You are phenomenal at instructive presentations, Jason!!! *THANK YOU* for providing a link to the chart in the description! I've saved it in my "Favorites" list along with this video. What a generous thing to do for us frustrated gardeners! If we all succeed with propagating roses, the world will be all the more prettier. Good luck to everyone with their cuttings!💚👍🌹
We tried some cuttings we took as the snow was flying here in USA, Michigan last fall. We got many to start rooting after a few months. We had too much moisture after though, and they all went to rot! Watching this video showed us all the areas we can improve. Even though we did many things wrong and they eventually died, we got some root growth. The spark is lit and we are geared up for June this year! Thanks for all the great info for us to try this season. GL on the season.
You are amazing! I honestly don’t know what I would do without your tutorials! I am trying to save my Pope John Paul II. It seems to be on its way out. I’m hoping to get one last season from it or at least a few good cuttings so I can grow another plant. I’d really hate to lose it! I have rooted cuttings before but lost them in the next phase. I can’t thank you enough for this video! Hopefully my mother plant will bounce back or I can at least get a productive cutting! Thank you so much Jason! I will download the chart! God bless you!
Wow a whole 9 months; one could have a baby!! lol! It's crazy, my mother just takes her cuttings, stick them in a pot and voila! She also takes a stem from the mother rose, bends it, puts a rock on top and voila, she has another rose bush. Old fashion ways, but they work. This right here was very informative as always, just wow! I learned a lot! Just went on your website to see you don't ship to USA. Totally understand after reading your story. Thank you so much for, once again, educating us with thorough information. :)
Excellent video with essential steps, i did have to smile when you mentioned watering your potted plants once or twice a week because here in Oklahoma USA i water mine daily and occasionally twice daily even using shade cloth due to high temperatures and drying wind during the summer. Climate definitely makes a big difference.
Thanks William! It really can't be overstated how important it is to customize your growing plans based on local climate and growing conditions. Several times while I was working on this, I hesitated and almost scrapped it for that reason. What I'm hoping is that even a rough schedule from my growing conditions may be a useful starting point for a plan that's bound end up quite different.
Thank you so much for your propagation chart form, it's really useful to me! You always give us useful and honest infromations, That's why I always come to see your new vedioes.
I have watched this post several times and find it the most helpful instructional video for propagating not only roses but most deciduous plants. Thanks for taking the time to educate us!
Wow. Densely packed. I have been helping a friend do her first attempts at propogating from cuttings (hydrangea and rosemary). I wish I had had this video six weeks ago. It could have saved me time and frustration. Thanks. I will use this next time.
Jason, I hear on the BBC this evening that Fraser Valley & Abbotsford are in the grip of very heavy rain and flooding today. I hope you, your family and your neighbours are all safe. I am sure that whatever the seriousness of the current situation, you strike me (from the few videos I have watched and enjoyed) as the sort of resilient person who will prevail. All the best, Adam
Thanks for your concern Adam! We're fine here on the farm, but some of our neighbors just south of the river were evacuated. Looks like they're getting a grip on it now.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Wow I just came back to basically leave the same comment. No cap your videos are the best on youtube for us small nurseries and you communicate so well specifically to my learning style. You have successfully presold me for whatever learning products you have coming out later, i'm grateful for you sharing your knowledge without a paywall.
OMG, I asked this very question of you (in my head, as I was looking at salvia cuttings I did in April that are rooted but just not growing) this morning!!! Thank you!!
Yup, been there, done that. Every time I make my potting mix a bit dryer and my success rate improves a little. It’s so counter-intuitive, I find it so hard not to water. Looking forward to my next batch - those “black mouldy sticks” are sooo depressing; especially after waiting, hopefully, for weeks. Keep at it! 🌹
Thank you Jason, I have a rose in my garden I absolutely love but I don't know what variety it is so I couldn't source it, after watching your video I took few cuttings 6 weeks ago and in 3 of them the leaves still look healthy and bright, I can't wait to see what will happen next
Estupendo video, me encanta tu generosidad al enseñarnos y compartir tus conocimientos, a mi me gusta hacer esquejes de rosas, pero desde que estoy viendo tus videos me doy cuenta que cometo muchos errores, y tengo mucho que aprender. Por ejemplo hoy hemos pasado un día muy entretenido con mi nieto haciendo esquejes, mi tasa de enraizamiento es muy baja así que lo intento muchas veces, y mis fracasos no terminan de frustarme...al reves me hace volver a intentarlo. Saludos desde Alicante, España.
Excellent. One of your best videos. Brilliant table. Just discovered gardening. Challenge will be adapting to local conditions and small area. Thanks for the help.
Hi your teaching is awesome,easy to follow. I and my daughter are rose lovers and we are going to grow rose farm in Thailand. I have subscribed to your channel. Cheers
Thanks for this great video The chart you provided is really helpful. I will try to tweek it as I am based in Kuwait and our weather is quite different. Our winters are mild with temp between 10-20 and the summer is between 40-50 🔥
Thank you Jason for this very informative tutorial video :) I suppose this means I should know how to propagate roses now....only I haven't been very successful so far (I watched your other ones). I'll have to give it another shot!
This year I noticed peach coloured roses growing up on a hillside behind an old apple tree in my yard. I can’t get to it due to overgrowth mixed with other wild roses, their thorns and a ton of raspberries. But it is very tall., there appears to be more than one. Beautiful peach roses. Very beautiful fragrance. I think they may be climbing roses. I want to get them out or take cuttings to multiply. 😍
Thanks Jason! I took your advice about trying softwood cuttings and it looks like 5 out of 6 have rooted - just waiting for the new growth now! Trying another batch but I’m worried about an early fall. I’m already seeing birds flying south and trees are dropping their leaves due to the drought… here’s hoping they have enough time to establish!
How exciting! I guess it depends on your climate a bit, but I suspect you'll have plenty of time to establish good roots before the risk of hard frost. I'm still actively taking cuttings now.
Thanks for sharing, this was the info I was looking for , I just kill my first Rose , I replanted to a bigger container way too early :( I whish I have look for this info before I decided to moved . lesson learn the hard way.
I’m going to try getting cutting next year we are getting an Arctic blast and it is the end of Dec but I do plan on trying to get some of my roses propagated
I love this video and the chart. It's very helpful. I'd like to ask you a favor: could you turn captions on? I hope I didn't miss something you said in this video because of my hearing problem. Thanks.
