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| asnedecor |
Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 8:08:08 PM
I have been doing a bit of research on how to start a new rose from cuttings. I am just about ready to do some pruning and I promised farmgirl Rusticcottage a start from my fairy rose. Everything I read sounds a bit involved. Fairy roses grow pretty easily, kinda like a weed, so I can't imagine starting a new plant could be very hard. Don't I just need some good potting soil that is not too compact to start the rose? Any ideas out there? This is a first for me to purposely start a plant, most of the time I am digging up volunteer starts from stuff.
Anne in Portland (City of Roses)
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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| OregonGal |
Posted - Feb 28 2006 : 5:37:46 PM
Hi Anne,
I have a how to on rose propagation - i did one last year and would be happy to send you
the how to. If you email me your name and address I'll send it out to you. It says to start
with a stem with leaves and a rose on it. Email me if you'd like to have the very easy
directions.
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| asnedecor |
Posted - Feb 28 2006 : 06:51:39 AM
Thanks everyone for the information. I think my fairy rose is an old rose, because I got it as a start from my mom and it is the same as the original bush it came off of. Also my neighbor took a few cuttings last year and was able to start them, but because this is the first year for them to bloom we'll have to wait and see if he got the same rose - I think he will. I will use a lot of cuttings and hope to get one or two started. I will let you know how this works out.
Anne
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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| Shirley |
Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 11:51:38 PM
You can start roses with cuttings, But unless it is a very old or heirloom rose, one that has no grafts, it will come out as the rose that they used for grafting , which is usually a little red single kinda no apeal rose.
I have started them from my grandmothers rose that she had, which were old heirloom one without hybred grafting .
I just put them right into the grown, but it probably would be better to start in water or rooting powder stuff lol
sometimes if you plant a grafted rose below the graft, what you get is the graft that comes up and usually ya loose the real nice rose like was on the package.
shirley |
| realme52 |
Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 9:11:55 PM
A few months ago, my husband and I visited the "Rose Emporium" here in TX, a giant rose-growing "farm". Even though I have never tried this myself, here is what they told people to do if the wanted to propagate roses (they were talking heritage ones, not over-bred, I don't know what kind your fairy rose is):
take the cutting,which should have as many leaves as possible, dip the end (cut on an angle) in water to moisten, then dip it into rooting hormone, shake off excess. Insert into a small pot that contains seed growing medium (I think that is basically soil-less "dirt" that can retain moisture fairly long), water and cover with a clear plastic bag, secure bottom with rubber band. This needs to be done, because as long as the rose has no roots, it needs to take in moisture through the leaves. Mist leaves often, to make sure it doesn't dry out. When roots have formed, water regularly and remove bag. Transplant when pot becomes too small and outside conditions allow.
Good luck! I would probably do a few like that, in case some don't make it!
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Feb 27 2006 : 8:32:32 PM
arn't roses alot of times grafted onto different root stock? I think sometimes they don't grow true to form from a stem cutting..but I could be wrong. My grandma used to do it all the time with old roses...She dipped the cuttings cut at a slant in root-tone and then planted them..keeping a plastic bag over them for awhile. I am sure you could do it..just wondering if you would get the same rose you hope for. I hope so! I love roses and have had terrible luck growing them here.
Jenny in Utah
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