Nighttime OT. This was our family lot (2 girls one boy). Only the youngest one (the black one) is alive today. The photo is from summer 2013, the youngest one was only 8 months old. The oldest one (on the top) was 11 at that time, she was our first dog, we got her when I was 14. My best friend during my teenage years and the best dog ever.
All lovely dogs, love the one at the top especially.. she has a look about her that I can see why she was your best friend.. ...in the Czech Republic I presume @edhelka ..?
@Marlorena Yes, my mother's garden. My parents bought that house when I already lived on my own, it was their 'escape to the country', it's lovely to visit there, mountains and forests around. The garden is over 2000 square meters (half an acre?), really an average size there I sometimes dream about filling it with roses (in distant future) but I think it's zone 5b in the US system. I've never liked the cold continental winters.
@Marlorena. 17 is a very good age for a big dog. Was is Par Sands that you went to. We tend to go to Perranporth or Porth beach at Newquay as my Dad still lives there.
@edhelka wow what beautiful dogs. Such a lovely photo of them all.
These were my 4. All sadly gone now but we still have 2. A 6yr old French Bulldog and 8 month old miniature Labradoodle. I can't imagine not having a dog as I've had them all my life.
@poppyfield64 Thank you. They are Bohemian Shepherds. Your group is very lovely and also a beautiful photo, I am sure they are missed. I agree it is hard to live without a dog. After moving away from my parents, I lived in a small flat and after moving to the UK we were renting. I had been thinking about getting a dog earlier this year but in the end, we got a cat, a ragdoll, it's almost like a half-dog half-cat.
Lovely pooch photos and stories. I’ve always wanted a dog ever since I was little! Couldn’t have one when I was at home and then I married someone who’s afraid of them!
@Dirty Harry Yes a bottle would work, after cutting off the top, you would use use the bottle base to create a mini greenhouse. They need to be in a high humidity environment to keep them from losing too much water while they develop roots, and put somewhere bright but not strong sun. Misting them a couple times a day like that should be fine, it depends on your circumstances but you don’t want them to dry out. Make sure to use a light medium to root them in, perlite or similar and mpc mixed together, reason being too heavy a soil can cause them to rot before they get a chance to root. I advise using rooting hormone for better success. I take cuttings from the stems that have just flowered and are about to be deadheaded, about the thickness of a pencil to give you an idea. It can take several weeks for them to root, again it depends on the rose etc. And some are easier to root than others...for example Gertrude Jekyll is so easy, but others are more tricky. Just trial and error I guess.
Didn’t mean to write so much but hope it was helpful.
For those of you that have grown roses from cuttings before and got them to the stage of growing into successful flowering plants, do you notice a difference in behaviour/performance between the new ‘own root’ and the original grafted plant? Do you treat them/feed them any differently? I sort of know that grafted plants gives you a tougher, cold-hardier plant, so are there any roses that don’t do well from cuttings/own root - I’m assuming they are the same, but please correct me if I am being dumb!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@Nollie Regarding cold hardiness, own root are fine, you just plant it deeper to protect the rootball. But neither of us have those kinds of harsh winters, we’re talking Minnesota etc that get super cold.
Please anyone more knowledgable correct me but my understanding is that back in the day grafting was done to improve vigor but nowadays the main reason plants are sold grafted is it’s way cheaper to do so. You get a bigger plant faster using very little source material, so you can produce a ton of plants fairly quickly. Own root take a bit longer to get going but once they do, they romp away. Also some roses are harder to reproduce via cuttings, but the majority do just fine.
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...in the Czech Republic I presume @edhelka ..?
@edhelka wow what beautiful dogs. Such a lovely photo of them all.
These were my 4. All sadly gone now but we still have 2. A 6yr old French Bulldog and 8 month old miniature Labradoodle. I can't imagine not having a dog as I've had them all my life.
Your group is very lovely and also a beautiful photo, I am sure they are missed. I agree it is hard to live without a dog. After moving away from my parents, I lived in a small flat and after moving to the UK we were renting. I had been thinking about getting a dog earlier this year but in the end, we got a cat, a ragdoll, it's almost like a half-dog half-cat.
This is a US company but useful info:
https://www.heirloomroses.com/info/care/roses/about-own-root-roses/
In other news, my bag of alfalfa was delivered today...my OH was rather confused as to why a massive bag of horse feed suddenly arrived lol 😆
My understanding was the same - that it’s more about getting them to a saleable size quicker, rather than because it produces a better plant.
but that’s just based on what I’ve read and in may be different in other climates.
Ive got two Kew Gardens growing from cuttings but they’re only 9 months old, so too soon to say!