Thanks - I'm working on the issue. Google's automatic captioning system has been glitching pretty badly, and they haven't been offering me any useful guidance. To me, it's really important to provide the captions (for many reasons, but also because my mother is hearing impaired). Cross fingers, I think I've found a workaround that wont have me manually (and slowly, at my typing speed) transcribing the videos. It might take me a day or two sometimes to solve the problem, but I'll get it done.
I love all your videos but especially your propagation videos! 🤩 If you ever need more topics for videos I have a few suggestions 😉 1. What to do with a container plant that got too much sun. It seems like mine always die no matter what I do 😫 2. How to keep a plant in a container it has outgrown without getting a bigger container. Can roots be cut back like a bonsai? 3) what you think of air pots. I noticed you didn't use them so I just wondered what you thought.
Jason, thank you so much for this video. I Have tried for the last 3 months for cutting, but not successful, the stems always turned black. I used a water bottle (upside down) as the dome, should I leave the cap off? or keep the cap on ? thank you. LOve your video, I learned a lot.
A very clear and elaborate explanation on rose propagation. Lately many video's pop up in which rose cuttings are placed in a banana, potato, garlic, carrot etc. and show results, to good to be true in my opinion. What is your professional opinion on that kind of rose propagation? I myself believe more in the potting soil and rooting powder method.
Thanks for the fast conformation of the propagation fakes. I already looked at various video's on your channel but did not encounter the one from about one year ago. Thanks for pointing it out.
TH-cam should reinstate the counter on the thumbs down again so viewers can better distinguish between true and false video's. The TH-cam reason (protecting delicate souls of the creators from hard negative numbers ) for removing it was stupid from my prospective.
Hi Jason Thank you for all this great information. I just started propagating a cutting and was wondering at what temperature in the winter you would either bring the rooted cuttings indoors or apply frost cloth. I am in 8b US Pacific Northwest
Hey Jason - excellent tutorial once again. Question - am I right in thinking that you keep that rooted cutting in prop mix the whole time till you transplant? If you have made cuttings in a communal pot what media should you put each rooted individual into for the 6 months or so - another compost/soil free mix? Thanks for your hard work in keeping us informed and educated about horticulture and small nursery operations. - cheers from Southern Australia.
Hi Sam. Yes, my prop mix is usually a basic potting soil (bark or peat based) - and I use something quite similar for the next potting until they're ready to go into the ground.
Another wonderfully clear and interesting presentation! Thank you for showing the whole sequence of rose propagation. I hope you are planning to author a book on the subject of roses! Is it okay to propagate a patented rose for personal use?
Thanks Kristine. No, I don't think a book is likely - video seems to work nicely into my life. Patented roses: no, it's still prohibited even for personal use. I don't think anyone is checking tho...
No, it isn't...but in our rose group, we often make a back-up rose, if we are worried that we would lose the original. Patents only last 20 years, so pre-2002 is open now!
I bought a bouquet of 12 red roses for 99 cents a few days ago, do you think I can propagate them? And is it ok to use a seed starting mix to propagate cuttings? Thank you for your advice.
Jason, I seen the chart on from cuttings to planting. Would you share a copy of that so I can print it as user reference. Hard to read on my cell phone. Lol Nicely done Regards
greetings Jason... my question to you is this: Today, October 31st I took a nice cane from my climbing rose bush. I followed your steps to plant the clippings. Is this to late in the year to start the process? Beautiful videos, I only hope may clipping show as nicely as yours. This is my first time experimenting with rose clippings. Many thanks!
Yes, it's a little awkward for timing. A bit late to get going on semi-hardwood, and a little earlier than I'd start winter hardwood. There are no rules against trying though!
Ahhh this was fantastic! I’ve struggled big time with trying to propagate roses living in Florida. I think too much moisture and humidity early on was the biggest problem I faced. We are moving much more north soon though so I’ll definitely be giving it a try! Do climbing roses follow the same steps?
Sincere question, when I was studying african violet and succulent propagation I discovered in a video from a large producer that the cutting workers left the stems open to air for ten to fifteen minutes to aid callas formation, now granted it's a completely different plant but it worked, wondering if you allow rose cuttings to be open to air for a length of time before dipping and plugging? Many thanks, you are a good teacher, b (p.s. thanks for the graphic)
Thanks Burton. I've seen a similar technique for succulent leaves, laying them out to callus in the open air before sticking them. I haven't seen anything yet to indicate it would be useful for roses, but it might be worth a try.
Great video. I'm just south of you in Vancouver Washington. I'm assuming you're using shade cloth in your propagation greenhouse. If so what percentage of shade cloth are you using?
Great video with very helpful info, thank you. If you were holding that rose plant in the final stage / pot, for planting in the fall, would you let it flower or keep pruning it back?
It sounds like everything is going well in your propagation - callus is just the very earliest stage of rooting, so if you do achieve roots, but never notice any callus, it's probably just because your plants are quickly moving on to young roots.
It is very instructive! Thanks a lot. I have two questions: 1. Maybe I missed that but can you comment on at which stage I can use compost as soil when repotting and 2. It seems like the first stage is early rooting but you talk about a bit of rooting but mostly callusing. Does it mean I can still start fertilizing a bit if I get only callusing in 3 to 5 weeks?
I might be missing your meaning, but I repot into potting soil (the British might call it compost) when the smaller pot or plug is fully rooted to the sides and bottom. I don't usually start feeding until I've confirmed roots (not just callus) - but I don't suppose a light liquid feed would hurt much.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm ok, thank you for the quick answer. It fully answers my questions. I want to root some cuttings of roses and rosemary and lavender. Rosemary is really successful. I put them in water and half of them shoot the roots within a week if they shoot at all. Remarkable is that they shoot mostly over the water layer. As they shoot the roots I put them in the potting soil. Seems working. Lavender dies off independently of the rooting method water or soil. At the moment I am trying it with a pure perilite. What certainly does work are the small cuttings you showed. And I wonder if the light plays a significant role in the rooting of the lavender. I used the potting soil disinfected with antifungal stuff for my rose cuttings. They did not die after 6 weeks. 4 weeks after I checked them. Some had callusing but no rooting at all.
