Another question on roses?

Question

Can you take clippings from rose bushes and root them? I am no green thumb bt no means but my roses did do very good.

Answer 1

The easiest part of the rose to root is the tip of stems that have recently bloomed. Remove these parts to the first set of healthy leaves. Cuttings should be 6 to 8 inches long and be cut from the parent plant at about a 45 degree angle.

Don't let the cutting dry out. Remove foliage on the lower half of the cuttings & dip in a growing solution containing either a rooting hormone powder or soak the cutting in water prepared from willow branches for several hours, then plant in good potting soil.

It's best that cuttings be shielded from the hot afternoon sun. Bright light, but not direct sunlight, is ideal.

"Other methods include sticking cuttings in a plastic flower pot of potting medium and bringing a clear, thin polyplastic bag, such as vegetable produce is sacked in, up over the pot and cuttings, twisted shut at the top and secured with a rubber band or ëtwistem.í A stick or clipped wire clothes hanger in the pot higher than the cuttings keeps the bag from collapsing down around the plant material. This will keep humidity constant inside the bag, while the cuttings are growing roots. Sometimes a glass jar is placed over cuttings planted in the flower bed to keep the plants humid while getting established. You must be sure that direct sun does not overheat the contents of the jar." http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/roseprop.html
Good luck! Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Yes, you can but you need to know which part of the stem to use. The youngest canes are the best choice and they are the ones that have the purple leaves and buds.
Here is a web site that give step by step instruction as well as provide pictures so you see exactly what you will need to do.
http://www.scvrs.homestead.com/Cuttings1.html
Good Luck and Happy propagating :)

Answer 3

the info is here...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=propagate+rose+cutting