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That's interesting. I might try a similar setup to see how it works.
Propagating Roses from Bouquet Cuttings
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Great tutorial s on rose prop. Thank you 
. Worth a shot.
. Worth a shot.
Crealcritter
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I found what I believe to be a decent website for propagating roses. I would just paste the link but my secure browser has blocked 22 (and climbing) ads and other creepy things contained within the page. So I'll summarize the steps here.
1) Take a 45 degree cutting under water of the long stem rose to try and propagate. The bottom cut should be above the leaf node. The cutting should contan 3 or 4 healthy leaf nodes
2) Coat the bottom with rooting hormone but don't coat the bottom leaf node with rooting hormone and allow to dry approximately 2 minutes.
3) Place the cutting in clear jar with about about an inch or so of spring water. Being careful not to submerge the lower leaf node in water or else the stem will rot (turn brown / black).
4) Place a plastic baggie over top of the jar to create humidity dome and hold in heat. Set jar in indierct sunlight. A window sill or artifical lighting should be ok.
5) Change water every 2 to 3 days with fresh spring water. Pay attention to the waterline so you can fill it similarly. It's important to not submerge the bottom leaf node or the stem will rot.
6) You should notice new leafs buds forming from the leaf nodes after 7 to 10 days. This is when you remove the plastic baggie. Contine to change spring water every 2 to 3 days.
7) Within 14 to 21 days you'll notice the bottom of the stem will split and the first roots will emerge from the split.
8) Pot up and keep the soil moist but not water logged.
Sorry I'm not near as eloquent a writer as the web page author is.
Based on my reseach from several sources. I think there are a couple of important things to note. First make all cuts underwater. Cuttings should contain 3 to 4 healthy leaf nodes. Probably the most important is don't bury or submerge the bottom leaf node or the cutting will rot from the bottom up.
I am going to try this spring water technique and also with soil instead of water here within the next few weeks. I'll update this thread when I do. I've not tried to root rose cuttings before but I have sucessfully air-layered roses to produce a rooted clones and now that I think about it my sucessfully air-layers is when I scraped the stem, removed thorns and applied rooting hormone in-between leaf nodes.
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1) Take a 45 degree cutting under water of the long stem rose to try and propagate. The bottom cut should be above the leaf node. The cutting should contan 3 or 4 healthy leaf nodes
2) Coat the bottom with rooting hormone but don't coat the bottom leaf node with rooting hormone and allow to dry approximately 2 minutes.
3) Place the cutting in clear jar with about about an inch or so of spring water. Being careful not to submerge the lower leaf node in water or else the stem will rot (turn brown / black).
4) Place a plastic baggie over top of the jar to create humidity dome and hold in heat. Set jar in indierct sunlight. A window sill or artifical lighting should be ok.
5) Change water every 2 to 3 days with fresh spring water. Pay attention to the waterline so you can fill it similarly. It's important to not submerge the bottom leaf node or the stem will rot.
6) You should notice new leafs buds forming from the leaf nodes after 7 to 10 days. This is when you remove the plastic baggie. Contine to change spring water every 2 to 3 days.
7) Within 14 to 21 days you'll notice the bottom of the stem will split and the first roots will emerge from the split.
8) Pot up and keep the soil moist but not water logged.
Sorry I'm not near as eloquent a writer as the web page author is.
Based on my reseach from several sources. I think there are a couple of important things to note. First make all cuts underwater. Cuttings should contain 3 to 4 healthy leaf nodes. Probably the most important is don't bury or submerge the bottom leaf node or the cutting will rot from the bottom up.
I am going to try this spring water technique and also with soil instead of water here within the next few weeks. I'll update this thread when I do. I've not tried to root rose cuttings before but I have sucessfully air-layered roses to produce a rooted clones and now that I think about it my sucessfully air-layers is when I scraped the stem, removed thorns and applied rooting hormone in-between leaf nodes.
Jesus is Lord and Christ
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flowerbug
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the only thing i'll add is that cuttings only need one leaf on them, some people leave too many leaves on the cuttings and that can pull too much moisture out of the cutting before the roots have a chance to form.
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Blueberry Acres
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Thank you so much for sharing! I was considering starting a few cuttings as a winter project, so I will use this method if I end up doing it.
Crealcritter
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Reaching out to a few friends over the weekend, who replied this morning. They suggested to use course sand instead of soil for the soil now sand method. Makes sense... sand is more sterile than soil. Also sand is looser making it easier to root in.
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Crealcritter
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Based on my reseach it seems that most everyone cuts all the leaves off just leaving the leaf stem. I suspect moisture levels (humidity) is a critical factor in sucess vs failure. IDK... but we'll find out soon enough.
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