Professor Jason, I have another question for you please. As a good student of Fraser Valley Rose Farm (which I believe I've mentioned in other videos) I've watched almost all of your videos. I'm a little fuzzy on what you think is best practices for fertilizer timing on potted roses. In your "growing roses in containers" video, I believe you suggest every three weeks to use a liquid feed, or after a flush of blooms, with your potted roses. Here in this video you suggest--after they've established their roots--to use a full strength liquid feed twice a week. Is that twice/week only something you suggest for newly propagated roses? If I may be specific, I bought some bands from online sellers that are just barely at/past the stage of their roots hitting the sides and bottom of a quart-sized pot. Two I've already potted up into gallons pots, with the other two almost to that stage. For these four young roses, I've only been fertilizing once every other week or so but I'm noticing some yellowing in the leaves that I don't think is due to moisture stress. When would you suggest 2/week liquid feed, and at what point do you recommend backing it off to once every few weeks or flush cycle? Thanks again!
Hi David. In a pot they're relying on your liquid fertilizing completely (unless you've added a slow-release), so you can go with a couple of different approaches - a weak fertilizer solution at every watering, or a more "full strength" solution alternated with plain water. There's too much variability in fertilizers & feeding instructions to be more than fairly general I'm afraid, but I (like you) watch the plants themselves for paleness/yellowing as a sign they could use more nutrients, and vigorous new red shoots and deeper green leaves as a sign that I've got it just about right. You can definitely overdo it too, and there's a certain "tightness" to the plant and a deep green color that I see as the first signs that I've gone too far.
Hey, some of my cuttings started to get hard brown vertically. I have two that’s half hard word brown vertically. What do you think causes this? Thanks for your videos. Some of my cuttings grew very nicely and I’m getting ready to pot them up. ❤
Hey Jason, what a timely video! I wanted to get your opinion on my arborvitae cuttings. I take hardwood cuttings in April, I don't use cell pots, instead I put something around 150 cuttings per 10g pot. Normally, I wait a full year to repot since I have to break all of them apart seeing as they're rooted together in one pot. I've been wondering if I could get away with repotting them this fall instead? Do you think the overwintering process does something to the roots which makes it easier/safer for me to pull them apart in spring, or do you think pulling them apart in the fall would be okay? My first frost is usually around mid October. I guess I'm technically just producing bare root plants, but it seems like I can root a lot more plants this way instead of cell trays. Do you think I could have a quicker result using cell trays vs bare root? Do you ever propagate plants like this? Hope this makes sense. I appreciate the video. Jah Bless!
Thanks. I think your method sounds really appealing. Many plants in a single container = less complexity. If you can break or wash them apart in the spring with a good success rate, I don't know that I would mess with it. I suppose it may be worthwhile to trial some fall potting to see if they get a head start vs. spring potting. I propagate in separate pots/cells for a few reasons: 1) I often propagate in smaller batches, 2) I offer my 9cm/quart pots for sale direct to customers via mail order, 3) the success rate for different cultivars (of roses) can vary quite a lot, so when I have losses, it's nice to be able to remove the failed pots and consolidate.
Thank you Jason for yet another excellent and informative video. I live in the same local climate as you and followed your tips last summer, successfully propagating two different rose cuttings from my mother’s garden. I took your advice and kept the roses in their one gallon and 2 gallon pots over this summer, so I could place them where I wanted colour in my garden. I would like to keep the roses in their pots for next year and my question to you is, should these roses remain outdoors under a protected deck, should I bring them in my unheated greenhouse, should I just leave them outside, or should I keep them in their pots but protect the rootball by burying them in the ground over the fall and winter? I would hate to lose them after a year of babying! I look forward to your response and thank you in advance.
Hi Michael. I recommend the unheated greenhouse. Based on my own experience, this has been a fairly reliable way of overwintering, with good shelter from cold wind and excess moisture. You would still need to check on them occasionally to see that they're not drying out, and if you can also make sure the greenhouse is vented on sunny days (for temp stability) that would help.
Hi Jason, I would like to transplant my successful rose cuttings that have been in pots this summer into the ground. When is the best time for me to do that. I live in Burnaby, so the same climate as you. I look forward to your guidance.
Hi! I’m in zone 8a. If I start propagating now with heating mat in October where it will get cold soon, by January the plant will be 3 months old and I do not have enough space to repot them in bigger pots. How to keep alive during the winter? 1. Should I still repot them into bigger pots? 2. The air will be cold, do I take the dome off in January-March? Or not? 3. In a room of my house, should the air still be cool for them or warm during the time of Jan-March?
I'm in zone 8 as well, and by this point in my propagation season, if I'm rooting them indoors I've committed to pretty much keep them indoors until Feb/March when the highest risk of deep cold is over. I'm keeping them in plug trays the whole time, and won't repot until they've successfully hardened off out in the greenhouse. Humidity dome off, and somewhat cool if you can manage it.
Jason, Watched a few of your videos and very impressed! My husband and I are in the process of purchasing a land in Alabama, zone 7b. You mentioned rose de rescht as highly recommended for its fragrance. If we wish to farm it and make rose syrup, would you please give us your opinion if it’s a good choice? We would love to have your opinions on what we can grow for making syrup in tea and drinks. Thank you in advance!
I think it would be a fairly good choice, but it doesn't bloom all in one big flush. It might make sense (for batch processing) to look for something with a good fragrance and blooms more uniformly. Something like Abraham Darby comes to mind just off the cuff.
For hybrid teas in zone 5-6, would you prune back to near the soil level before moving to a protected (cool) spot for the winter? And then when should you pot up in spring? After last frost date?
Thanks - the kind of pruning I perform on younger plants is very restrained. As shown in the video, I have no hesitation in taking off extra foliage and thin/inward-facing stems, but no, I wouldn't say prune too close to the ground. The stems store some of the energy you rose will need for the next year's growth. Shelter over winter as best you can, and if you see damage at the end of winter, you can always prune it off.
Hi Jason, the rose cuttings which have about 1 or 1 and half inches long baby roots , should I start applying very light fish fertilizer? I also have Bonide Root & Grow liquid fertilizer. Should I start applying one of these fertilizers now or should wait until the roots get much bigger?
When they start growing from a cutting it's usually from the main single stem where new growth occurs. How do you encourage additional shoots from the base rather than the parent stem so that the single stem doesn't get too weighted from new growth. Trying to find out how to create a two-three stem shoots from the base to create the vase shape in your video?
Thanks so much for all your videos, very helpful! I have a quick newbie question, new rose bush this year as of late April, good center growth, room left for ventilation. I have 2 big canes one on each side, only canes a good size (Thickness) for propagation should I try this year or wait a season? Thanks again!
Hi Phillip. I usually try to wait until the second season - leaving those stems in place now will make for stronger growth (and more cutting opportunities) next year.
