I am adjusting the layout of my garden this winter, and will have to store my raspberry plants in 5 gallon buckets (when they go dormant) while I build their new raised beds . I want to have a couple backup plants in case I kill a couple of my current batch.
I am having a bit of trouble trying to propagate my plants from clippings. It looks like they all keep dying and the leaves are wilting and drying.
My system is as follows: I take a healthy looking stem, place about 3/4 nodes (leaves clipped off) in some fruiting and flowering potting soil, I make sure the soil has a healthy soaking before planting the cuttings, and then I have been keeping the soil moist (or trying to).
Anybody have any tips or advice on how to go about doing this?
I would appreciate any input. We are completely new to gardening and got a little carried away this year. We ended up having so much produce we started a farm stand for charity. We are sending all proceeds to Alex's Lemonade Stand (childhood cancer support). I hope next year we will be able to add some fruit to our stand, as we plan on doing this every year. Here is a link to the news story about us if anybody is interested.
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com...
