Well, knock on wood, but it seems my little experiment with cuttings from rose bushes has worked reasonably well.
I "borrowed" cuttings from rose bushes around my area earlier this winter, planted them in pots with potting mix and the growing ends dipped into a mix of cinnamon, nutmeg powder and castor sugar .
Then I cut off the bases of either 1.5 or 2 litre plastic drink bottles, placed them tightly over the cuttings with the screw caps removed and left them in the a place where they were protected from most frosts but got the best of sunlight available.
24 cuttings in total, 18 successfully sprouting including 2 cuttings from a thornless Rose Bush as well.
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Robecology
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Aug 20, 2021
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See today's reply posted for @JackPedigo below.
Please post some pictures of the roses.
JackPedigo
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Aug 19, 2021
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I would but they area wee bit small at the moment, give them a good 12 months and I'll be planting them out into garden beds and then should see some flowers.
Just for you @JackPedigo, 7 of the total of 18 out of 24.
Though I only have kept 14 for my own gardens because I've given 4 others to friends for their gardens.
@Triphid Lots of seedlings. Can Roses be grafted.
@JackPedigo FYI, they ARE NOT seedling Roses by any shape, means or form, THEY ARE 100% Rose Cuttings collected and set to growing by my own hands.
As to grafting, the way ONLY to know is to try it for yourself.
BTW, Roses grown from seeds would NOT be even half that size by now since they ONLY begin to sprout above the ground, IF you are extremely lucky that is, in late Spring-Early Summer and it is still Winter here btw.
@Triphid I was curious so looked up grafting. I did this all the time with fruit trees and often got multiple types on one tree. The same be done for roses and you can get a bush with multiple colors. This bud grafting as opposed to the more common (at least with tree fruit) scion grafting.
Congrats and thanks for the info!
itsmedammit
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Aug 19, 2021
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No probs, always only too glad to share any info I pick up when it comes to gardening in particular.
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