Extremely useful video, thank you ! I just did some cuttings a week ago. I wish I would have watched this video earlier this summer because I am very late according to your schedule. I live in Quebec, Canada where the winters are long and cold. How do you recommend that I overwinter my cuttings ? I’ve heard about putting all the pots together on the side and covering them with a tarp. Should I leave them in the garage but it has basically no light ? Any advice specific to my climate (Canadian 5b) would be trememdously appreciated. Thank you !
I've often chosen an unheated garage to overwinter tender plants, but I also don't have a very long winter. Dormant plants need very little in the way of light, but even a compact fluorescent on a timer for a few hours a day may help. A little bit of gentle air movement is also a good idea.
One question about hardening off: With my veg seedlings you have to introduce them to outside in short spurts (an hour or two) gradually increasing to all day over a couple of weeks. Is it the same with these cuttings?
Jason, thank you so much for this very informative video. Just a question ... after being successful with rooting a rose cutting, how long after would it be before the newly established rose cutting presents with rose blooms / flowers? What time period would I be looking at say for a Floribunda or a hybrid tea? Thanks.
Hi Jun. They can bloom even the same season (on small new shoots, so nothing impressive). Usually it'll be about a year later (after up-potting) that you'll see decent flowering.
What is your opinion on mycorrhiza for root cuttings? Will it help the cuttings to root faster? Do you use mycorrhiza in your nursery throughout the season?
It's not a true dormancy, so no, it's not completely necessary. I just find it a bit tricky keeping the conditions right for active growth indoors during the winter.
Hi Jason I bought a liquid root hormon WILSON from Home depot in gel ( the only kind available in my store ). But it said this uses for softwood and hardwood cuttings. Can I use it for semi hardwood cuttings? Thanks.
About a week ago, I tried propagating some cuttings from the green tips of my almost dead rose bush. They were tiny, only about 2-4 inches. I dipped them in rooting hormone then planted them into a cocopeat-based potting mix. I did not covered them with plastic bags since I live in the tropics and I assumed it is unnecessary. I checked them a few hours ago then I noticed that the stems are turning wrinkly. Assuming they dried up, I pulled them one by one and discovered there are actually a lot of callous tissue forming. No signs of rot, still very green. I returned them into their pots, watered, and covered them with plastic bags. Will they still recover and form roots? Or is it too late?
Only your cuttings can answer that question. I've seen small cuttings recover if they root quickly and have some energy left to develop shoots, but then again that's based on the health of the plant tissue to begin with. It sounds like these were taken from an unhealthy plant - but no harm in trying!
Hello Jason! How do you mail roses through the mail? I have started to root roses, hydrangeas, and bougainvilleas here in the US. How can I mail a rose, and ensure that it will arrive alive? Thank You
Hi Omar. I'm still working on my method, but really the length of time in transit makes a big difference. If you can choose a service that lands the plant to the customer in 3-4 days, it'll suffer a lot less in transit. Might be a good idea to strip leaves (and let your customer know in advance that you'll do this) as foliage can take quite a hit to condition, and will sometimes even defoliate itself from shock after arrival.
If I root them in summer of year 1, I can ship them in a 9cm/4in pot in spring of year 2. I usually get $15 (CA) for them, but I know some of the US suppliers charge a fair bit more.
Hi Jason, when you say full strength fertilizer does that mean your typical osmocote combined with liquid fertilizer? And if the fertilizer available doesn't have a dosage guide, is there an empirical formula for potted roses? Also, here in the Philippines growers from our flower capital in the mountain regions sell newly rooted rose plants, do I need to increase fertilizer applications for the roses to thrive in warmer climate of the lowlands? Thank you!
Thanks Raymund. I do add the osmocote (or other controlled release) at the time of repotting. While in the smaller size, I rely solely on liquid fertilizer. I do work from the product recommendations for concentration. If there's no dosage guide, I'd say start low and work your way to your own personal "safe" rate.
You are phenomenal at instructive presentations, Jason!!! *THANK YOU* for providing a link to the chart in the description! I've saved it in my "Favorites" list along with this video. What a generous thing to do for us frustrated gardeners! If we all succeed with propagating roses, the world will be all the more prettier. Good luck to everyone with their cuttings!💚👍🌹
Can't even tell you how much I appreciate this video and the chart you've provided, thank you so much!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching
Yes, thanks! I took a screenshot but I'll find the site and check it out!
I can’t count how many times I’ve shared & referenced back to this video 😂 here I am again this morning 🎉
Wonderful to hear it Blessed Momma D!
I loved “pull something out of an oven”. I guess it’s time to try rose propagations again.
We tried some cuttings we took as the snow was flying here in USA, Michigan last fall. We got many to start rooting after a few months. We had too much moisture after though, and they all went to rot! Watching this video showed us all the areas we can improve. Even though we did many things wrong and they eventually died, we got some root growth. The spark is lit and we are geared up for June this year! Thanks for all the great info for us to try this season. GL on the season.
Thanks Nathan - good to hear you're keeping at it! I'm still learning a lot every year I do it.
You are amazing! I honestly don’t know what I would do without your tutorials! I am trying to save my Pope John Paul II. It seems to be on its way out. I’m hoping to get one last season from it or at least a few good cuttings so I can grow another plant. I’d really hate to lose it! I have rooted cuttings before but lost them in the next phase. I can’t thank you enough for this video! Hopefully my mother plant will bounce back or I can at least get a productive cutting! Thank you so much Jason! I will download the chart! God bless you!
Wow a whole 9 months; one could have a baby!! lol! It's crazy, my mother just takes her cuttings, stick them in a pot and voila! She also takes a stem from the mother rose, bends it, puts a rock on top and voila, she has another rose bush. Old fashion ways, but they work. This right here was very informative as always, just wow! I learned a lot! Just went on your website to see you don't ship to USA. Totally understand after reading your story. Thank you so much for, once again, educating us with thorough information. :)
Thank you for the detailed video on propagating roses. Your thorough explanation and the useful chart were impressive and incredibly helpful.
Awesome, important information & very knowledgeable. Thanks
Excellent video with essential steps, i did have to smile when you mentioned watering your potted plants once or twice a week because here in Oklahoma USA i water mine daily and occasionally twice daily even using shade cloth due to high temperatures and drying wind during the summer. Climate definitely makes a big difference.
Thanks William! It really can't be overstated how important it is to customize your growing plans based on local climate and growing conditions. Several times while I was working on this, I hesitated and almost scrapped it for that reason. What I'm hoping is that even a rough schedule from my growing conditions may be a useful starting point for a plan that's bound end up quite different.
This is highly informative and helpful - thank you Jason!
