jenny1956

Hello

Does anyone know about these roses. There cut flowers and i've cut and marked them off at the bottom and cut there heads off at the top. Planted them in the ground. Do you think they will grow?

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Richard

Jenny,

Roses, Apricots, Peaches, Plums are all in the same plant family (Rosacreae) and they all root easily in soil that is (a) slightly moist and (b) has aeration. A rooting hormone helps but is not always necessary during the growth season. You could give them an extra boost by using 1 tablespoon of seaweed extract per gallon of water the next time you water.

My neighbor tells me that it is a common practice in Japan during pruning season to take your rose cuttings and stick them in the ground of a neighbor who has none.

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Jack Daw

But beware, plant needs for rooting almost constant temperatures! How high depends on the variety. Also if you put some plastic bag over it, to keep the air humid enough, it would be much better. In that case however, you will have to remove the bag each day for about 10 minutes, water the cuttings slightly and then put the bag back. Good luck.
Roses are better grafted. I do it so, that I let grow some wild roses as rootstocks and then graft some other cultivar right 1cm abovethe soild level. Works almost 100% for me.

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What grafting technique do you use--what time of yr/season?

Jack Daw

Usually May, that's when the spring has come to all the plants for sure and when they produce lots of flowers and the nutrition flow within branches is the highest. The grafted part also has lots of time to grow properly and prepare for winter.

Grafting techniques are difficult to choose, I use about 10 or 12 different techniques. It depends. Sometimes I have the same girth on both, rootstock and the one I want to graft, then of course there are some times, when the part I want to graft is much thinner than the rootstock and I haveto use different techniques. There are also many other different factors that need to be conidered, such as the bark width, plant age, diseases, pests (some can get to the grafted tissue and then eat it, as it is uncovered)...

Most of the techniques I use I learnt when I was studying pomology.

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rich985

How do you go about rooting peach tree cuttings? I heard they were only propagated by seed and by grafting. Reason I ask is that I have a peach tree in my yard that produces excellent peaches, and I've tried to root cuttings, but had no luck.

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Richard

I've had no trouble with cuttings taken just prior to bud break in the late winter. I put them in rooting pots and keep them at 75 F with moderate overhead light. The soil needs to have aeration (coir works really well) and it should be slightly moist. The cuttings themselves should not totally dry out either, but too much moisture will bring on an attack of mold.

On the other hand, a few years ago I was installing some soaker hoses in the spring for a vegetable garden. The hose was not cooperating with placement, so I went to the mulch pile and pulled out some "sticks" from the winter pruning and stuck them in the ground to hold the hose. After 6 weeks when the veggies started sprouting, so did the cuttings!

As for roses, I've had nearly 100% success rate rooting them directly. However, Jack Daw is correct that some varieties do better grafted -- in particular, they depend on a vigorous root stock.

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