Rose cuttings growing
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With a little luck and attention to their needs you could get them through the winter indoors, but it is best done in a cool room rather then at room temp. becuase they do neeed to go through a dorment period.
I always started my rose cuttings outdoors in the early spring as I pruned them back after the buds start to show and sign of swelling. I take the cuttings then, and insert them into the soil in a partially sunny spot, I place a large mason jar over them. I keep the soil around the jars moist but otherwise forget about them, checking once a week to see if they require more watering, Once the buds break and show signs of growth I lift the jars up a bit to allow fresh air in but leave the jars in place. If the foliage fills the jar then it's time to remove the jar but this doesn't tend to happen the first year. The jars stay in place until the following year after the buds swell and break.
My paternal grandmother used this method, as did my father with fairly even results. Usually one in five didn't root and had to be pulled! Not bad avarage on survival!
I always started my rose cuttings outdoors in the early spring as I pruned them back after the buds start to show and sign of swelling. I take the cuttings then, and insert them into the soil in a partially sunny spot, I place a large mason jar over them. I keep the soil around the jars moist but otherwise forget about them, checking once a week to see if they require more watering, Once the buds break and show signs of growth I lift the jars up a bit to allow fresh air in but leave the jars in place. If the foliage fills the jar then it's time to remove the jar but this doesn't tend to happen the first year. The jars stay in place until the following year after the buds swell and break.
My paternal grandmother used this method, as did my father with fairly even results. Usually one in five didn't root and had to be pulled! Not bad avarage on survival!
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