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RE: Pruning- Ancestor roses

Thanks, Trevor. A shadehouse, now I'm getting the picture. I wonder
if a small cold frame would work on the north side of a garden shed ?
 

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>

> > .Before moving to the coast in Otaki (NZ) I had about 65 roses,I
also had a shadehouse with about 200 Orchids, so when I wanted to
propogate rose cuttings I took the cuttings about one month before
normal pruning time and set them in a mixture of medium sand and pine
bark 50/50 the same mixture I used for my Pleone orchids,they were
set at about 45 degrees with about 1 1/2 inches out of the mixture. I
have never used hormones to get them going .The shadehouse was
covered with 33% shade cloth so didnt drop below 5degrees celsius
even in a frost.
> I think all comercial growers in NZ graft their cuttings onto
> rootstockas they have a better success rate also Ibelieve they are
more
> disease resistant.
>            Trevor.
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