Every year for a birthday or March 8, women receive armfuls of magnificent roses as a gift. So I want to keep the freshness of such a bouquet longer. But, alas, he soon fades, and the mistress throws him out with regret. I would very much like to preserve a luxurious gift for a long time in my memory. Do not be discouraged, take a chance and try to grow roses from a bouquet presented with great love.
Women who are engaged in the reproduction of plants immediately realize that this is not a crazy idea. Many just put them in the water and wait for them to start the roots. Sometimes this method works, but, most often, the stems fade or simply rot. What is the reason? How to grow roses from a bouquet of cuttings? How often does such an experiment become successful? We suggest that you familiarize yourself with several ways how to grow roses from a bouquet at home. The knowledge gained will certainly help you successfully plant truly royal flowers. Growing a rose from a bouquet of a house with a cuttings is a more reliable way than grafting or seed removal.
What roses can be propagated?
It is possible to grow roses from a bouquet in the winter, provided that the flowers were grown with us, and not abroad. You can experiment with local roses, but not with Dutch. You only waste your time, this is an impossible task. What is the reason? Foreign specimens can not reproduce, because before long-term transportation they are treated with special chemicals. They allow flowers to retain an attractive appearance for a long time.
How to determine which roses were presented to you - imported or domestic? The seller initially knows the information, but after all, a bouquet, most often, is presented by someone as a gift. Do not be discouraged, carefully observe the bouquet in a vase. Local roses by the end of the first day will begin to lower their heads and fade. Usually chic Dutch roses have a high stalk, a huge bud, rich color. Our flower has smaller buds and not so bright petals. The local flower does not live in the bouquet for long, about three days.
The Dutch rose cannot be called living from the very beginning. To preserve her beauty, she was impregnated with chemical preparations. Her stalk will never give root, so the bush will not grow out of it.
Preparation of cuttings
So, you have learned that it is possible to grow a rose from a bouquet. To get a positive result, you need to properly prepare the cuttings. It doesn’t hurt you to know a few simple secrets:
- Do not wait until the bouquet withers completely; fresh plants are needed for cuttings.
- The middle part of the stem is suitable for the stem; the upper one has not yet gained strength, and the lower one has already aged and dried out.
- For germination, a stalk of medium thickness, on which there are three living buds, is suitable.
First, from prepared stems, you need to make cuttings whose length is 20-25 cm with three intact buds. Remove the buds and thorns from them. After this, the cuttings can be sprouted in various ways. Get to know the simplest - rooting cuttings in distilled water. Prepared cuttings just lower the bottom into the water. When the roots appear on them, transplant the planting material into pots or into the ground under plastic bottles.
Root Stimulation
You can not wait until the cuttings take root. To do this, with prepared cuttings, you need to perform some stimulating actions. Under the lower kidney, make an oblique section; do the same above the upper kidney. Moisten the cut places with water and treat with dry potassium permanganate. Then prepare a solution of potassium permanganate and soak the prepared cuttings in it for 24 hours. Submerge disinfected cuttings in a pot with a wood-humus substrate with a slight slope so that there are 2-3 buds on top. The roots of a new bush are likely to appear on the lower cut of the stem.
Greenhouse in the form of jars, bottles
To ensure good water and air tightness of the substrate, sprinkle a little river sand and peat on its surface. Not only potassium permanganate will accelerate the appearance of roots on cuttings. You can use special preparations that are sold in all flower shops. An example is Kornevin, Heteroauxin. Dilute the root growth stimulator in accordance with its instructions.
How then to create favorable conditions for the rooting and development of the bush? Do not let the cuttings dry, watch for moisture in the ground. To do this, cover the cuttings in pots with cropped plastic bottles or glass jars, slightly deepening them in the ground. It is important to note that the optimum temperature for rooting roses is considered to be +25 ° . When the first leaves appear, periodically spray them with soft water.
How much time to keep indoors?
For rooting roses from cuttings, you need 1 month. After some time, twigs begin to appear, the first small buds that need to be removed may break through. When the first roots appear, do not spray the plant anymore, but only aerate it. After 3-4 months, transplant rooted cuttings into plastic or ceramic dishes (pots).
It is best to plant the plants in a mixture of humus, sand and sod land. If the rooting process took place in the winter, then in summer and autumn potted plants can be kept outdoors. With the onset of cold weather, place them again in the room, but with a temperature not exceeding +5 ° C. As soon as the warm spring weather comes, transplant the ingrained material into the open ground in the flowerbed.
