Thanks for the link, just in time! I am off tomorrow, thinking about rooting some MAC cuttings. :-)

I have just seen the video.does it work for hybrid tea rose?

You can root hybrid teas, but it generally takes a longer time. I've heard some are easier to root than others. If the rose is still under patent, it shouldn't be propagated. You can find look up the rose on Help Me Find Roses and see the registered name and then search Google Patents. Sometimes Help Me Find Roses will note if the patent has expired.

What?so we need to check the patent before we do propagate?what about if we propagate the rose under patent?we will get sued?

and i still dont know about the last part of this video,after she put the rose inside the plastic sealed bag,do we have to add water into the rose everyday?or just let them inside and dont open it until the roots come out?thanks

If you propagate a rose under patent, you probably wouldn't get sued, but it is illegal and the hybridizer wouldn't get the money you would have paid if you had purchased their rose. It is the right thing to do to honor the patent. I hope someone else can answer the propagating when to water question.

Thanks mad gallica,so after 1 week,we need to open the seal,add water on it,blow some air and seal the bag again?until the root comes out?

If you use a terrarium or a cloche (rather than a bag) you might never have to add water.

But I note that as someone who has never managed to grow anything in a baggie other than gray mold. <G>

Fortunately, there are about a jillion ways to root cuttings . . . So, also see:
http://www.goldcoastrose.org/articles/propagation.pdf

MAC was born in 1879. I should be OK to root one, but just want to double check here. I bought 2 MAC rose bands, I lost one to the cold winter 2 years ago. Thanks

You need to *look* at it and check if it needs more water. It might not. There is a knack to getting the right amount of water. If water is pooling at the bottom, there is too much. If water isn't condensing on the inside, there is too little.

BTW, we found the outer tubes to cheap ball point pens to work quite well as 'inflators'. They are easy to find and solid enough to seal the bag around them. I was never coordinated enough to seal the bag with air inside without them.

What about using a canning jar? That's much cheaper than buying a terrarium, cloche.....I am just wondering. :-)

Probably, better a soda pop bottle. those make a great cloche. :-)

If you cut the bottom out, and set the bottle over a cutting in a band or small pot -- say, sitting in a garden bed in dappled shade? Then, you can slowly unscrew the lid, when it comes time to start letting in outside air.

Oh, and when I say "terrarium," I mean a clear-ish plastic storage box. Nothing fancy.

I've done this, just setting cuttings under such cloches, under a seedling avocado tree in our front yard. Wonder of wonders, the dogs leave them alone.

Thanks Jeri! I will give it a try tomorrow, just cut a pop bottle. :-)

Here on the east coast, the air stays pretty humid enough so that I don't seem to need to make little "greenhouses" for cuttings -- just keep them out of midday sun, and keep the soil moist. My first round of cuttings are starting to put out new growth, and I think I'll have far more of 'Rose du Roi -- original' than I expected. I took a lot, thinking it'd be harder to root than others I've tried, but so far none are showing signs of rotting before rooting. But in any case, that video is very informative. In different conditions and with different types of roses, we all have to try a few ways before we hit on what works for us.

:-)

~Christopher