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- To: s*@eskimo.com
- Subject: Question about roses, cuttings and grafting (comparison)
- From: K* <g*@primenet.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:38:09 -0800
- Old-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 20:28:13 -0700
I heard something today in a plant propagation class which surprised me. The instructor, who runs a propagation dept. at a major arboreteum said that in her experience, roses which are grown from cuttings (on their own roots) are more robust, healtheir and bear more flowers than those which are grafted. (We are in Zone 9, southern california) I had always heard that roses needed to be grafted onto a good rootstock because it made them better or stronger in some way. My next door neighbor, who was born in Japan, says they did not have grafted roses when she lived there. They always grew them from cuttings. The instructor said that the reason for the grafting is economic. A quality cutting with four nodes can make two plants if grafted onto rootstock, but only one plant if grown as a cutting. And that unique new roses could get to market earlier because more could be propagated, quickly. I would love to hear some opinions on this. Thanks, Karen Zone 9a, Sunset Zone 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ So.Calif, near Descanso Gardens _\|_|_/_|_|____\|_|_|_|//___ http://www.greenheart.com/karenw/garden
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