I use Fertilome m root stimulator On my cuttings which really helps stimulate their root growth. It has some other fertilizer in it. I use it quarter strength dilute.

Thank you, Vapor! I ordered it.

For at least a couple of months, keep the nitrogen component of any fertilization to a minimum. Nitrogen encourages top/leaf growth, which will stress the plant until it gets a good root system under it. Once it looks like the production of new growth is slowing down, you should be safe using any common balanced fertilizer. But LOS does look like she's doing well. Congrats.

Congratulations!

I would liquid feed with Miracle Gro at 1 tsp. per gallon of water. That's about 1/3 strength. Do this again in two weeks. Then 1/2 Tbl. per gallon of water two weeks after the last 1 tsp. ...feeding. Repeat in two weeks. Finally, 1 Tbl. per gallon of water two weeks after the lastlas 1/2 Tbl. per gallon of water, and 1 Tbl./gal. water thereafter, fed every two weeks.

That's 3 months of gradually increasing feedings...feedings always two weeks apart. Don't go too fast increasing feeding. You don't want rampant growth, just nice steady growth.

Thank you all, this is very helpful!

I did not fertilize my plants growing roots. If Savannah is still green I would wait longer.

Agree w/Sheila. Do not give up on Savannah unless death pronounced.

Overfeeding more likely than underfeeding to hasten death in a critical care unit.

That's right above, Sheila and Rifis, you feed following root growth, never to make new roots appear. Think of it this way, with sick people you don't put a steak dinner before them to eat, and if the sick person does eat the steak, it could very well kill the poor soul. However a recovering person (a plant growing roots so to say), is fed toast and tea at first. Then gradually upgraded to solid food as the recovery progresses. Get it? 🤗

Moses

So does it mean I should not feed her yet or I could already start her on a very diluted feed of MG or Fertilome, as Moses suggested above?

I would wait. I killed a baby rose with Fertilome. It is a good product but best to wait until the rose is out of the ICU and very stable.

SOrry to hear that. Sheila, will you diluting your food alone. Fertilizer ? Fertilome. I use use it very diluted on tiny just rooted cuttings withoutwithout issue, but I'd hate for her to harm her chances. Fertilize makes numerous products.... I'm referring to the rootstimulator.1tbsp per 2gallons at most.

That is what I used on a baby Tea and killed it, Vapor. The Fertilome root stimulator. I'm sure very dilute would usually be fine, but I never fertilized the plants growing roots because I thought it would be safer to use plain water.

I will wait then. I wonder when I should consider LOS to be out of ICU. She is doing very well considering it barely had any root left - putting out new growth, etc - but I want her to focus her energy on building roots.

Would leaving her alone, with water only, do that?

Your LOS looks really pretty (leaf-wise). :) :)

Better safe than sorry, Artist; stick with just water. It's looking good. Perhaps I missed something; how long has this plant been in it's pot (i.e., "rose ICU") ?

Hi bart bart,

Probably less than a month.

She has new growth just like a normal rose, except leaves are smaller than normal and the shoots thin and tender. It's as if she doesn't even lack roots. Granted I discovered this one fast and the voles left a little bit of shoot on one side, so with whatever was left there, she seems to be recovering well.

I am just not sure when I should consider it ready for a bit of fertilizer. Also, if she starts producing any bloom, I think I will dead-head before it develops, so she can focus on roots.

Here she is today, in the rain, pretty much Little Miss Perfect.

Savannah, on the other hand, no sign of life on her, not even a needle of green trying to come out through a nod - unless the remaining green cane at the bottom still counts.

I wonder if I should prune those canes further down, close to the remaining green at the bottom, so it will be easier for the plant to grow any roots at all, if still possible.

Or maybe I will just have to replace Savannah and that's that.

I might prune Savannah down to the green and wait. If it all turns black, you really tried. Something can be happening below ground.

Going now, Sheila. She's just a few feet away.

If she somehow comes back, it would be a miracle. Don't you wish humans could regenerate like that? :)

That makes sense, susan. In a pot, little do they know there's nowhere to go for food. :)

Less than a month-way too early for fertilizer, IMO. I agree with Sheila about the Savannah.