How easy it is to grow a rose from cuttings

There are different ways to propagate roses, but we will focus on the most popular = from a cutting. Very often we manage to get a cutting of a plant we like, and what to do with it next so that it does not die is unknown. We will help you grow beautiful flowers from rose cuttings.

You can even grow a rose from a bouquet at home by properly rooting the cutting.

How to propagate roses from cuttings

This is a simple method, consisting in cutting cuttings with three buds and then rooting them. But questions arise how to properly make cuttings, is it possible to root cuttings in water?

For cuttings, the middle or upper part of a healthy tree shoot, which is already finishing flowering, is best suited. Using a special garden knife or pruner, it is necessary to cut shoots 10-15 centimeters long, each of which must have at least 3 buds. You need to cut them so that the lower cut, made at an angle of 45º, is directly under the lower kidney, and the upper (straight) one is above the upper third kidney. The technology of growing roses involves the partial removal of leaves (this is necessary to reduce evaporation). The bottom sheet is completely removed, and the top ones are shortened by 1/3.

How to plant a rose cutting

What you need ideally: a sufficient amount of light, air temperature + 23-25ºС, moderate watering and spraying.

Consider two ways to root cuttings of roses:

• in the soil - for this they are planted obliquely on a prepared bed (if grafting occurs in late spring or summer), or at home in pots with a substrate of peat, sand (most) and fertile land. Cover the landing with a glass jar, creating a small greenhouse. You need to water the plantings as needed, and before planting the cuttings in the pot, you need to add well-washed coarse-grained river sand, into which you need to stick the cuttings (sand will not allow the plant to rot due to excess moisture). When it starts to give young shoots, you can sometimes open the jar to remove the condensate.
• in water - for this, the cuttings are placed in a container with water and left in a warm, well-lit place. From time to time, the water needs to be changed and topped up, and after 20-25 days the cuttings will have roots and can be transplanted into pots with earth. You can add a root formation stimulator to the water to root the cutting - then the roots will appear faster.

How to grow a rose from a bouquet

Very often there is a desire to grow the same flowers from a beautiful bouquet of roses. This can be done, you just need to cut the cuttings in time and germinate them correctly. Cuttings are carried out when the flowers begin to shed their petals.

The cuttings are cut as usual - from below at an angle of 45º, and from above straight. There should be 1-2 buds on the handle. It is better to root shoots from a bouquet in the soil according to general rules, but they must be stuck into the substrate strictly vertically, deepening to the first bud. With proper care, they will take root in about a month and begin to produce young shoots. It should be noted that cuttings of local varieties of roses take root better.

If the plants took root in the garden in the garden, then by winter it is better to dig up the first-year-old cuttings and transplant them into pots for wintering, which must be put away in the house or in a dry cellar. And in the second year, they can already winter in the garden right in the soil, provided that the flowers are reliably sheltered for the winter.

To make roses resistant to diseases and pests, you need to take good care of them - water and feed them in a timely manner. The first top dressing is needed when young seedlings reach a height of 15 centimeters. For feeding, it is advisable to take a complex fertilizer, at a dosage of 15 grams per 10 liters of water. Please note that fertilizing roses with nitrogen should be stopped in the middle of summer, but fertilizers with phosphorus and potassium can be applied until autumn.

Growing a rose from a cutting, video

Rose stalk in potatoes, why?

In this way, the potato tuber creates nutrition and moisture for the roots and the cuttings grow faster.

Fresh potatoes contain the optimal set of nutrients. This is a long-term source of constant moisture and reliable protection against hypothermia, decay, and the development of bacterial diseases that sometimes affect roses at the initial stage of growth. In addition, it is technically easy to grow a rose cutting in fresh potatoes.

To germinate cuttings of roses, take tubers that are recently dug up, not sluggish and not spoiled. Remove all eyes to prevent germination.

If the cutting is grown in a pot in winter, then just select dense, large potatoes.

For cutting cuttings, it is not recommended to use shoots with unripe buds, as well as with already faded roses, since it is very difficult to root such cuttings - they simply do not take root. Reproduction by cuttings is also possible from a purchased rose from a bouquet - there is no fundamental difference. But keep in mind that Dutch roses are treated with a preservative compound that provides a long shelf life, it is almost impossible to root them.

The length of the cutting should be 15-20 cm. Thus, from one rose or one shoot of medium length, you can get 3-4 blanks for propagation. The cuttings should be cut with a sharp tool, preferably with a garden pruner, so that the stem does not burst when cut. The lower cut is performed 2 cm below the kidney at an angle of 45°, the upper one is 1 cm above the kidney, and the cut itself can be either at an angle or straight. All lower leaves of the cutting must be removed.

Next, sections of the cuttings are treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, and then placed for a day in a stimulating solution of any root formation stimulator, prepared according to the instructions for it. You can replace these funds with fresh aloe juice.

After all the preparations, the cuttings of roses are stuck with the bottom part into the prepared hole in the potato. I will clarify that the propagation of roses in potatoes is only suitable for upright varieties. For growing a climbing rose, not a cutting is used, but a layering - a shoot dug and rooted in the soil, because growing a layering in a potato tuber is very difficult.

You can root a rose in a potato tuber at home in a pot, or by immediately placing it in open ground. Planting cuttings directly into the ground gives the advantage that the roses will not need to be replanted, and this will allow them to bloom in the same year or next spring. The site for planting cuttings should be bright, without stagnant water and protected from the wind. Further landing technology is as follows:

• dig a trench 20-30 cm deep (for planting in rows, or for further transplanting to another place) - for planting single bushes without transplanting, separate holes are dug for each plant;
• pour a layer of river sand at the bottom of the pit - this is necessary to prevent contact of the tubers with the ground, and to prevent the potato itself from rotting, and with it the cuttings;
• stick the prepared rose cuttings into the holes made in the potato tubers;
• place planting material in the trench at a distance of 15 cm from each other;
• fill the trench 2/3 with earth mixed with sand, lightly tamp.

Landings must be provided with a good level of humidity. Watering should be regular, but not too intense. For the first time, it is recommended to cover the cuttings with a plastic bottle with an unscrewed cap (to provide air access). On sunny days, plants need to be shaded; on cloudy days, remove the bottle altogether. After about a month, when the cuttings take root, the shelter is completely removed.

We plant a rose stalk at home

To germinate roses in potatoes at home, prepare planting containers. Drainage should be laid at the bottom of the pots, then fill the containers with soil mixture (any store soil for flowers will do), along with sand. Place the sprout potato in the pot. Sprinkle with soil.

In order for the cuttings to take root sooner, the soil must remain moist, so at home, in addition to watering, it is recommended to additionally spray future roses with water. A shelter made from a glass jar, a plastic bottle, or a plastic bag will help maintain heat and humidity. After the buds begin to develop on the cuttings, the shelter is removed, and the seedlings are gradually adapted to the conditions of the external environment. Particular attention should be paid to the quality of lighting, but care must be taken that the sprouts do not overheat under the lamps.