eternal glory is mine! i sprouted a rose cutting under a mason jar!

photos include small green insect:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting4.jpg

you all have noooo idea how tempted i am to run out and gather
clippings of every rose plant i have RIGHT THIS INSTANT.

car

eternal glory is mine! i sprouted a rose cutting under a mason jar!

photos include small green insect:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting4.jpg

you all have noooo idea how tempted i am to run out and gather
clippings of every rose plant i have RIGHT THIS INSTANT.

car

shiva

Way to go! What kind of rose is it and how did you do it?

snooze

Way to go! How did you do that? I've tried this method a few times, but I
think I must be doing something wrong.
http://www.rdrop.com/~paul/hulse.html

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gail futoran

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Nicely done!

I can't see what kind of insect is in the jar but
some small green insects love munching on
baby leaves. I would be tempted to move the
insect out.

More cuttings are better than fewer, because
some cuttings won't survive past the first
few leaves. OTOH if all your cuttings
survive you have to find places to plant them.

You probably won't want to plant the cuttings
into their permanent home (in ground or in
pot) until spring so you have plenty of time
to baby them along.

Good luck.

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8

i've honestly forgotten . it was a stem i accidently broke off a cane
while deadheading. i believe it is a tequila sunrise miniature, but i'm
just not going to know until next year- oh well.

I have tried the baggie method several times with abject failure each
time, and i've read about using mason jars, so i mixed up a pint pot of
potting soil, sprinkled about a tablespoon of rose-tone on there and
screwed the 1/2 gal mason jar over the stem- that was about 6 weeks
ago.

maybe rooting hormone would speed it up.

all the leaves it had fell off, and i basically forgot about it- it
just sat out on a semi-shaded table the whole time. i watered it fairly
regularly- i never let it dry out, but didn't pay too much attention to
saturation levels. there was always condensation in the jar.

i'm going to try another one before the frost

carl


carl

yup, i also tried the baggie method several times and failed always-
the stems and leaves just got moldy and died.

i filled a 6" terracotta pot with potting soil and approx 1 tblsp of
rose-tone fertilizer, wet it throughly and stuck a 4" stem approx. 1.5"
into the soil. i used a 1/2 gal mason jar and placed the mouth over the
stem and screwed it into the soil.

i then waited about six weeks- all the leaves on the stem fell off in
about twoo weeks- and watered the soil enough to keep it damp but not
soaked- i basically forgot about it for long stretches.

the leaflets came out in about two days- monday, i looked and saw a
tiny bud, wedsnesday, leaves.

it was outside on a table the whole time. maybe having more air space
and circulation helped? i'm going to try another one this weekend and
see if i can't have another success before the frost.

carl

thank you! i'm realy excited about it- i would love to propagate some
of my more special plants and have extras- i've been very frustrated
until now- tried the baggie method, etc.

it's outisde the jar, thankfully. just to right of the upsidedown
Ball logo. you can see him best in this photo, nbottom right: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/caterbro/garden/cutting1.jpg

I tok the jar off now that those leaves look well along- maybe i should
leave it on until i've got two sets, on fresh canes?

ill let the cutting grow indoors through the winter- i'm going to try a
few more.

carl

pope®

That's an assasin bug. A good predator bug to help keep the pests in check.

what!?? i have something as cool as an assassin bug? that rocks.

thank you for that information.

carl