How To Root Roses Update
June 14, 2014
Can you believe you can actually root roses from your favorite bouquet? I am still amazed by this! Remember how I placed a stem from a bouquet in a glass of water and set it above the sink on the window ledge back in April?
The two cuttings are from just the one long-stemmed rose. You can see where I took a knife and cut slightly into the stem just below the leaf node, there appeared to be callus growth there, too.
A few days ago, I planted two of the rose cuttings in a big pot on my deck. As you can see the largest one is doing quite well. One of the three cuttings, the smaller one, started molding in the water and ended up dying.
A smaller cutting was planted in the pot, too. Not sure it is going to make it, but I am happy to at least have one cutting, thriving, and it was free!
The cuttings were set in the glass of water on the windowsill on the sixteenth of April. It has been two months for the stem to root and now we actually have a little plant growing in a pot! I still can’t believe it came from a cut long-stemmed rose from the florist!
Can you believe this is actually one way to root roses? I have another cutting back in the window and my hopes are that it will root, too.
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I I’ve tried every way I can to root roses and nothing seems to work
So, Marsha, you tried the water and rose clipping in the window? Was it a sunny window? The window where I have these gets a lot of sunshine this time of the year. This is a good time of the year to try again. If you follow the steps in the post, you should be able to do it. I like the water method because I can see the callus forming, then, the roots. Notice that there is not a lot of water in the glass. If you like, you can come over to my Facebook page and share pictures and what you’re doing. Maybe we can figure out why you haven’t had success! Never give up!
I have no pictures…? I love this idea.
Thank you, Carolyn!
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I have filled the advice of your rose cuttings in water luckily for me I have got quite a few stems due to one thing or another . So now I am going for it big time and let’s see how they grow !
There are 15 cuttings in each glass jar x 6 jars so I would be over the moon if I just got one !
And I will be honest with you I have tried this twice now with no luck !!
So I will give it another go ?
Do you have to do them in ones in a small glass or do you do larger amounts in bigger glass jars ??
Good for you, Vincent! I usually put a few stems in a little jar in my kitchen window. The key here, I think, is to locate them where there is good light. Since it’s summer still, maybe even outside. Roses love sunshine. You might locate them in different places and see which one does best. Good luck! Hope you’re successful this time! Keep me posted, please!