Rose propagation

[SpiritFarmVa]

Is anyone here experienced with rooting rose cuttings?

 

[GoodFriendMike]

My sister has done it a few times with tea roses.
But I have not tried it myself.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

I like the YouTube channel Frazer Valley Rose Farm. He knows a lot about roses. Check him out.

 

[ktrain]

I'd like to start doing it myself, I got my wife a Julia Childs rose tree and would like to copy it.
Has the most fragrant roses I've smelled in a long time.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

my avatar picture came from a picture of a Lincoln rose I once had when I first joined the forum in 2020. I no longer have it but it was a beautiful huge flower. Maybe I might try getting another one. Only problem here is the the aphids are brutal with roses. Here’s a full size picture of the roses.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

The rose I want to propagate is Mr. Lincoln.
How funny. They are super fragrant. One blossom in a 50ft greenhouse and you smell it walking in the door.

 

[ktrain]

Wow Teresa that is beautiful, might have to look that one up.
The Julian Childs is a smaller yellow rose, omg it smells so good.

The June bugs/Asian beetles attack them with prejudice.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

The June bugs/Asian beetles attack them with prejudice.

June bugs love roses here too:-(

 

[ktrain]

June bugs love roses here too:-(

Yep...they will hit those and grapes here before touching anything else.

Sucks.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

Same here with the grapes. And our hardy kiwi too. They defoliate those every year.

 

[Trustyfarms]

Roses root easily with intermittent mist propagation using softwood cuttings in mid to late spring or hardwood cuttings in fall. I use rooting hormones and a well drained bark soil keeping temperatures around 70-80F.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

Roses root easily with intermittent mist propagation using softwood cuttings in mid to late spring or hardwood cuttings in fall. I use rooting hormones and a well drained bark soil keeping temperatures around 70-80F.

For the hardwood cuttings. I assume the newest lignified stems are best?

 

[Trustyfarms]

Yes I prefer to use the most terminal portions of the stems. You can remove all the leaves when propagating hardwood cuttings.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

@SpiritFarmVa here’s a nice video from the YouTube channel I mentioned in my post above.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

@SpiritFarmVa here’s a nice video from the YouTube channel I mentioned in my post above.

Thanks!

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

Wow Teresa that is beautiful, might have to look that one up.
The Julian Childs is a smaller yellow rose, omg it smells so good.

The June bugs/Asian beetles attack them with prejudice.

Not only were the bugs relentless but the deer loved the blossoms and leaves also.

 

[ktrain]

Not only were the bugs relentless but the deer loved the blossoms and leaves also.

Oh I bet, they haven't seemed to get brave enough to come up to the house to get them.
And I hope it stays that way.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

Oh I bet, they haven't seemed to get brave enough to come up to the house to get them.
And I hope it stays that way.

Being right at the house didn’t stop the dear. I had the Lincoln rose in New Jersey. As you can see it was right at the steps to the house.

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

@SpiritFarmVa I forgot about my other Hybrid tea rose I had the past 2 years till this past summer we kept finding these teeny tiny green catapillars that just devoured the leaves. No matter how many times we sprayed them they would always come back. It finally died this past summer. The rose was a JFK rose.

 

[SpiritFarmVa]

Those are lovely!