Gardening and Horticulture - Propagating Roses

I have a large vine like rose bush. Every year it produces beautiful roses. I would like to reproduce it and plant the new bush in another area. I did take a stem off and attempted to plant it after leaving it in water but no results. My question is how do I reproduce this bush from the original bush? Thank you. Alibaba :confused:

I created a new thread for this because it is a separate topic.

Propagating roses is a bit more than what you have done.

Here is a link on the subject.

http://www.rosemagazine.com/pages/propagating.asp

Hope this helps.

I believe I have the same type of roses as you have. Its a vine-like bush and produces beautiful roses every year. I cut branches of stems off the plant ( Now is a good time to do this if you live in a climate about to go cold). I then cut all the leaves and sub- stems off the branch as well as some thornes. I cut the remaining large stem into 8 in. pieces. I built a large frame and covered it with plastic. I placed the stems in a large elongated planting pot.containing sand, potting soil and wood chips in that order. (Sand on the bottom for drainage) I closed the plastic cover and misted the plants every day. The 8 in stubs should be fullly submerged in the soil leaving only 1 in. above the surface. The secret is too keep the plants moist (not wet) and warm. I plan to take my project inside during the wintertime and replant in the spring. I hope this helps you. It helped me thanks to Do-it-your-self. Good luck. Alibaba

The 1st and only time I have propogated anything was roses and it was easy. So easy, I fee anyone can do it. Here' how I did it.

1. Prepair a medium - I used a large ziplock bad with Miracle Grow potting soil. I filled about 1/3 of the bad with the soil.

2. I took a 6 in cutting from a neighbors bush, with his approval, and before I cut, I made sure that the it had at least 5 leaf set. With this stem, I took a razor blade and roughed out the bottom in.

3. Put some rooting hormone on the bottom inch of the stem I had roughed up.

4. Used a pencil to create a hole in the potting soil for the cutting and the cutting in. The I pushed the soil around it to firm it up.

5. Add about a 1/3 cup of water to moisten the soil then zipped the bag up, except for the last inch.


With this, I left it next to a window and within 2 weeks, I saw roots. I was amazed at how easy this was I didn't even have to add any additional water during this time. It was easy to tell no water was needed as the water had fogged up the insides of the bag.

BTW, the crazy thing about this was that the cutting started to flower inside the bad during it's 3rd week so I replanted it into a pot, and it has been doing great!

Good luck with your cutting!

Crabjoe: You made it even simpler. Thanks I think I'll adopt your method. It seems this subject has created a lot of participation. No wonder since roses are so beautiful. Now how about a poor man's orchid. Any ideas. Again thanks. Alibaba

Alibaba,

I sure am glad you understood what I typed because I just read what I typed and some of it doesn't make any sense.

About starting an orchard, the most cost effective way I found was though a company called treesdirectonline.com. I got 2 peach, 2 apples, 3 grape vines and 2 burning bushes from them for $50, which included shipping!

One of the apple trees came in broken at the graft and when I emailed them, they sent me 3 apple trees as replacements.

The trees are on the small side, about twice the size you get from the National Arbor socity, but for the price, I felt I got a great deal.

Crabjoe you seem to be a real botanist. Very interesting. I wanted information on orchids not orchards. If you have information on this subject I'll appreciate it. Thanks again for your information. Alibaba