Rose Cuttings
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| Posted by: ravenhawk |
| I was given a beautiful white rose out of a flower arrangement. Its actually three roses on one main stem. I was told I could dip it in root hormone and plant it and it would grow a new plant. Is this true? |
| Posted by: MrSeedy |
| I guess some people do save the old stems from cut roses and root them for new plants and I guess it's not hard. Just remove the old dead flowers, and remove the lowest set or so of leaves, leaving on a few sets of leaves, dip the end of the cut roses in rooting hormone and stick the cuttings in soil , and cover the whole thing with a plastic cover or glass jar, til the rose has rooted. I must say however, I've never had lots of luck doing so, but am assured that my directions are basically correct. Bright light is necessary as well, I'd assume. |
| Posted by: ravenhawk |
| Well these roses are beautiful so i will give it a try and call it my latest experiment. Thanks for the info |
| Posted by: TransplantShock |
| I've had some good and some bad luck with that. I used to spend a lot of time at flower shows and I would take the roses home and try to root them. I got some great specimens that way like my favorite....'old blush'. Some roses are easier to start then others. Florist roses are another case....often they don't make very good garden roses as they are more prone to disease (they must be sprayed all the time) and are more for greenhouse growing. Just make a fresh cut right below a leaf node at an angle and make sure you can bury at least 3 leaf nodes, dip it in hormone (i never did but I heard it helps) then put it in seed starting mix or even just perlite with a cover to keep it humid. Keep out of direct sun until you are sure there are roots formed. |
| Posted by: Goddessemer6 |
| I was just reading up about rooting from cuttings yesterday and I read something that I didn't know before. The article said to use scissors to cut off the lower leafs but to leave a nub on the stem because the leaf nubs will turn into roots. Good Luck! Keep us posted on how it goes! |
| Posted by: MrSeedy |
I forgot to say that it sometimes helps to give the stems a fresh cut above the old one at the bottom, and it does help to cut just below a leaf node. It's true that many of the florist roses aren't always the hardiest ones, and a few years ago a florist gave some beautiful roses to some people where I work , which is right around the corner from the florist shop. The likes of those roses I'd never seen in any catalog. I suspect they were some of those imported ones, grown in South America, and those varieties most likely wouldn't take much cold in the average northern garden.
I was tempted to ask for one just to try a cutting , but doubting the hardiness of those particular roses , I didn't bother trying. |
| Posted by: MrSeedy |
| What's that old saying , "A watched pot-------------"? Anyway , despite the fact that I've never had much luck rooting tea roses , but have with the miniatures, and the fact that procedures should normally be followed if you want success with rooting anything, I pulled a last piece of my dieing "Royal Velvet" red tea rose out of the ground to examine the small piece I'd cut off, what remained of the mother plant, and which I had just haphazardly stuck " any old place" in my garden to see if it might root with no attention whatsoever! To my surprise and a little dismay, I saw a small root sticking out the stem after being there for just a couple of weeks and with all the cold weather on top of that. The dismay comes from the fact. that you should in general not pull those cuttings out to examine them for root growth at early stages, since you can yank the young roots right off, or even damage them when sticking the roots back in the ground. Now, if I haven't screwed the whole attempt up, I may still see a small miracle with that very haphazard and lazy attempt at saving a favorite rose. I'm afraid my lazy "streak" is taking over , the older I get. Oh my!!! My impatience as well!! |
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