Thank you so much for your propagation chart form, it's really useful to me! You always give us useful and honest infromations, That's why I always come to see your new vedioes.
Thanks for the feedback Jenny. I really appreciate it
I have watched this post several times and find it the most helpful instructional video for propagating not only roses but most deciduous plants. Thanks for taking the time to educate us!
My pleasure Bill. Thanks for the encouragement.
Wow. Densely packed.
I have been helping a friend do her first attempts at propogating from cuttings (hydrangea and rosemary).
I wish I had had this video six weeks ago. It could have saved me time and frustration.
Thanks. I will use this next time.
The timeline is the best!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thank you very much. Your chart makes this the best video that I've seen from you to date.
THAT WAS HELPFUL! Thanks for this informative Video! Now I know exactly why my cuttings failed last winter! Will try it again this year!
Jason, I hear on the BBC this evening that Fraser Valley & Abbotsford are in the grip of very heavy rain and flooding today. I hope you, your family and your neighbours are all safe. I am sure that whatever the seriousness of the current situation, you strike me (from the few videos I have watched and enjoyed) as the sort of resilient person who will prevail. All the best, Adam
Thanks for your concern Adam! We're fine here on the farm, but some of our neighbors just south of the river were evacuated. Looks like they're getting a grip on it now.
Thank you so much for such a detailed guide! You're very informative!
Whoa I was defnitely acting like there were 2 stages not 5. Love this table. I can really retain information presented this way.
I'm so happy you find it helpful!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Wow I just came back to basically leave the same comment. No cap your videos are the best on youtube for us small nurseries and you communicate so well specifically to my learning style. You have successfully presold me for whatever learning products you have coming out later, i'm grateful for you sharing your knowledge without a paywall.
One of the most helpful videos I've ever watched, thank you.
OMG, I asked this very question of you (in my head, as I was looking at salvia cuttings I did in April that are rooted but just not growing) this morning!!! Thank you!!
If you’re me, you try and try and wind up with black moldy sticks and perpetually disappointed 😂
Yup, been there, done that. Every time I make my potting mix a bit dryer and my success rate improves a little. It’s so counter-intuitive, I find it so hard not to water. Looking forward to my next batch - those “black mouldy sticks” are sooo depressing; especially after waiting, hopefully, for weeks. Keep at it! 🌹
Same 😭
Hi Jason,
You are a wonderful teacher!
Thank you!
Diana
Thanks so much Diana!
YOU ARE THE BOMB BROTHER!!
Thank you Jason, I have a rose in my garden I absolutely love but I don't know what variety it is so I couldn't source it, after watching your video I took few cuttings 6 weeks ago and in 3 of them the leaves still look healthy and bright, I can't wait to see what will happen next
Estupendo video, me encanta tu generosidad al enseñarnos y compartir tus conocimientos, a mi me gusta hacer esquejes de rosas, pero desde que estoy viendo tus videos me doy cuenta que cometo muchos errores, y tengo mucho que aprender.
Por ejemplo hoy hemos pasado un día muy entretenido con mi nieto haciendo esquejes, mi tasa de enraizamiento es muy baja así que lo intento muchas veces, y mis fracasos no terminan de frustarme...al reves me hace volver a intentarlo.
Saludos desde Alicante, España.
¡Una actividad maravillosa con tu nieto!
Thank you for the detailed explanation for this project. ❤️🇨🇦
Thanks for a great video! It going to be a great tool in my business-in-making! 👩🏼🌾
Excellent. One of your best videos. Brilliant table. Just discovered gardening. Challenge will be adapting to local conditions and small area. Thanks for the help.
Thanks and I'm glad you found your way to the hobby!
Hi your teaching is awesome,easy to follow. I and my daughter are rose lovers and we are going to grow rose farm in Thailand. I have subscribed to your channel. Cheers
Thanks for this great video
The chart you provided is really helpful. I will try to tweek it as I am based in Kuwait and our weather is quite different. Our winters are mild with temp between 10-20 and the summer is between 40-50 🔥
Thank you Jason for this very informative tutorial video :) I suppose this means I should know how to propagate roses now....only I haven't been very successful so far (I watched your other ones). I'll have to give it another shot!
Love your video!👍🏻
I’m learning about cuttings and this video is very informative.
Thank you for the lessons
THIS! Thank you so much. I’m new to propagation and it’s the after rooting that I struggle with. You are the best!!!
this is one of the most helpful videos that put things into perspective and it really helped a lot thank you very very mush Jason
You're so welcome!
This year I noticed peach coloured roses growing up on a hillside behind an old apple tree in my yard. I can’t get to it due to overgrowth mixed with other wild roses, their thorns and a ton of raspberries.
But it is very tall., there appears to be more than one. Beautiful peach roses. Very beautiful fragrance. I think they may be climbing roses.
I want to get them out or take cuttings to multiply. 😍
Thank you for making this video and showing the chart!!!
That was a great video. Very informative and well done. Thank you for all your hard work bringing this to us.
My pleasure. Thanks Barbara.
Thanks Jason! I took your advice about trying softwood cuttings and it looks like 5 out of 6 have rooted - just waiting for the new growth now! Trying another batch but I’m worried about an early fall. I’m already seeing birds flying south and trees are dropping their leaves due to the drought… here’s hoping they have enough time to establish!
How exciting! I guess it depends on your climate a bit, but I suspect you'll have plenty of time to establish good roots before the risk of hard frost. I'm still actively taking cuttings now.
Sooo grateful you share your knowledge.💚💚
Thanks so much I have been unable to get this information anywhere as to what I do after the 6 weeks with the cuttings. 👍
Excellent video, just what I was looking for as my cuttings are good & I wasn't sure how to proceed. Thank you!
Love your video, it’s very informative? thanks Jason!
Thanks for sharing, this was the info I was looking for , I just kill my first Rose , I replanted to a bigger container way too early :( I whish I have look for this info before I decided to moved . lesson learn the hard way.
I’m going to try getting cutting next year we are getting an Arctic blast and it is the end of Dec but I do plan on trying to get some of my roses propagated
Super video! Thank you so much!
I love this video and the chart. It's very helpful. I'd like to ask you a favor: could you turn captions on?
I hope I didn't miss something you said in this video because of my hearing problem. Thanks.
Thanks - I'm working on the issue. Google's automatic captioning system has been glitching pretty badly, and they haven't been offering me any useful guidance. To me, it's really important to provide the captions (for many reasons, but also because my mother is hearing impaired). Cross fingers, I think I've found a workaround that wont have me manually (and slowly, at my typing speed) transcribing the videos. It might take me a day or two sometimes to solve the problem, but I'll get it done.
