A garden full of roses – such a splendor would like to have many gardeners around his house. But what if newly purchased plants don’t have a flower? If you also think that you just need to go to the store and buy seedlings, you are a big mistake.
Many gardeners prefer to multiply either their own vital plants or those they like to visit, or the neighbors behind the fence (of course, only with the consent of their growers…). Roses have a unique ability to give life to another shrub with a relatively easy root of cuttings – moreover, it is free and the joy at the end will be all the more.
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A couple of important rules
Have you decided to try this ancient technique of rose multiplication? There is nothing else to do but to congratulate on such a step and recall a few basic rules to help it will certainly succeed. The ideal time for cuttings is after flowering, when the shoots of roses are semi -woody – so they are neither too soft and green, nor mature into solid wood. It is best to use the stems that we see the remnants of the former flower are strong enough and visibly healthy.
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Twenty centimeters of healthy cuttings
Once you find the corresponding shoot, you successfully took the first step on your way to a new pink shrub. Now it will be necessary to buy about twenty -centimeter cutlet with two to three leaves cut just below the leaf eye ,. More experienced gardeners do not need to remind you that the cut should be oblique and mainly led by a truly sharp and clean knife. Done? Then let’s go on.
On a flower bed or to a flowerpot
We can now prepare cuttings for rooting by removing all possible leaves up to two upper. We will not leave thorns at the bottom. Thus The prepared schnitzel can be planted in the substrate, with the best for these purposes a mixture of garden soil with sandbut it is also possible to buy a special professionally mixed mixture for cuttings.
You can bet directly on the flower bed or first in the pot. The second variant is somewhat more suitable because future roses can be better manipulated in case of unfavorable weather fluctuations. Also, pay attention to the right watering, you need to water, but not to heat.
Let us support the viability of the cuttings
So far we have described the basic rules, but we can still improve it to increase the likelihood of rooting. One option is to soak the lower end of a cut into honey that will take care of its safety from diseases lurking on it in the country. Oak bark leaching can be used to support rooting, but cinnamon with effects of similar honey can also be used for treatment.
Use a larger pot
As mentioned, Proper humidity is also important. Do you remember the garden of your grandparents, where it was possible to see the jars turned upside down and stuck in the flower bed from time to time? It was precisely because the roses were rooted under them. Also try it – whether you have cuttings in a pot or directly on the flower bed, create them a little one. You can remove it when you see that the first signs of attachment are beginning to appear on the cuttings. They will be tiny, yet timid tickets, which will soon turn into a confident foundation of the new queen of your garden.
It takes a little patience
Remember that rooting of roses requires enough patience, so do not tear the cuttings that may be a little late with the first leaves. Maybe they just need a few days more time and later they can catch up with everything.
