I would personally suggest potting up bands until they have the chance to establish a good root system. While some have had success planting bands directly in the ground, as a fellow Texan I would advise against it. Our weather is so unpredictable that the risk of the bands suffering a sudden scorching wind or a soggy, rainy day would be something to consider. My own band which i recently acquired is potted in a one gallon pot where it receives mainly morning sun and then a break from the afternoon heat.

Altogether, bands appreciate a nutrient rich, loose soil. Their little roots may have a difficult time pushing through more compacted varieties of soil, so I would give them plenty of room to stretch in a loose composition if they are not particularly vigorous.

Josh

Good luck!
ogrose

We pot bands up to 1-G.
Watch for roots coming out the bottom.
When you see that, you can pot up to 5-G -- to make a really mature plant in a few months.
OR, you can plant the 1-G (which we never do, but our garden is chaos).

The thing is -- 1-G plants are very portable. You can move them into a more sheltered location, at need. The only caution is, as noted above, make sure they get enough water.

Jeri

Ingrid

Planting bands is not for the faint of heart like me.

Diane

This is an amazing statement to make when a thread on the topic was on the first page of this forum when you posted.

It still is. You didn't see it? (link below)

More amazing is all the responses here with the existence of the other thread. I guess folks don't realize how much more difficult information is to find when it is too many places.

On the other hand, maybe they realize that precise thing. One never knows.

I compare it to library reference books - there may be an old book that is the only source of some specific information, out of circulation and unavailable on the market, and held in a library but categorized as reference - so the only way to read it is to travel to that library and read it there.

I wonder how most people find this forum. I also wonder how people can be internet savvy enough to post on a forum but not know how to use a search feature or search engine.

These comments are not directed at you specifically, Debbie1776, but your post is a great example of my point.

Navigating forums isn't ALWAYS straightforward. No harm, no foul.

Ask away.

Jeri

The information provided as answers, however, is very similar.

BUT if one compares the two threads, the information provided in this one absolutely PALES in comparison to the quantity of specific information in the linked thread.

I, for one, post primarily to be as fully helpful as possible when answering a question from a novice.

If novices can't be expected to ALWAYS navigate a forum, what prevents the experienced folk who have answered the question before from linking to the earlier thread with their answer? Or to a valuable previous thread containing more information?

If you, like me, are SINCERE in your desire to help novices and others alike, then please consider my point about "too much information," and how you can help remedy this by linking to existing threads with good information or with the same answers you would resubmit.

I can tell you from experience that posting links is very simple. Folks post photos, the links can't be anywhere near as difficult because, for example, I can do it.

Fact is, only the individual has control and responsibility for how an individual reacts and feels. This is also true of how an individual perceives the written word which doesn't have a voice providing the tones that tell us how it is meant. As experienced members of an online community, we are supposed to understand these things and first question how we are reading a post. Are we imposing OUR interpretation on the post rather than hearing the author's intent?

And just as significant a question: is diverting the topic to feelings avoiding the real issue at hand?

Anyone who has read my posts should by now understand foremost and very clearly that I am sincere. I am sincere in my attempts to be helpful and sincere in all that I post here. I also sincerely oppose bad behavior and rudeness as I have demonstrated.

I attempt to assist the novice and everyone I can because I want America to truly be America the beautiful in every sense of the phrase.

All my posts, just as anyone else's, are available through the search feature (link below).

A study of mine reveals my sincerity - it isn't a case of "one never knows" with me. My motives are pretty clear.

Now, let us remember the point of my post which is encouraging the use of links to older threads and why this is a good thing.

I don't know where you're located, but I live in Carrollton, and will be taking cuttings later this Fall. Email me if you're interested in rooting!
ogrose

Best wishes for successful rose growing.