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RE: Pruning- Ancestor roses

Welcome Trevor,

Can't raise any roses ? Bummer... How sweet to have a rose for Ray.
Very touching. 

I'm a believer in own-root roses. I've just started playing with
propagating. Did you use root-hormone ?  Did you set them in a shady
place ? Any tips ? I started over 100 cuttings this spring, about 25
were looking great. So I moved them to the garden (from the north
side of the house to the south side) in shady areas, under plastic
pop tops. They all died. I now have about 50 cutting back under
plastic on the north side. If I remember to water they might make it.
Plan to put up a garden shed, just beyond the south rose garden and a
propagation bed on the back, north side of that.

Do most rose suppliers in NZ also sell own-root roses ?

I don't know what a J bug is, but I do have aphids and sometimes
thrip. 

Sincerely,       
Carleen Rosenlund of Rainier, Oregon -USDA-8
Sweetbriar - Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
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> From: Trevor Cooper <t.cooper@xtra.co.nz>

> > >Do you have many of your father's and grandfather's roses ?
> 
> Another new list member (Rays dad)this is my first attempt at
> communicating to a list .The north island of new zealand is very
mild as
> ray said ,the south island is alot colder but still good rose
country.
> Neither ray nor I have roses from my father as he didnt start
growing
> until he retired.I used to grow a lot of cuttings before I moved to
the
> coast but dont have much room for a garden now as i`m on a hill
> overlooking the sea so i`m exposed to gale winds laden with salt
spray.
> Most home gardeners in NZ propogate by cuttings not by grafting.
> Question ,what is a J Bug ? Our main bugs are aphid and scale
insects
> and are easy to control.
>                    trevor.
> > 
> > One of my mothers favourite roses was 'Fragrant Cloud'. Either
mum or dad
> > has taken a cutting and dad looked after it and did whatever you
do to a
> > cutting and that was the time my mum suddenly passed away. I got
that
> > cutting and planted it and I don't know how, but it grew. It now
has prime
> > position in my garden. It is really special to me.
> > 
> > >Does he cultivate or propagate any of his own roses ?
> > Well, my dad will get this message and maybe, he might take the
plunge and
> > answer....
> > Ray
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