Julie, I have a lot of rose bands in pots and 5 more are on their way. I will grow them in my unheated basement for this winter (under a plant light), and plant them in the garden next spring. I planted all my rose bands right in the garden last year, I lost 2 and 2 won't grow this season. Good luck with yours. :-)

Although growing roses inside is very tricky at best I do think I agree that inside for tiny rooted cuttings would probably be best.

It will be my 1st try growing rose bands in the basement. I might need everyone's help when I run into issues. I have been growing jasmine plants in the basement for a fewer years, killed a few, forgot to water them. Temp will drop to 45F tomorrow night, I have to move the orchids indoors, tonight I have to re-pot them, change to fresh potting soil. I will be doing that under a garden umnrella on the deck..... still raining, but not heavy. :-)

Julia, I'll be experimenting this winter. I have 3 identical rooted cuttings same variety same age. Doubt any have a chance they are just too young. It well be fun thou. One is still in the ground where it will be covered with dry bagged soil after the world freezes up but before the super cold comes. Two are in pots one will be buried in ground with protection. The third one will go into a larger pot that will be filled with soil. Then those two pots will go into a third filled with soil. Then kept in garage on a bench. If one of these returns in spring I'll be shocked.

That's nice to know Jkellydallas. Patty, your experimenting sounds interesting. I can't wait to find out the results next spring. Julie, what are you going to do? :-) I wish I have a greenhouse...... the only one space for parking the plants in the winter is going to be tight with big Cymbidium orchids, plus I have a monster bridal jasmine hugging the place....... :-)

Thanks everyone for your advice! I think I will try bringing them in and putting them under lights in the basement. Last year I took some cuttings in Nov. and got them through the winter okay inside. Will see what happens! I don't feel good about putting them in the ground though. I have some hydrangeas too so it will be fun to try.

Julie

Oh crazy jasmine Summer!!

I just bought cheap shop lights and have some shelving units in the basement. Stays warm down there - I start my seeds there too. This is last winter in the midst of trying to organize. The shelves will pop out so if I have tall stuff I can squeeze it in. My family thinks I'm nuts, the kids claim I'm growing weed or something - "party hardy" seeds in the fridge were a big joke :)

Do you think this is adequate for cuttings?

Julie

Julie, That looks lovely, just like a greenhouse! Mine is crazy, I piled all the pots on a table and had the light on the celling. I should copy your idea, may I be a copy cat? :-)

Yes lol! I don't have room upstairs but we don't really use the basement. I like having everything all in one place and I can adjust the lights and be messy and no one sees :)

You don't use basement? I have my coat closet down there. Yours is really nice and neat, good design.

Thanks! We use it but really just for storage. Nobody hangs out down there except for me and the cat :)

Now we know your hiding spot. :-) I found growing plants indoors during the winter months is relaxing. When the jasmines in bloom, the fragrance fills the 1st floor. I only grow 4 kinds now, used to have more, I killed them, forgot to water. They're repeat bloomers like roses. I missed orange jasmine, it repeated fast, really fragrant.....I think I have to find a small plant this weekend......

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Julie, what a great basement set up! We have a "daylight" window in the basement that has a good translucent cover, and last winter I neglected watering the plants in there. I may try again this winter, because I have mini roses that probably aren't big enough to set out this late in the year. I have a brand new knee, so no excuse for not going down the stairs this winter!

I had a building inspector come to check new wiring, and he asked me, "should I not look at your plants in the basement?" lol. Begonia cuttings, look all you want.

Too funny Cindi! Glad to hear your new knee is working! I got a deal on the lights - like $10 at Menards, watch for them on sale. The shelves were on clearance at Home Depot for about $50? I think - a little pricey but I wanted them 48" long to fit 2 flats. I have 2 other sets of shelves you can't see. Yes I went a little overboard last year but the winter was killing me. It was nice to go downstairs and "garden".

Does anyone apply some sort of insecticide before bring plants in? I have some hibiscus and other things I need to pot up and bring in soon.

I used Safer soap spray last year. I am going to bring in orchids tonight, temp will drop to 45F.

I've had good luck overwintering my rooted cuttings in my unheated 3 season room that is attached to the house. They go dormant, and I make sure to not let them dry out. Im in Chicagoland and it gets pretty cold out there but maybe 10 degrees warmer than what is outside. No wind though and I think that is a big help. I have had no luck trying to keep them growing inside, so I just keep them in the 3 season room and let them go dormant. An attached garage would probably work just fine as long as it wasn't heated.

Yeah I was going to suggest that if you have a garage where temps stay above 10 F you can probably just put the bands in larger pots (like 1 gal) and just let them go dormant and sit in the garage, elevated above the concrete floor and watered once a month. They won't put on any growth with those conditions, but then you wouldn't worry about having to water them frequently if they were growing or even worry about how to keep them growing all winter.

I have had good luck with bands planted in the fall. I'm expecting to get 1-gal sized roses from Chamblee's next week and intend to just plant them in the yard. They'll all be covered up with a mound of mulch, should survive.

Good to know Braverichard, as I am still planting roses in the ground! They are fairly large so I'm hoping they survive.

That's nice to know BraveRichard. I am planning only keep the hardy bands in the basement for 1 winter -6 months (Nov-Apr), then plant them in the garden next spring. The tender roses (shouldn't be growing in my zone) are going to be in the basement every winter. There is one rose I am not sure if I can plant it in the garden now, it's Oct already. It's a La France rose I just got it from ARE last week. It's bigger than 1 gal size, but it's not a hardy rose, there are not many weeks left for it to grow roots in the garden before the winter, so I am going to bring it in with the bands. My 2 car garage is full in the winter, there is no room for more pots. I have 8 bikes (motorcycle/scooters) and 1 summer car in the garage, the 25 potted rose trees will be between the bikes and the car in 2 tiers (they will be on top of each other) plus other 2 potted roses. I wish I have a greenhouse......,or a 3 car garage. :-)

Really like Julie's basement garden, have to find all the stuff this weekend. Winter is coming, today's high is 57.

I have mine under a 600w LED galaxy hydro though I am going to get another lol.

I also have a fan GENTLY blowing on through just to keep some circulation through the room.

I know serious business but I have like 80 plus varieties of roses!