Why Blackcurrant Cuttings Need to Be Planted at a 45-Degree Angle: An Unexpected Discovery

Experienced gardeners know this themselves and advise young ones: blackcurrant cuttings should be planted at an angle of 45 degrees.

Where the roots of this belief come from is explored by the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .

Reason #1

To understand why such requirements are imposed on currants, let us recall: the soil warms up best from above, and the heavier the soil, the slower the warming process.

So, if your garden has black soil or clay soil, when you plant the cutting at an angle, most of it will be at a shallower depth, at a warmer temperature.

Hence the conclusion: the roots will grow more intensively, and the formed root system will be more powerful.

Reason #2

Let's return to the theory again: buds form on the cutting underground, which are destined to become zero shoots.

If you choose a slanted planting method rather than a vertical one, more buds will awaken with the onset of spring (the reason is the same - a significant part of the cutting is in warm soil).

Reason #3

Here, again, we are talking about buds: bushes grown from a cutting planted at an angle will form a more regular crown.

In this case, zero shoots will not grow horizontally and obliquely, but, on the contrary, straight, upward and at different points.