I love all your videos but especially your propagation videos! 🤩 If you ever need more topics for videos I have a few suggestions 😉 1. What to do with a container plant that got too much sun. It seems like mine always die no matter what I do 😫
2. How to keep a plant in a container it has outgrown without getting a bigger container. Can roots be cut back like a bonsai? 3) what you think of air pots. I noticed you didn't use them so I just wondered what you thought.
Thanks so much for the suggestions
Wonderful knowledge, im excited to get started on cuttings. How do i get the graph chart
Jason, thank you so much for this video. I Have tried for the last 3 months for cutting, but not successful, the stems always turned black. I used a water bottle (upside down) as the dome, should I leave the cap off? or keep the cap on ? thank you. LOve your video, I learned a lot.
A very clear and elaborate explanation on rose propagation. Lately many video's pop up in which rose cuttings are placed in a banana, potato, garlic, carrot etc. and show results, to good to be true in my opinion. What is your professional opinion on that kind of rose propagation? I myself believe more in the potting soil and rooting powder method.
Here are my thoughts on them: th-cam.com/video/JCMknp5XsbY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=40EViFJbyD2p2Yhb
Thanks for the fast conformation of the propagation fakes. I already looked at various video's on your channel but did not encounter the one from about one year ago. Thanks for pointing it out.
TH-cam should reinstate the counter on the thumbs down again so viewers can better distinguish between true and false video's. The TH-cam reason (protecting delicate souls of the creators from hard negative numbers ) for removing it was stupid from my prospective.
Great informations chart
Great information, thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Hi Jason Thank you for all this great information. I just started propagating a cutting and was wondering at what temperature in the winter you would either bring the rooted cuttings indoors or apply frost cloth. I am in 8b US Pacific Northwest
Hey Jason - excellent tutorial once again. Question - am I right in thinking that you keep that rooted cutting in prop mix the whole time till you transplant? If you have made cuttings in a communal pot what media should you put each rooted individual into for the 6 months or so - another compost/soil free mix?
Thanks for your hard work in keeping us informed and educated about horticulture and small nursery operations. - cheers from Southern Australia.
Hi Sam. Yes, my prop mix is usually a basic potting soil (bark or peat based) - and I use something quite similar for the next potting until they're ready to go into the ground.
Excellent, thanks
Thank you 😊
Another wonderfully clear and interesting presentation! Thank you for showing the whole sequence of rose propagation. I hope you are planning to author a book on the subject of roses! Is it okay to propagate a patented rose for personal use?
Thanks Kristine. No, I don't think a book is likely - video seems to work nicely into my life. Patented roses: no, it's still prohibited even for personal use. I don't think anyone is checking tho...
No, it isn't...but in our rose group, we often make a back-up rose, if we are worried that we would lose the original. Patents only last 20 years, so pre-2002 is open now!
I bought a bouquet of 12 red roses for 99 cents a few days ago, do you think I can propagate them? And is it ok to use a seed starting mix to propagate cuttings? Thank you for your advice.
Jason,
Great video. I seen the chart on
Jason,
I seen the chart on from cuttings to planting. Would you share a copy of that so I can print it as user reference. Hard to read on my cell phone. Lol
Nicely done
Regards
Thanks. I left a link in the video description to the chart on my website.
greetings Jason... my question to you is this: Today, October 31st I took a nice cane from my climbing rose bush. I followed your steps to plant the clippings. Is this to late in the year to start the process? Beautiful videos, I only hope may clipping show as nicely as yours. This is my first time experimenting with rose clippings. Many thanks!
Yes, it's a little awkward for timing. A bit late to get going on semi-hardwood, and a little earlier than I'd start winter hardwood. There are no rules against trying though!
Great video!
Love this detailed information!
Thanks Samantha
Thank you so much!
Ahhh this was fantastic! I’ve struggled big time with trying to propagate roses living in Florida. I think too much moisture and humidity early on was the biggest problem I faced. We are moving much more north soon though so I’ll definitely be giving it a try! Do climbing roses follow the same steps?
Thanks. Yes, propagating a climber is no different in method.
Sincere question, when I was studying african violet and succulent propagation I discovered in a video from a large producer that the cutting workers left the stems open to air for ten to fifteen minutes to aid callas formation, now granted it's a completely different plant but it worked, wondering if you allow rose cuttings to be open to air for a length of time before dipping and plugging? Many thanks, you are a good teacher, b (p.s. thanks for the graphic)
Thanks Burton. I've seen a similar technique for succulent leaves, laying them out to callus in the open air before sticking them. I haven't seen anything yet to indicate it would be useful for roses, but it might be worth a try.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm many thanks
Great video. I'm just south of you in Vancouver Washington. I'm assuming you're using shade cloth in your propagation greenhouse. If so what percentage of shade cloth are you using?
I believe it's 50%
Great video with very helpful info, thank you. If you were holding that rose plant in the final stage / pot, for planting in the fall, would you let it flower or keep pruning it back?
If I have the time, I keep pruning and deadheading
Excellent video! Why do my rose cuttings not produce a callous? They root & grow fine but I’ve never seen a callous on any of them. Thanks
It sounds like everything is going well in your propagation - callus is just the very earliest stage of rooting, so if you do achieve roots, but never notice any callus, it's probably just because your plants are quickly moving on to young roots.
It is very instructive! Thanks a lot. I have two questions: 1. Maybe I missed that but can you comment on at which stage I can use compost as soil when repotting and 2. It seems like the first stage is early rooting but you talk about a bit of rooting but mostly callusing. Does it mean I can still start fertilizing a bit if I get only callusing in 3 to 5 weeks?
I might be missing your meaning, but I repot into potting soil (the British might call it compost) when the smaller pot or plug is fully rooted to the sides and bottom. I don't usually start feeding until I've confirmed roots (not just callus) - but I don't suppose a light liquid feed would hurt much.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm ok, thank you for the quick answer. It fully answers my questions. I want to root some cuttings of roses and rosemary and lavender. Rosemary is really successful. I put them in water and half of them shoot the roots within a week if they shoot at all. Remarkable is that they shoot mostly over the water layer. As they shoot the roots I put them in the potting soil. Seems working. Lavender dies off independently of the rooting method water or soil. At the moment I am trying it with a pure perilite. What certainly does work are the small cuttings you showed. And I wonder if the light plays a significant role in the rooting of the lavender. I used the potting soil disinfected with antifungal stuff for my rose cuttings. They did not die after 6 weeks. 4 weeks after I checked them. Some had callusing but no rooting at all.
