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Propagating roses
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[Glen]
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Is there a fairly reliable approach to regrowing the broken branches of roses? I am not going to take this seriously with pots or other equipment.
I plant them only very close to the original plant, and I seem to have had one success. Most fail.
Following instructions from one site, I have been using potatoes as the medium, but unsurprisingly this can result in a potato plant..
Any suggestions?
Last edited: 27 May 2017 13:31:29
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The easiest way is to make a slit trench in a shady spot in the garden. Simply push your spade blade in all the way and wiggle it back and forth to make V shape. Pour some sharp sand or fine grit in the bottom - about an inch or 2 - and then place pencil sized stems of rose in there and push the soil back. Water well and leave for a whole season.
You need to choose semi ripe stems in late summer or woodier stems in autumn. Trim them just below a leaf node and then remove all but the top pair of leaves and any flower buds.
Many thanks. Does this mean that planting stems early or middle summer is certain to fail?
The RHS advise that you can try semi-ripe cuttings in mid summer or hardwood cuttings in autumn. - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=153
However, I have a couple of broken stems nw from a Geoff Hamilton and a Falstaff rose so will be trying those but in terracotta pots on the grounds that "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" applies to gardening as much as anything else.
Last edited: 28 May 2017 15:06:47