red currant taking off after potting up

red currant taking off after potting up. this is a good result, these will be large enough to send out as a one year plant, I may even need to pot them up because currants can quickly grow a large root system. part of the challenge with rooting softwood is getting the cuttings to resume growth after rooting at a time of year when the daylight is reducing and plants are transitioning to hardening off. Starting them early helps, I’m also about to add supplemental light in the greenhouse in the evenings called “greenhouse forcing” to convince the plants that the day length is still more like June. If I rooted this currant in mid august, there’s a good chance it would not have grown any more until next year, a challenge for some species that affects winter survival. #propagation #redcurrants