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Beverly Ramee, July 15, 2005 Rec'd the following from a family friend who is about to turn 90, in response to my rose pictures. I wondered if any of you have heard of the method she describes of propogating roses and if you think it can work in our climate? "So very beautiful Bev. Thanks for sharing. When I had my home on L.I, in the sixties, I used to cut stems from my rose bushes, that was left to me from the orig owner. I would do it end of fall and stick in ground, cover with mayonaise jars and after the snow and winter, in spring when I would remove the jar, new little lite green leaves were there and stem was rooted. I used to be amazed. Miss all that. Lucille"
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| 7/16/05 Yup, it sure will. I have done this also, in late fall. These can be done with hardwood cuttings, I used canning jars, (same difference as mayo jars) and put them right up against the foundation on the south side of the house with a evergreen branch loosely over the jars so when the sun hits it, you won't roast the cutting. This is the way Ralph Snodsmith on the Garden Hotline (Sunday mornings 8-10 a.m. on radio station 56AM) tells to propagate cuttings. Some people just do it anytime, put a cutting in the ground under the mother bush, with a jar over it, and when it roots leave it there till the following spring etc. and plant it where you want it to grow. Give these a try, what have you got to loose. Just don't have the jar/cutting where the sun will be right on it. You do not have to cut the cuttings at an angle. Rooting hormone can always help. The old timers used to take those old garden roses and just stick them in the ground, and they got a good rose bush. Those OGRs rooted alot easier, tho. You ought to get a cutting of Mary Ann's (I think that is your neighbor and friend's name) really old bush, that would be a great rose to have. Good luck with your propagating! Be careful, tho, it becomes addicting. You get so you look at roses and wonder if you can get a cutting, and make it grow for you!
Joan Gotlibson |
| 7/17/05 I agree with Joan. It is addicting. I had about 60 of cuttings going last season in my green house. I had about 15 of them rooting nicely. I planted them all in the garden last fall. Most of them did not make the first winter in my garden. I should have them grow bigger before planting them in the garden. I think the one that you could just stick it in the ground is the best way to go. In addition, Kay also have the same experience that I have. Attached is an article Charlee gave it to me in regard to propagating roses from cutting. Hope you enjoy reading it!
Sari Hou |
| 7/18/05 This method may work for us in the spring. The jar is like a greenhouse, but I suspect that it will not work with the Maine winter. She also probably propagated old garden-very hard-roses. There is the danger of it getting too hot in the jar-greenhouse and wilting the plant.
Jerry Cinnamon |
| 7/18/05 Sure it works but it sounds so pathetic. In the fall, after pruning, take vigorous canes the diameter of pencils, put them in an insulated framehouse. leave the to few leaves intact. the frame should be in a warm Southerly exposure. you can dip the bottom end in rooting compound but this really a shamanic gesture. Wait at least to April when roots have developed. Remove your cutting intact with root ball and transplant into the garden. Use the metal garden tags when you take the canes from the mother plant in the fall. If the mother plant is not virused then yank out the mother plant and replace it with your rooted cutting. Use the Combined Rose List for nomenclature. Have a rosey future!
Gary O'Neil |
