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| Hey ya'll. it's been a good while since I've posted. I did some "Lets just see what happens" rose propagation last year. When I tried, excitedly, to share my results with my partner...let's just say he was underwhelmed. I moved onto my BF, explaining that I did everything "wrong" and still ended up with nice results...she listened kindly and said "That's nice." So I'm sharing with you, my fellow Roseaholics. Last year, on a lark, I took a tiny twig left over from summer pruning and popped it into a 4oz kid's juice bottle full of compost. I was just curious to see if the tiny thing would root. At the same time I picked up a 4 1/2" cane (I don't know which rose it came from) I'd found in the garden after a storm. I also popped that into a tiny juice bottle but I just used garden clay. The little juice bottle I used....
I put the first, tiny, cane on my kitchen window sill. I was excited last fall when I realised that the tiny twig rooted and flourished on my damp kitchen windowsill.
I listened to advice from you guys and left it alone for a good long while. It happily overwintered in its little bottle on my windowsill. I repotted the "Twig" couple of months ago (I apologise, I couldn't get a focused pic)
I put the 2nd, storm cane in a small two tier garden greenhouse....then I promptly forgot about it. Thankfully, we had an abnormally mild winter. A week ago I found the little cane on the ground underneath the bottom tier of the greenhouse. It spent the winter/spring deprived of sun, absorbing what moisture it could, dejectedly laying half out of its yellow bottle. When I guiltily picked up the cane the bottle fell off and I saw this...
I think the heavy, boggy clay is the only reason moisture was retained. I used an old soup container to pot it up. It's been given a nice, sunny spot in the garden.
I'm really, really happy with this result. My other cuttings are healthily fairing well. Most started out in used, plastic soup containers. Here's pics of a few...
Thanks for letting me share! M
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| YEAH!!! So excited for you!! |
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- Posted by Toolbelt68 7 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 12:54
| Dang, I'm good at planting and forgetting so maybe I can get some cuttings to grow. I agree with cristi, I'm excited for you!! |
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| I am tickled. I think, more often than not, that forgetting about them is a good thing. I forgot rose cuttings in a translucent white plastic shopping bag, behind some garden tools (shaded). They grew! I never had much luck with other cuttings, that I worried about! Good Job! |
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| Congratulations! I've found sometimes the plant and forget method works the best, lol! They all look splendid! |
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| I love the hand in the first photo. That is a real gardener's hand. Congratulations on the beautiful babies. |
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- Posted by sandandsun 9a FL (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 0:01
| One of my favorite parts is that now you've definitely got own root roses! Sylvester said he thought he saw a bud - a real tweet little bud. Congratulations. |
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| I love these photos. Keep us posted. |
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- Posted by mirendajean Ireland (My Page) on Sat, Apr 26, 14 at 11:06
| Thank you! That's the fun, understanding reaction I've been looking for. You guys are feb. :-) I'd totally forgotten that I had a similar situation last May. While spring tidying the flower beds I'd discovered rose leaves peeking out of some leafmould. Apparently I'd tossed a long cane behind the bed and it's rooted over the winter. Here's its pic from May 13...
Here's pics I took today...
Ignoring and forgetting cuttings must be my special talent. :-) M |
Here is a link that might be useful: Last years post about my surprise rooted cutting.
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| Congratulations. That is something I have yet to make happen. Mine have all died. The trade off is that I have magic sucker dust in my soil. I nurse sucker children to maturity. This spring I have added a new Earth Song plant. You've got me inspired to try some cuttings again this spring! |
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