How to Propagate Snowberry Bushes
- 1). Fill a small, 4-inch pot with potting medium. It should be contain of a mixture of sand, peat and perlite. If you are making your own, use equal parts of these three mediums. If you are buying potting soil, choose one that contains these three ingredients.
- 2). Cut off a 4 to 8 inch tip from a healthy shoot on a healthy snowberry bush. Do so in the early morning with the plants are fully hydrated. You can do this in the summer on new growth or in the late fall on mature wood.
- 3). Cut off the leaves off the bottom 2 inches of the snowberry stem. Otherwise, they will rot in the soil.
- 4). Apply a rooting hormone or auxin compound to the bottom 2 inches of the snowberry stem, following label instructions.
- 5). Make a 2-inch hole in the rooting medium and plant the snowberry cutting in it. Gently pack the soil around the cutting. Do not stick the cutting into the soil without making a hole first, so you don't rub off the rooting hormone.
- 6). Water the snowberry cutting so the soil is slightly moist, and cover the cutting with a glass or plastic cover, such as a bottomless, clean milk jug. If you took a hardwood cutting in the late fall, it does not need a cover.
- 7). Place the snowberry cutting away from direct sunlight. Check on it every day to keep the soil moist and remove fallen leaves. In a few weeks, tug on the snowberry cutting. It is resists, it is rooting successfully. After it roots, take off the cover, repot it in all-purpose potting soil and gradually introduce it to direct sunlight over a two- to three-week period.
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