Starting roses from a cutting.


4 weeks ago I decided to try growing a rose bush from a cutting.  
I thought it might be a fun challenge, so I went online and read everything I could find on the subject.

I had purchased a rose bush on clearance that looked a bit of a mess and had these small clusters of red roses.  Such a pretty plant and seemed to be a lot like one my great grandmother owned.  
A family relative told me she grows new plants from the cuttings, so I decided to give it a try.

There are so many different ways to grow a rose from a cutting, so I had to just pick one I thought might work best for me.

I had some seed starter soil that is very light weight and thought that might be a good option.
So, I washed up three pots and packed them with the soil.
I had read that it is best to use a 6 inch cutting, but mine only turned out to be about three inches.
I tried to leave a few small leaves on the cutting and then used a knife to carefully cut the outside skin off the bottom 1/2 inch of the stem so the cutting could absorb as much nutrients as possible.  
I didn't want to have to buy root stemulator and read online that you can use one part honey to two parts boiling water (let it cool) and dip the bottom of the cutting into the mixture to help it grow.  So I did that.
Then I wet the soil, made a hole with a pencil, stuck the cutting into the hole and tapped the dirt around the stem.
I took out a freezer bag to put the pot into, stuck a stick in the pot so the bag wouldn't collapse, closed it up and set it outside in a partly sunny spot.




One of the cuttings started sprouting after only a week.  The other two took a bit longer.  
Today when I checked, the cutting that started earlier looked like I might have left it in the bag for too long and it's not doing so good.  The very bottom of the stem has turned black and some of the leaves have turned brown. That would be the one to the far left of this next photo. The other two look pretty good.  So....now I get to see if I can keep them alive from here.  :)




You can see that the one that isn't doing so well (bottom right in this photo) has more algae on top of the dirt.  So I will watch for that with my next set.



That was fun. 
I'm trying the same thing with a larger variety rose.  I will let you know how it goes and if these little ones survive.
:)


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