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  • rose bush cuttings?

    I have a couple of roses which were decsribed as ground cover roses. They are fab and need no attention and my chickens leave them alone.
    I would like to put some more on an area that is sloping which is seen from our downstairs windows.

    Is it possible to take cuttings from my established plants or is it better to buy some more.

  • #2
    you can take cuttngs in september with roses, ive done it normaly in a pot with rooting powder, they rooted quite slowly, last year i also did a few, very much quicker in an aeroponic propergator ( tub of water / plantfood with air bubbling through ) they rooted very rapidly, but didnt flower this year , yet
    Living off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....

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    • #3
      thanks for the info

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      • #4
        Ive just found this link

        Paul Barden: Old Garden Roses and beyond

        it seems that most people take them in the late autumn, but you can do them now as well, im off to the garden to take some cuttings from mine now to try this way
        Living off grid and growing my own food in Bulgaria.....

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        • #5
          with ground-cover why bother with cuttings? Simpler, easier and faster to layer them.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Bayleaf View Post
            with ground-cover why bother with cuttings? Simpler, easier and faster to layer them.
            I wish I could, it's for a different part of the garden.

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            • #7
              I am not sure what difference that makes. You either layer them into a pot, and then cut the stem and move the pot, or layer them into the ground and then dig them up when rooted - either way it is basically guranted that every one will strike and there is no need to water or otherwise bother with them between starting the layering and transplanting.

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