Putting gooseberry prunings to good use

I recently bought and planted some gooseberry bushes and cut back the main stems to promote bushiness, Rather than wasting the prunings, I inserted them into a pot of growing compost and left them to root. A month or so later, all have rooted with no requirement for rooting compound or special care and attention. The pot was left outside and watered by our generous rainfall. Blackcurrants, red and whitecurrants can be easily propagated from leafless previous season's growth taken from prunings.  In the case of blackcurrants which are very easy to propagate, make sure that healthy growth is selected without any signs of abnormally big buds indicating  gall mite damage. 

I obtained 100% success with these cuttings and all have started to grow strongly and will give me plants for my gooseberry hedge in the autumn. This is a good return on an investment of a few minutes of my time and a small quantity of potting compost. 

Hardwood cuttings of gooseberry made from prunings