You can take a gooseberry cutting by layering it, this means you take a new pliable shoot (no need to get the bush drunk) and pin it to the earth, remove any thorns that will be beneath soil level, cover over the shoot at the base with good mix of soil and compost. In a few months you will have a healthy bush that you can cut free from the main bush - this is the way I have always done it and I haven't lost any. Takes time but the results are rewarding.

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