First cuttings rooted! And some questions
Whoo-hoo! I've been trying for the first time to root some rose cuttings. I took cuttings of Mlle. Cecile Brunner (from two different mothers), a few from my Sophie's Perpetual, Perle d'Or, Heritage, and Gruss an Coburg. I've followed Connie's (Hartwood Roses) excellent tutorial for most of them, and recently tried Kim Rupert's "burrito" method for a few more mature cuttings.
My first successes are with Mlle. Cecile Brunner, not surprised; I started the cuttings in July, and within a few weeks I could see good roots through the milk container. A couple of weeks later, some nice leafing out, and as of a week or so ago, one little rosebud! There are two cuttings in this bottle; I think they are White Cecile. I'm going to move these outside into a protected spot now. So proud of this, my first baby rose plants!:
First question: Should I nip off this bud and any others that may develop on the baby plants?
I started six Gruss an Coburg cuttings on 8/29. Only three days later, they were all sprouting from their bud eyes--wow! I have read that leaves do not mean there are roots, but all of my cuttings from all the roses, save for a few that quickly browned and bit the dust, feel firmly rooted (yes, I have been bad and tugged gently). But--somehow I cannot see roots through the milk jugs, except on the Cecile cuttings. ??
Several other cuttings from July & August show some leafing activity at the bud eyes, but again, I cannot see any roots, nor on the GAC cuttings, but they feel rooted.
Question: So--do I wait to see roots before removing the bottle top and beginning the hardening off? Some, like GAC, have a lot of leafing going on.
Next, for the "burrito" cuttings: I have four Perle d'Or cuttings in a burrito. I opened the wrap after about 18 days to find that all of them had callused, but I didn't see any roots sprouting. Should I re-wrap the burrito and let them go for another week? Or does callusing mean that they are ready to be planted in a cup?
So far, I haven't had success with Sophie's P., which, of course, is the one I most wanted to root. I haven't yet had many stems I can cut from my plant. I've tried two less-than-ideal cuttings in soda bottles--one has rotted, one *may* be rooting--and I just put one more mature stem in a tiny burrito wrap. Soon I'll have more stems I can cut from my mother Sophie, but they are currently full of buds or blooms so cannot cut yet.
Thanks for your patience with my long post. I appreciate any suggestions and advice. I am thrilled to have *any* success at all with this venture. I would not have even attempted this had it not been for this group.
Sheba
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Comments (11)Thanks for sharing in my excitement, everyone. You certainly are an understanding bunch. Vettin, I filled a cup with potting soil and sand. I stuck the cutting in without rooting hormone. I buried the cup in the ground next to a mostly shaded fence and watered every few days. I did not cover the cup because we have humid weather here. I will probably use rooting hormone in the future for its anti-fungal properties....See MoreNew to lights - could use some help rooting jade cuttings
Comments (3)Hey AG... I'm trying to find a suitable light setup for my jades for this winter too, since they'll all be relocated to an area where there really won't be much light at all. I was looking at the same lights you bought, though I decided against them because I thought/felt the lumen output wasn't sufficient to what I know jades to need. Looking at them online again, I'm beginning to think they might not be all that bad (if it puts out 1,093 lumens per bulb). All that concerns me is the color range - 4,200K. If there was some way to get "daylight" bulbs for it, I think it'd be OK for jades (though I'd want at least four). Hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong because, again, I'm looking for a good light setup for a rather small space (a corner with about 2ft clearance along either wall). Jeni...See MoreLooks like my first cuttings have rooted, so now what?
Comments (5)I agree with jperilloux, just because your cutting has a few leaves doesn't mean it's fully rooted. I had a Maui Beauty that I took out of my pot because it was wrinkled an I couldn't save it, it had several leaves (maybe 5+ on each branch) an it didn't hardly have any roots at all. My Bill Moragne cutting that I planted back in April has 5+ 6-7 inche leaves, but yet it's roots are starting to grow, they're small, no way near a full root ball. Also if you took it out of the pot, you could disturb the tiny fragile young roots. On plumeria101 site, it says it takes about 90 days (3 months) to form a full root ball. Since you just got yours June 5th, they have only been rooting over a month, if you think they need watering or if the dirt is dry, mist the top of the cuttings or water around the rim of the pot sparingly....See Moreget rose cuttings to root my first time need help
Comments (7)Last year was my first full-born effort at rooting (after 2 years of experimenting), and I had really good success. Took 450 cuttings, and I now have 410 rooted roses. I am using coir medium along with a cheap HD timer and some misters I got off of EBAY. I bought a cheap plastic shelf system from Target, and placed the cuttings on the shelf. Misters are tied up to the shelving and ran from 8:00 am to about 7:00 pm, on 2 minutes off 10. I also have about 50 rooted cuttings in the basement right now from cuttings I received from Univ Cal-Davis on 11/4/05. I am using a "bastardized" version of the process George Mander has explained numerous times here. Biggest difference is I again am using coir. Here is a link to show you a rooted cutting I got from UC-Davis in November. Please note it had just received one of its daily mistings. I do this to cut down on mites. Here is a link that might be useful: Rooted cutting received 11/4/05 from UC-Davis...See Moreshebabee
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