Summer rose propagation
Summer nights are warm. This allows you to root the cuttings from the bouquet right on the flowerbed. First, prepare a substrate of chernozem and river sand. Prepare the cuttings as described above. Treat them with a strong solution of potassium permanganate or a special stimulant. Make holes, sprinkle them with a substrate. Dig the cooked cuttings into them at an angle of 45 °. Please note that the lower kidney must be sprinkled with earth, the remaining two or three should be on top. Pour plenty of water into the wells. Cover the cuttings with glass jars or plastic bottles with cut off necks. Make sure that 2 cm cans penetrate the ground. The effect of the greenhouse will turn out. Do not forget to water.
A month after planting, proceed to hardening the cuttings. Take off the bottles for a while every day. Start with 20 minutes, then half an hour, an hour and so on until the cans are completely removed. You will need three weeks for this procedure.
If you plant cuttings in early June, then by September they will give decent shoots (up to 40 cm). Some branches can even start buds, but to strengthen the root system of the bush, it is better to remove them. In late autumn, carefully scoop up young bushes and transplant them into pots. Place them in a moderately lit room with a temperature not exceeding +5 ° C. In spring, with the onset of established weather, you can plant bushes in the flowerbed.
How to grow a rose from a bouquet in potatoes?
The rooting of the stems of roses in potatoes has gained great popularity among the people. The most suitable season for this is spring. Why in potatoes? It contains a moist environment with a large number of useful substances for rooting and growth of cuttings.
An important condition is that the cuttings should not exceed 20 cm in length. Be sure to remove all the "eyes" in the potato. Then follow the plan:
- If you have several cuttings from a bouquet, then dig a shallow trench (15 cm). Choose for this a bright and calm place in the flowerbed.
- Fill 5-10 cm of river sand at the bottom of the trench.
- Put prepared for planting cuttings in potatoes in a trench at a distance of 15 cm from each other.
- Pour the cuttings so that the lower kidney is hidden in the ground. Cover the stems with jars or bottles.
- Water the cuttings regularly. Once every five days, pour them with a solution of sweet water. To do this, dilute 8 tablespoons of sugar in 1 liter of water.
- Two to three weeks after planting, begin to accustom the cuttings to the external climate. Gradually remove the jars.
The chances of growing a rose from the stem will increase if you bury not one stalk in this way, but several from the whole bouquet. With this simple potato trick, you can get young pink bushes.
Unusual propagation in the package
A very funny way to grow a rose from a bouquet at home is to put its cuttings in a bag. First prepare the cuttings, as described first. Place a pound of sterile soil or moist sphagnum moss in a tight bag. But before that, moisten the soil with a solution of water with aloe juice (9: 1). Place the cuttings with the lower part in the ground, gently press it into a lump. Inflate the bag, tie it well and hang it on the balcony so that the cuttings are down with their roots. Increased humidity will create a greenhouse effect with fog in the bag, and, after a month, the first roots will be cut. Now they are ready to land.
Winter planting cuttings
If a bouquet was presented to you in late autumn, and you do not have the opportunity to mess with cuttings in the winter, there is a very simple way out of the situation. It is important to keep the stems alive until spring. This method will not force the cuttings to produce roots, but in the spring they will be ready for the growing season. Florists often resort to such a trick - planting cuttings in the winter. Sometimes you really want to plant a unique variety of roses that you liked on your flowerbed. To do this, just bury the cuttings in a third in the soil, and fill the upper part with sawdust or other dry material. You can lightly cover the ground. This will save the cuttings from frost. In the spring, use the usual method for transplanting roses.
Burrito Method
Gambling experimenters can turn to a very unusual way of propagation by cuttings - Burrito. You must immediately warn that the probability of rooting by this method is 50%. Sometimes it is used by people who have absolutely no time to care for cuttings. To begin, treat the stems of roses in the usual way. Lower the tips into “Kornevin”, “Epin” or another remedy for stimulating the roots. Wrap the cuttings in a newspaper previously dipped in water. Set the planting material in a dark place at a temperature not exceeding +18 ° C. Two weeks later, roots should appear at the bottom of the stems.
The essence of the Trannua method
There is another way of propagating roses, if you decide to take cuttings from a bush in a flower bed. This method will allow the stalk to draw a lot of starch and nutrients from the leaves before they are cut. After the first flowering wave (June-July), select the appropriate stems, cut off the top with a flower and small leaves. Do not touch the stem yet, but watch it. After some time, in the lower part of the stem near the leaves, buds will begin to hatch and swell. This suggests that the plant can continue vegetation. Now is the time to cut the cuttings. Do not wait until leaves appear on the stem. Plant the cut material directly into the ground on the sunny side of the flowerbed at an angle of 45 °. Plant several at once in the hole, so you will increase the likelihood of the number of rooted cuttings. Cover the stems with banks and leave until winter. Do not forget to water and loosen around the holes so that the plant is nourished by moisture and oxygen.