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Rose cuttings (advice needed please)

MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
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It is my intention to take some rose cuttings and put them in pots but I have never done this before, so may i ask, do i need a particular compost? how many canes into what size pot? will they have to be kept indoors over the winter? and finally how long will they need to stay in their pots before planting out? t i a

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-take-rose-cuttings/ 

    I did some last minute cuttings the week before we moved here so September 2016 - just used a loamy compost in terracotta pots and poked pencil sized stems around the edge and watered them then let them drain.    Kept them in a sheltered spot out fo full sun and a third took.   

    I have just done some 2 or 3 weeks ago and took pencil sized cuttings which I heeled into slits made in a bed in the veggie plot.   Will have to wait and see how that goes.


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  • AlchemistAlchemist Posts: 273
    I often do what @Obelixx suggests in the 2nd half of her post and shove the cutting next to the mother plant (out of laziness). I find at least 1-2 survive the winter and the ones that haven’t go black and dry! By late spring/summer, I move/grow the rooted cuttings to a pot.

    Not sure if it’s me, but I find some roses repeatedly strike, whilst few are very rude... good luck with yours. 
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    I've done it several times with a good success rate, pretty much as described in Obelixx's link. I do them in long pots of compost mixed with perlite, no rooting hormone, and leave them in a sheltered corner for as long as possible. Good luck :)
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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