Professor Jason, I have another question for you please. As a good student of Fraser Valley Rose Farm (which I believe I've mentioned in other videos) I've watched almost all of your videos. I'm a little fuzzy on what you think is best practices for fertilizer timing on potted roses. In your "growing roses in containers" video, I believe you suggest every three weeks to use a liquid feed, or after a flush of blooms, with your potted roses. Here in this video you suggest--after they've established their roots--to use a full strength liquid feed twice a week. Is that twice/week only something you suggest for newly propagated roses? If I may be specific, I bought some bands from online sellers that are just barely at/past the stage of their roots hitting the sides and bottom of a quart-sized pot. Two I've already potted up into gallons pots, with the other two almost to that stage. For these four young roses, I've only been fertilizing once every other week or so but I'm noticing some yellowing in the leaves that I don't think is due to moisture stress. When would you suggest 2/week liquid feed, and at what point do you recommend backing it off to once every few weeks or flush cycle? Thanks again!
Hi David. In a pot they're relying on your liquid fertilizing completely (unless you've added a slow-release), so you can go with a couple of different approaches - a weak fertilizer solution at every watering, or a more "full strength" solution alternated with plain water. There's too much variability in fertilizers & feeding instructions to be more than fairly general I'm afraid, but I (like you) watch the plants themselves for paleness/yellowing as a sign they could use more nutrients, and vigorous new red shoots and deeper green leaves as a sign that I've got it just about right. You can definitely overdo it too, and there's a certain "tightness" to the plant and a deep green color that I see as the first signs that I've gone too far.
Hi. Great channel! Quick question. The top of my cuttings is turning black on the first week? What might be the issue?
Generally rot from excess moisture or contamination on the cut end.
Hey, some of my cuttings started to get hard brown vertically. I have two that’s half hard word brown vertically. What do you think causes this?
Thanks for your videos. Some of my cuttings grew very nicely and I’m getting ready to pot them up. ❤
Good to hear about your successes Anjo. Usually if the brown comes up from the soil line it's just some sort of rot that got onto the stem.
Hey Jason, what a timely video! I wanted to get your opinion on my arborvitae cuttings. I take hardwood cuttings in April, I don't use cell pots, instead I put something around 150 cuttings per 10g pot. Normally, I wait a full year to repot since I have to break all of them apart seeing as they're rooted together in one pot. I've been wondering if I could get away with repotting them this fall instead? Do you think the overwintering process does something to the roots which makes it easier/safer for me to pull them apart in spring, or do you think pulling them apart in the fall would be okay? My first frost is usually around mid October. I guess I'm technically just producing bare root plants, but it seems like I can root a lot more plants this way instead of cell trays. Do you think I could have a quicker result using cell trays vs bare root? Do you ever propagate plants like this? Hope this makes sense. I appreciate the video. Jah Bless!
Thanks. I think your method sounds really appealing. Many plants in a single container = less complexity. If you can break or wash them apart in the spring with a good success rate, I don't know that I would mess with it. I suppose it may be worthwhile to trial some fall potting to see if they get a head start vs. spring potting. I propagate in separate pots/cells for a few reasons: 1) I often propagate in smaller batches, 2) I offer my 9cm/quart pots for sale direct to customers via mail order, 3) the success rate for different cultivars (of roses) can vary quite a lot, so when I have losses, it's nice to be able to remove the failed pots and consolidate.
Thank you Jason for yet another excellent and informative video. I live in the same local climate as you and followed your tips last summer, successfully propagating two different rose cuttings from my mother’s garden. I took your advice and kept the roses in their one gallon and 2 gallon pots over this summer, so I could place them where I wanted colour in my garden. I would like to keep the roses in their pots for next year and my question to you is, should these roses remain outdoors under a protected deck, should I bring them in my unheated greenhouse, should I just leave them outside, or should I keep them in their pots but protect the rootball by burying them in the ground over the fall and winter? I would hate to lose them after a year of babying!
I look forward to your response and thank you in advance.
Hi Michael. I recommend the unheated greenhouse. Based on my own experience, this has been a fairly reliable way of overwintering, with good shelter from cold wind and excess moisture. You would still need to check on them occasionally to see that they're not drying out, and if you can also make sure the greenhouse is vented on sunny days (for temp stability) that would help.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Awesome and thank you for your prompt reply.
Hi Jason,
I would like to transplant my successful rose cuttings that have been in pots this summer into the ground. When is the best time for me to do that. I live in Burnaby, so the same climate as you. I look forward to your guidance.
Great video! Once the cuttings are set out, with regard to fertilizer, can we use a slow release kije Osmocote, or us a balanced water soluble best?
You can go either way. I use osmocote at the next potting stage.
Thanks!
We really appreciate the support!
I bought 2 young roses that are about 1 ft tall. Should I put them in a pot or can I plant them directly in the ground? im in zone 5b
If they're well rooted, they'd probably be better off going right into the ground.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you! they are looking so sad , hopefully in the ground they get better!
Hi! I’m in zone 8a.
If I start propagating now with heating mat in October where it will get cold soon, by January the plant will be 3 months old and I do not have enough space to repot them in bigger pots. How to keep alive during the winter?
1. Should I still repot them into bigger pots?
2. The air will be cold, do I take the dome off in January-March? Or not?
3. In a room of my house, should the air still be cool for them or warm during the time of Jan-March?
I'm in zone 8 as well, and by this point in my propagation season, if I'm rooting them indoors I've committed to pretty much keep them indoors until Feb/March when the highest risk of deep cold is over. I'm keeping them in plug trays the whole time, and won't repot until they've successfully hardened off out in the greenhouse. Humidity dome off, and somewhat cool if you can manage it.
Jason,
Watched a few of your videos and very impressed! My husband and I are in the process of purchasing a land in Alabama, zone 7b. You mentioned rose de rescht as highly recommended for its fragrance. If we wish to farm it and make rose syrup, would you please give us your opinion if it’s a good choice? We would love to have your opinions on what we can grow for making syrup in tea and drinks. Thank you in advance!
I think it would be a fairly good choice, but it doesn't bloom all in one big flush. It might make sense (for batch processing) to look for something with a good fragrance and blooms more uniformly. Something like Abraham Darby comes to mind just off the cuff.
Thank you for providing a very detailed process of rose propagation. What temperature would we want to provide during the first period for rooting?
