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Has anyone successfully rooted a cutting from a knockout rose? I'm going to try doing this because I have a spot where one would be perfect. Thought I'd get some advice prior to starting.

Also, since it's already June, is it too late in the year to even begin?

Thanks

ve

You've got nothing to lose by trying, Vera, so go to it!!!

I'd just take several cuttings, dunk the tips in a growth hormone, and then put them in a good potting mix. I'd also put them where they get some sun, but not all day. Would be too stressful I think. Dappled shade might even be good.

Try it and let us know how it works, okay?

I just saved a webpage a couple of days ago about rooting roses. I haven't read all the way through it yet, so don't know if it will help you or not, but here it is. If you do try and root some, please let us know how it works out, and "Good Luck!

Here is the webpage!

http://www.hartwoodroses.com/A...les/rootingroses.php

Great link, Miss Kitty! Now I wanna try it!

Great link Miss Kitty - thank you. Alas, I was impatient and didn't check back in here...I did part of the process correct anyway. Did not do the milk jug/soda bottle, but simply stuck the cutting into my potting soil. did not split the ends of the stem either. We shall see.


ve

Mama would stick them down in the ground (didn't have such a thing as rooting hormone) and cover with a glass jar or something, but that was always done in the late fall, and by spring it usually had roots. Would totally roast down here if covered in the summer time.

wow, that's perfect timing for me. I just went to lowes & found a mystery rose for $4.00 on clearance & it has a couple of loose branches that I can use for cuttings. I was planning on asking for ideas on how to do it when I got home. so, thanks for asking for me, & posting answers too. I'll do it tomorrow.

When I was growing up in the 1940's and 1950's and Mom wanted to root one pf her roses she would simply take a cutting (as described in the link Miss Kitty provided) and stick in the soil, in the shade, and cover it with one of her Mason Jars, quart size. That was left undistrubed until the following spring when it was the uncovered and dug up and replanted.
While Mom did not use rooting hormone, as far as I know, it was available back then.
The cuttings need to be planted, and covered in a shady area, because the glass jar will allow the sun to heat the interior way above cooking temperature and your cutting will cook if in full sun.

Kimm ~ Why does the Rose cutting need a glass jar? Wouldn't it grow nicely just stuck in the soil somewhere?

Wavie, I think it's similar to being in a greenhouse. The jar creates a more controlled environment...similar to what they did in Miss Kitty's link with the milk jug and soda bottle.

I have heard of the glass jar method for years. Simply forgot about that. I think I'll go stick a fruit jar over my cuttings from yesterday.

Thanks y'all.

ve

Vera...It sounds like you did a good job on your own getting your rose cuttings started. Hope the link helps some others who are wanting to try to do the same thing. I might even try it myself on one of my Knockout Roses. I'm sure though even if I do get one started, it will be several years before it gets any size, but that's ok.

Good luck to all who give it a shot!

VE, if you need your jars for canning...I just put a clear plastic storage bag over my pots in my garden house.
Roses do take a very long time to root...and sometimes, nothing happens! I do bruise the cut end before I dip in rooting hormone. I usually lay it on a board shelf in my garden house & mash it with my little sissors handle!

I have some lady banks & some cherokee roses I am trying to root right now.

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