How to Grow Roses from Cuttings

1) Choose the right time: cuttings can be made from August to November, when the stems of the year have grown well and matured / aged.

2) Clean your pruning shears thoroughly: remove any grime, then use alcohol and / or flame. This is to avoid staining the wound, and an infection reaches the plant.

3) Prepare the soil / pot: the soil must be very loose, draining but able to retain a little moisture. For example, you can mix 1/2 potting soil and 1/2 sand, or 1/3 potting soil, 1/3 sand and 1/3 peat. If you are planting in pots, you need a pot at least 10cm high. If you plant in the ground, plan ~ 20cm deep and complete with 5cm of the above mixture in the bottom.

4) Choose the right stems: choose stems that have grown in the year, straight and with 2-3 eyes / buds, about 15cm long if you plant in pots, 22-23cm long if you plant in full Earth. Make the lower cut a few millimeters above a bud, beveled on the side opposite the bud, to promote the recovery of the mother plant on this bud. The upper cut will be done in the same way, but to encourage the cuttings recovery this time.

5) Prepare the stems correctly: remove the thorns on the lower 2/3 of the stem, and leave only 2 petioles (stems carrying the leaves) towards the top of the stem.

6) Put the stems to soak in water for at least a few minutes, and waiting to plant them (do not delay too much!).

7) Plant your cuttings: there are gardening hormones cuttings in which we dip the tip of the stem to promote rooting, but this is not mandatory at all. It seems that planting the stem in a potato is also very effective to maintain a favorable moisture level, you can try: make a pilot hole of the approximate diameter of the stem and insert it before planting.

8) Pamper your cuttings: place them in a place where they will not take full sun, water regularly but not excessively, and protect them from frost.

There you go !

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