You're most welcome. The optimum temp for rooting is around 25C/77F or just a bit higher
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you so much!
For hybrid teas in zone 5-6, would you prune back to near the soil level before moving to a protected (cool) spot for the winter? And then when should you pot up in spring? After last frost date?
Thanks - the kind of pruning I perform on younger plants is very restrained. As shown in the video, I have no hesitation in taking off extra foliage and thin/inward-facing stems, but no, I wouldn't say prune too close to the ground. The stems store some of the energy you rose will need for the next year's growth. Shelter over winter as best you can, and if you see damage at the end of winter, you can always prune it off.
Hi Jason, the rose cuttings which have about 1 or 1 and half inches long baby roots , should I start applying very light fish fertilizer? I also have Bonide Root & Grow liquid fertilizer. Should I start applying one of these fertilizers now or should wait until the roots get much bigger?
Nicely done. If they're rooted, I'd start to feed!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you so much. Should I use the Bonide Root & Grow or the Organic fish fertilizer?
excllent video.
When they start growing from a cutting it's usually from the main single stem where new growth occurs.
How do you encourage additional shoots from the base rather than the parent stem so that the single stem doesn't get too weighted from new growth.
Trying to find out how to create a two-three stem shoots from the base to create the vase shape in your video?
I just stay on top of pinching the top growth to encourage side shoots
Thanks so much for all your videos, very helpful! I have a quick newbie question, new rose bush this year as of late April, good center growth, room left for ventilation. I have 2 big canes one on each side, only canes a good size (Thickness) for propagation should I try this year or wait a season? Thanks again!
Hi Phillip. I usually try to wait until the second season - leaving those stems in place now will make for stronger growth (and more cutting opportunities) next year.
Thank you for the quick response.
Extremely useful video, thank you ! I just did some cuttings a week ago. I wish I would have watched this video earlier this summer because I am very late according to your schedule. I live in Quebec, Canada where the winters are long and cold. How do you recommend that I overwinter my cuttings ? I’ve heard about putting all the pots together on the side and covering them with a tarp. Should I leave them in the garage but it has basically no light ? Any advice specific to my climate (Canadian 5b) would be trememdously appreciated. Thank you !
I've often chosen an unheated garage to overwinter tender plants, but I also don't have a very long winter. Dormant plants need very little in the way of light, but even a compact fluorescent on a timer for a few hours a day may help. A little bit of gentle air movement is also a good idea.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm thank you !!
One question about hardening off: With my veg seedlings you have to introduce them to outside in short spurts (an hour or two) gradually increasing to all day over a couple of weeks. Is it the same with these cuttings?
After they're rooted I do put them under the same growing conditions as my greenhouse - which is about 30% shade this time of year
Jason, thank you so much for this very informative video. Just a question ... after being successful with rooting a rose cutting, how long after would it be before the newly established rose cutting presents with rose blooms / flowers? What time period would I be looking at say for a Floribunda or a hybrid tea? Thanks.
Hi Jun. They can bloom even the same season (on small new shoots, so nothing impressive). Usually it'll be about a year later (after up-potting) that you'll see decent flowering.
Thank you for the quick reply.
What is your opinion on mycorrhiza for root cuttings? Will it help the cuttings to root faster? Do you use mycorrhiza in your nursery throughout the season?
Not so much for rooting. My potting soil is inoculated though.
Can newly rooted cuttings spend the winter in my home... or is that dormant stage in winter absolutely necessary?
It's not a true dormancy, so no, it's not completely necessary. I just find it a bit tricky keeping the conditions right for active growth indoors during the winter.
Hi Jason I bought a liquid root hormon WILSON from Home depot in gel ( the only kind available in my store ). But it said this uses for softwood and hardwood cuttings. Can I use it for semi hardwood cuttings? Thanks.
Yes, no problem.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm 🤩❤️. Thanks for your prompt reply.
About a week ago, I tried propagating some cuttings from the green tips of my almost dead rose bush. They were tiny, only about 2-4 inches. I dipped them in rooting hormone then planted them into a cocopeat-based potting mix. I did not covered them with plastic bags since I live in the tropics and I assumed it is unnecessary. I checked them a few hours ago then I noticed that the stems are turning wrinkly. Assuming they dried up, I pulled them one by one and discovered there are actually a lot of callous tissue forming. No signs of rot, still very green. I returned them into their pots, watered, and covered them with plastic bags. Will they still recover and form roots? Or is it too late?
Only your cuttings can answer that question. I've seen small cuttings recover if they root quickly and have some energy left to develop shoots, but then again that's based on the health of the plant tissue to begin with. It sounds like these were taken from an unhealthy plant - but no harm in trying!
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm They finally did recover, thankfully. One of the pots has roots coming out of the holes
Great Video ! For reference what zone are you in?
We're in zone 8 (because of our proximity to the Pacific coast)
How long does it take for the new rose plant to blossom?
They can bloom within even a few months, but I usually disbud young roses to let them put their energy into growth.
Hello Jason! How do you mail roses through the mail? I have started to root roses, hydrangeas, and bougainvilleas here in the US. How can I mail a rose, and ensure that it will arrive alive? Thank You
Hi Omar. I'm still working on my method, but really the length of time in transit makes a big difference. If you can choose a service that lands the plant to the customer in 3-4 days, it'll suffer a lot less in transit. Might be a good idea to strip leaves (and let your customer know in advance that you'll do this) as foliage can take quite a hit to condition, and will sometimes even defoliate itself from shock after arrival.
At what stage do you ship roses? What is the price range for shipped roses?
If I root them in summer of year 1, I can ship them in a 9cm/4in pot in spring of year 2. I usually get $15 (CA) for them, but I know some of the US suppliers charge a fair bit more.
Hi Jason, when you say full strength fertilizer does that mean your typical osmocote combined with liquid fertilizer? And if the fertilizer available doesn't have a dosage guide, is there an empirical formula for potted roses? Also, here in the Philippines growers from our flower capital in the mountain regions sell newly rooted rose plants, do I need to increase fertilizer applications for the roses to thrive in warmer climate of the lowlands? Thank you!
Thanks Raymund. I do add the osmocote (or other controlled release) at the time of repotting. While in the smaller size, I rely solely on liquid fertilizer. I do work from the product recommendations for concentration. If there's no dosage guide, I'd say start low and work your way to your own personal "safe" rate.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Thank you!
Is the chart right for blueberries
Zone 9b
Thank you
Hi Patricia - roughly speaking, yes it's fine if you're taking the cuttings in the semi-hardwood stage.