It may take one or more seasons before the layer is ready to be removed for transplanting. Tip layering is quite similar to simple layering. Dig a hole 3 to 4 inches deep. Insert the tip of a current season's shoot and cover it with soil. The tip grows downward first, then bends sharply and grows upward.
Roots form at the bend.
Remove the tip layer and plant it in late fall or early spring. Examples of plants propagated by tip layering include purple and black raspberries, and trailing blackberries. Bend the stem to the rooting medium as for simple layering, but alternately cover and expose sections of the stem. Each section should have at least one bud exposed and one bud covered with soil. Cut the plant back to 1 inch above the soil surface in the dormant season.