Roses from a Cutting

Discussion in 'Roses' started by Maximus, Apr 21, 2010.

  1. Maximus

    Maximus Apprentice Gardener

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    Hello everyone.

    My friend is a florist and she received a delivery of beautiful red roses, hybrid teas I think (although I must admit I don't know much about them except that they are gorgeous). I bought one of the stems and decided to try and grow a plant from the cutting. Here's what I did exactly; I filled a pot with soil, made a hole through the soil with a knitting needle, cut the bottom inch of the stem at 45 degrees and made cuts at a few other places along the stem too and rubbed them with some organic growth hormone powder. The stem had no leaves but still had the flower head attached. I put the cutting into the hole in the soil so that just the flower head was outside. I put an empty glass jar over the flower to keep the whole cutting humid.
    It has been in there for around a month now and I have kept it well watered. The problem is, the flower is just about completely dead now. I understand that this isn't a bad sign, the flower would die anyway but I'm afraid that if I leave it in there it will rot and cause the stem some unnecessary trouble but I'm not sure whether I'm allowed to remove the jar for even a few mins to get the flower out of there and also can the cutting, at this early stage, take the trauma of having the flower head removed?

    This is the first time I have tried to grow something from a cutting so any help on this issue or any other advice you can give me about growing roses from a cutting would be much appreciated. Thank you.

    Max
     
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    Hi Maximus Most florists Roses have no single name and usually come from abroad ,I havent tried that method,Its what I call the American way,I know it can take anything up to 9 months under the jar and I would have removed the flower head before I had planted it,and then carried on watering it just as it was a normal Rose,but I cannot really help much as I have said ,I really like to comment on Rose growing methods and caring on the ways that I have successfully tried and tested ,and then I know that they work,but on saying all that please let me know how you get on as I am really interested in your Rose cutting project thank you:)
     
  3. Maximus

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    Thanks for the reply wiseoldowl,
    I was unaware there was any other method that differed greatly from this one, during my research all i could find was this method and variations of it. Will keep you posted on how it goes. Hopefully someone will be familiar with this method.
     
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    Hi Maximus I usually Take Hardwood cuttings which for me is the simplest method(but this is only my personal opinion)I take these in the Autumn,about 9inches (220mm) long,These should be of well ripened wood which has grown during the previous five months,I root them outdoors ,but they do as a rule Callus during the Winter,and not root until the following Summer.I tend to leave them in Situ for 1 year before I dig them up and transplant them.My rate of success is variable,some varieties are easy to root,and I find some are almost impossible,hope this has been of some help to you:)
     
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