Cuttings or subsidence? Advantages and disadvantages
Both cuttings and subsidence propagation are a vegetative form of reproduction, where you basically create clones of the respective mother plant. For this reason, only healthy and strong-growing virgin vines should be considered for propagation, as any negative properties - such as susceptibility to diseases or growth problems - are also transferred to the offshoots. Otherwise, both forms of propagation offer various advantages and disadvantages.
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Cuttings should overwinter frost-free
Cuttings, for example, are cut down immediately from the mother plant and also take root much faster than sinkers. On the other hand, however, they are also more sensitive, shrink more quickly and also have to overwinter frost-free in a warm, but bright place, no more than 12 degrees Celsius. In addition, they require more care than sinkers, as they have to be watered regularly.
Lowering plants are separated from the mother plant late
Sinkers, on the other hand, remain connected to the mother plant and are also supplied by it until they have developed enough roots for independent growth - but this can easily take up to a year. But lowerers are less sensitive, do not have to overwinter frost-free (but should receive winter protection in the form of brushwood) and also require less maintenance.
Propagate maiden vines using lowerers
And this is how you multiply your wild wine with the help of sinkers:
- Bend a suitable shoot down to the bottom.
- Remove the leaves in the middle
- as well as any existing inflorescences and fruit stands.
- Cut the shoot diagonally in the middle,
- but without cutting it.
- Dig a shallow hollow below the shoot
- and plant it there with the cut part facing down.
- Fix the shoot with a bent wire or stone.
- Keep the area slightly moist.
Tips
In the first two winters, the young plants should be covered with brushwood and / or leaves, at least in the root area, to protect them from the cold. Older specimens are significantly less sensitive to frost and other adverse weather conditions.
