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To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:11
PM
Subject: Roses
I live in the Los Gatos area near San Jose CA. I have over 60 rose
bushes in my garden including mutabilis. Noticed the mention of growing
it from a slip. Many of my roses are grown from slips and just a
reminder this is the perfect time of year in California to do just that.
Cold and rainy. I realize most of you on this list know how to do this,
but for those few who have not tried this:
Pick a stem that has many strong leaf nodes, keep it in water until you
are ready but do this quick. Take the lower leaves off, take off
any flowers or hips, put at least 3 healthy leaf nodes under ground, leaving
2-3 above ground. We just stick them into the soil. If you do not
get rains then water but we have had success doing this and merely letting the
rains do the job.
If someone gives you a bouquet, quickly add cheap aspirin to the water or
a few sprigs of willow branch. As soon as you get home with your
bouquet, pick those that have the strongest leaf nodes you can use, cut the
flower off the top, cut the lower leaves off, again, put at least 3 healthy
leaf nodes underground or in a pot with lots of pearlite or vermiculite
mixed with some soil and keep wet but well drained. Set outside.
This will probably not work from flower shop roses depending on where they
come from and how they have been raised. Works well from friends garden
roses.
Hope this is of use to someone!
Carolyn
