stick a cutting with buds above the ground, the plant knows that it has nodes for vegetative growth above ground and will force roots at the node below ground.
If you only have one node and bury it… the plant will put vegetative and root growth both out of the same node. (same as elderberry)
So to answer your question. The blackberry plant figures it out no matter how you do it.
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So I’m having some cane death this spring, these dark necrotic parts in the middle of the canes. There’s lots of healthy looking stem after these dead parts so I thought I’d try using them for cuttings. Anyone tried this? It should work I reckon but I’ve never rooted dormant blackberry cuttings before.
I don’t have rooting hormones or anything so I hope it’s easy as it looks. I’m basically treating them like I would treat grape cuttings and hoping for the best.
Do you have any records or remember how this trial went? I am planning to do a TON of propagating for 2025 and blackberries are one that I am hoping to get a lot of.
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Well.,?
The results were that O rooted.
This variety is not known to tip layer.
May have better results with known tip layering varieties.
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When do you typically take blackberry cuttings? Also, what’s your fav way to root? I know there are YouTube videos, but watching YouTube is like rolling a dice, you never know what you might get unless you know of a trusted channel.
I have best results tip layering variety’s that are known to tip layer easily.
I do heading cuts ,at ~ 3ft on new cains , then after side branches form , cut those again to get as many branch tips as close to the ground as possible. Can “put “ the tips into pots / soil late August.
When the tips thicken , look like a rat tail.
Most all will root on variety’s like triple Crown, or others that are prone to tip layer.
Some varieties won’t tip layer , but sprouts from roots
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No real need to take stem cuttings if you take root cuttings.
If you insist on stem cuttings you can babysit them by taking them in August/Sept or you can not babysit them by taking them now in Nov/December. The biggest challenge in rooting cuttings is using failed techniques as a standard.
I have only seen one bramble that does not root from root cuttings. Illini Hardy. I successfully propagated it via stem cuttings and have passed plants onto others that want to grow them.
Scenic Hill Nursery sells raspberry root cuttings currently.
Womack Nursery is selling blackberry root cuttings currently.
Pense Nursery is selling blackberry root cuttings currently.
Most folks fear that taking a root cutting will harm or damage a plant etc. Whereas Womack makes a living trimming the roots off of bare root plants and selling those roots to folks who want to plant rows of brambles…not just a few.
I dont know of any nursery that sells rooted bramble stem cuttings… That is better suited to Roses.
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Thanks for reminding me about the bare root cutting technique. I think I will dig some whole plants up and try to root all parts. 
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