Help Me Propagate

Discussion in 'Rosa (roses)' started by JAMIEBOYROD, Jun 13, 2007.

  1. JAMIEBOYROD

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    Have Had No Luck Propagating My- Señoritas Platicando- Rose Bush. Have Tried The Dip An Plastic Bag Method With Worse Results .would Like To Try And Graft A Stem Or Two Any Tips Anyone???? Getting Kindda Desperate...
     
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    Weekend Gardener Active Member 10 Years

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    I have had great success using some variations or other of the method best described by Mel Hulse. I notice that you are in Yucatan, Mexico. Could it be that it's very hot where you are? Trying to keep cuttings from wilting can be a real challenge under those circumstances.

    You have nothing to lose with air layering. As a bonus, you will get plants which are at least a season's growht ahead of rooted cuttings. This article provides fairly clear instructions. As you can see, you do not need any specialised equipment. If you live in a hot sunny climate, protect the rooting medium from being over heated by providing some sort of shading.

    This article from the College of the Virgin Islands gives another good account, and describes other types of layering. You do not need sphagnum moss as the rooting medium - I use a soilless compost. I have had good success with a standard professional potting mix (Sunshine #4), even though it is charged with a bit of fertiliser in it.
     
  4. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    Try taking cuttings during the cool season. Roses can be rooted from both softwood and hardwood cuttings. Here the easiest method is take take cuttings of mature growth in fall and insert it in sandy ground, without a covering.

    Some kinds of roses root more easily than others.
     
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    I recently moved to alabama from indiana. I have had real problems rooting rose cuttings because of the heat down here. The best results for me have been with softwood cuttings dipped in rootone and stuck in 50% peat 50% sand. I bought an inexpensive mister and fog them about every hour. I just turn on the water and then turn it off. It runs for about ten minutes. The mister uses about 1 gallon of water per nossle, per hour. I have alse noticed that all cuttings take longer to root in high air temps. I also have a plastic house (shaded) to keep the humidity up.
    good luck!!!!
     
  6. JAMIEBOYROD

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    HI, THANKS FOR REPLIES....SHOULD ONE USE A ROOTING PRODUCT ONCE ONE HAS WOUNDED DE STEAM - BEFORE WRAPPING IN THE MOSS AND PLASTIC?
    IF THE -little pqt -DRIES OUT DOES ONE RE MOISTURIZE?say maybe with a syringe?
    CAN ONE BEND THE STEAM -to be grafted-AND BURY IN THE SOIL OR IS IT BETTER TO KEEP THE WOUNDED STEAM- IN PLAIN AIR-WHILE ROOTS DEVELOP?
    WILL SHADDING CUTTING STUN THE PLANT? GRACIAS
     
  7. alabama

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    when you root a cutting never let the soil dry out. You must also keep the humidity high around the cutting. When you take your cutting cut just below a leaf axil. (where the leaf comes out of the stem). Dip it in some rooting powder and stick it in sand and peat. If you have no rooting powder rub some human sweat on the wound. Place it in a cool but bright place. Do not put in direct sunlight. Also select a cutting with the bloom on it, cut the bloom off before you stick it I like to bury at least two leaf axils in the medium and leave two above ground. you can place it in a small well drained pot and put a two liter bottle over it. Wait about six weeks and see if roots are coming out of the bottom of the pot. If they are you are ready to place it in some good dirt. Make sure once it is rooted you slowly adjust the plant to the lower humidity.
     

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