They're going to have to do without the hrp as I have to do them tomorrow and have no time to get any. I did find myself near a Homebase with a large gardening section today so had a quick look - a whole aisle of chemicals, feeds and killing stuff but no hrp. No chance of getting to a garden centre proper tomorrow.
I hope this works
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Place the cuttings in the garden in a quiet spot where they won,t be disturbed, push the stem cutting down about six to nine inches, they will root by late spring early summer, its the way we have always rooted rose cuttings.
There isn't a quiet or undisturbed area at the moment, or for a while yet, as we're redoing the whole garden. Hence the pots.
I've done the cuttings but I am not optimistic - there was very little strong growth from this year, so I had to take some fairly spindly bits. It's a shame because last year there was this fabulous, long, strong new stem that would have yielded 6 or more cuttings all by itself - this was what gave me the idea of doing it. Should have just done it there and then and not left it until this year. Oh well, we'll see.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Been meaning to report back and say that every single one has taken! I'm delighted. I suspect they're growing more than they should be at this time of year, and the warm weather has meant there's greenfly on the shoots already, but I'll be able to give one to each sibling later this year as I had hoped .
I know normally I shouldn't disturb them until they've been in a year (I think?) but if they're growing well would there be any harm in distributing them in the summer?
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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They're going to have to do without the hrp as I have to do them tomorrow and have no time to get any. I did find myself near a Homebase with a large gardening section today so had a quick look - a whole aisle of chemicals, feeds and killing stuff but no hrp. No chance of getting to a garden centre proper tomorrow.
I hope this works
You don't need it anyway.
One of the properties of HRP that can be beneficial is that it has anti-fungal properties which help prevent rot setting into the developing roots.
Some people say that using honey instead of HRP has the same benefits.
I've not tried it but I can't see that it would do any damage.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh now I'm not sure what to do!
I think I'll just go without and cross my fingers. They'll be going into pots of gritty compost.
Honey is an anti bacterial. Can't do any harm I wouldn't have thought.
Place the cuttings in the garden in a quiet spot where they won,t be disturbed, push the stem cutting down about six to nine inches, they will root by late spring early summer, its the way we have always rooted rose cuttings.
There isn't a quiet or undisturbed area at the moment, or for a while yet, as we're redoing the whole garden. Hence the pots.
I've done the cuttings but I am not optimistic - there was very little strong growth from this year, so I had to take some fairly spindly bits. It's a shame because last year there was this fabulous, long, strong new stem that would have yielded 6 or more cuttings all by itself - this was what gave me the idea of doing it. Should have just done it there and then and not left it until this year. Oh well, we'll see.
Good luck, don't rush them.
I know normally I shouldn't disturb them until they've been in a year (I think?) but if they're growing well would there be any harm in distributing them in the summer?