Hey, I love your cuttings! I was wondering what kind of overhead light you are using. Is it a special light, or is it just florescent lighting.

Hi Olivia - The bulbs I use are basic florescent lights. I have two that are GE Bath and Kitchen and two that are Phillips Alto Daylight.

Congratulations! Seeing you do this gives this fellow zone 5er confidence that she can too. I already have a light set-up I use for vegetable seedlings. Maybe this spring I'll try cuttings.

Wow - congratulations! I've tried and tried to get cuttings to grow and never had any luck. Maybe I'll try again. Your cuttings look beautiful.

Aprille

Those are looking great and really healthy. You must be doing all kinds of things right to have them look like this. I'll be looking for more pics, at this size they should have some blooms this summer. Congrats on your roses!

April - sorry to hear about your many attempts rooting roses... I'm sure that some roses (like hybrid teas) are more difficult to root than others. But all of us on the forum know how wonderful you at growing roses...:-) so keep trying! A couple little details may make the difference.

Here are a few things that might help...

-Temp: 70 - 75 degrees
-Pot: 1/2 gal. Or with a 1 gal pot, try planting three cuttings, but leave only the strongest one. You have to be ruthless cutting out the others, though! ;-)
-Soil: MUST be well drained! High quality potting soil from nursery or Coconut coir.

When making cuttings, be sure to choose canes that are around or under 1/4" with 3-4 good bud eyes. If you can see good leaf budeyes already formed, then the better the chance for cuttings to produce a shoot!

I am told that using cuttings taken near a cane break on a rosebush increase the chances of rooting

Also, removing about an inch of the thin skin/bark on both sides of the bottom of the cutting (where you put rooting hormone) is a good idea. This is called "wounding" the base of the cutting.

Don't forget rooting hormone! The stonger 0.8 percent Hormodin 3 brand supposedly works best, but I get good results with a cheappie boxstore brand called TakeRoot @ 0.1 percent active ingredient. The little container lasts forever!

Finally, plant your cutting so that the bottom 1-2 budeyes are under soil and top 1-2 budeyes are above soil. water well and cover with clear platic to increase humidity.

Best wishes in your future attempts rooting roses!

Mark

Oh, and sorry Aprille, for mispelling your name... oops!

Your cuttings look so healthy-----I think it is so exciting to start new plants.

Keep us posted.

Florence

Here is a pic I took from one of my rooted Double Delight cuttings today... the therapy of a sweet smelling rose is wonderful during the dark days of winter!!

Mark

I am green with envy! I have never had a cutting root for me. Not just on roses either but on any type of plant cutting. I swear I couldn't get a weed to root for me.

Your rose is lovely, Mark, thanks for sharing.