Re: Propagating Roses

>am trying to propagate from the surviving rose bushes.  I have taken
>cuttings, used rooting hormone, tried some with humidity bags and some
>without.  I've tried five cuttings and failed five times.
>Renata

I did one sort of by accident for my move three weeks ago.  In July, I
took a cutting from my favorite rose bush and used rooting hormone and
stuck it into sand/dirt mix.  I fully intended to baby it and put it in a
ziploc and coddle it all winter. . . . well . . . . . we all know about
best laid plans . . . . 

I chucked it in with the rest of my plants on my son's sleds and just
left 'em out in the sun.  Watered regularly until I could get my plants
into the ground.  I reached to plant the last pot and here is this
perfectly miniature rose bush!!!  One tiny (4" or less) stalk filled with
leaves and a few miniscule buds!!!!!(which I cut off immediately)  I had
completely forgotten abou the little darlin'.  All the others that I've
coddled over the years have succumbed.  I forget about this beauty and it
flourishes!

There is a rose list (www.mallorn.com) that has one poster that will send
you a long list of things he does to propagate roses.  His instructions
are straightforward and reasonable.  Perhaps you can search the archives
over there and find it.

Good luck.

Pat
USDA Zone 5 Milwaukee suburb - Wisconsin
Pat-Mitchell@juno.com


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