Potting Up Your Rooted Rose Cuttings
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$5
10 Minutes
Easy
I shared with you previously a couple ways that I easily root rose cuttings and now I am showing you how to pot them up once they have rooted. Super easy yet a necessary step to getting big, beautiful rose bushes!
You can duplicate many of the roses you have in your garden with cuttings. But what happens after you have roots? I show you what I do to keep my new roses growing strong!
So you have roots on your cuttings. Great! (these are kind of a poor example, usually I let them get bigger roots before potting up)
See all the roots, well despite being a good size they are very delicate, handle them gently to prevent snapping any off.
Fill a 4 inch pot with a good quality potting soil (no synthetic fertilizer added) and lightly hold the rose roots on top of the soil.
Start filling the pot with more soil until you are half an inch from the top. Water in the cutting to help remove air pockets.
This is optional but I top with a layer of horticultural sand. It is claimed it discourages fungus gnats but I mainly like it as it looks prettier and it helps maintain moisture.
Would you like more rose starting tips and tricks? Hop on over to my website and get all kinds of garden goodies. Flower Patch Farmhouse
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Very nice!
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Thank you, it is fun.
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Thanks for the easy to follow instructions
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I missed how you take a cutting. My parents have a six foot beautiful peace and love rose. I would like to take a cutting off it. Could you please send me the link for that? Thanks Suzie
Will you please send me info about how to get the cuttings? Thanks so much.
I have rooted some geraniums in water. Now to pot them. What to do to get early blooming geraniums? Thanks! ricex016@umn.edu