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How to Propagate Elderberry Cuttings on your Property! Free Food! #homestead

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What happens here

After planting, regularly check the area for new sprouts emerging from the mulch. The speaker plans to create an elderberry hedge in this manner. It's crucial to plant elderberries in a location where they can be easily maintained. Once the elderberries start to ripen, be vigilant for birds and deer, as they can devastate the crop. Consider using a bird net to protect the berries if harvesting is your goal. While this video doesn't demonstrate rooting hormone application, it is a common practice in stem cutting propagation to stimulate root development; however, elderberry is known for its ease of rooting without additional hormones when conditions are right.

Goal: Regularly monitor the planted area for new growth and protect the developing plants from pests, especially when berries begin to ripen.

Tools and materials

  • Bird net (optional)

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elderberry plant. You don't want that dyed crappy mulch from the store. You want to get some all natural stuff if you possibly can. But you can see just how simple it was. And all I'm going to do is go right down through here and plant more elderberry bushes. What I want to do is pretty much create an elderberry hedge right here. If you want to harvest elderbererries for yourself, don't do this way way off from your house. If you've got a large acreage, don't do this way off from your house cuz you won't be able to maintain it. You've got to keep an eye on it. And when the elderberries start to get ripe, you may even have to put a bird net over it because birds and deer will devastate them. So now you know how to grow elderberries.

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