Multiply Your Plants for Free | Rooting Cuttings of Roses: A Plant Propagation Masterclass
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- Multiply Your Plants for Free | Rooting Cuttings of Roses: A Plant Propagation Masterclass
In The next video in this plant propagation masterclass series, I'm going to cover the rooting of roses in as much detail as I can so that you can be as successful as possible. We'll cover all the details of rose propagation including time of year, condition of wood (semi-hardwood), how to take the cuttings, rooting hormone used, treating the cuttings with an anti-fungal to eliminate fungus issues and black rotting cuttings, where to place the cuttings while rooting, and how long it will potentially take for them to root. With a little luck, we'll hit the nail on the head and get all of our cuttings to root. Finally, I'll talk about how I will overwinter the rose cuttings once they are fully rooted. So let's get started and learn how to start a rose from a cutting!
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Not sure if you know this, but diluted whole milk is an antifungal for plants. It was all my brother ever used for his roses for over 40 years. I have used it for over 25 years. Works fantastic.
I hadn't heard this before. Thanks!
Charlette, this is a really cool tip! I was just going to ask if there’s an organic anti fungal option recommended here. I want. To do everything organically because I’ll be using my roses for medicine and perfume. Is there a dilution recipe you could share ? Thank you kindly ~ Rachel
Would that still work if the milk was sour and also would yogurt work?
Worth a shot. My grandmother always put a small amount of bleach and powered laundry soap in a bucket of water for her roses. ??? And scrap's when she cleaned fish for fertilizer. They were beautiful. The filter from your fish tank when you clean it works also. On lemon 🍋 too.
How do you keep the beetles from eating your roses
Hi Mike, First let e say that I am a little old Italian woman and I've been growing plants for a long time. That being said, I never had any luck propagating roses until I saw your video. I decided to try last Oct. ( I live about 10 miles outside of Chicago - cold winters). I got my soda bottles, used my rooting hormone and crossed my fingers. It is now Feb 26 and I took this bottles off this morning when I saw rose buds coming out of the bottle opening. Two of them are in bud, one of them has a bloom, (there was so much condensation I didn't see it), the 4th one is a slow grower. I started 5 and I lost only one. So, they've got a few more weeks inside but they are happy and healthy and I wanted to say a big thank you.
That makes me so happy to hear, Mena! Italia! I love it there. I spent 6 months in Aviano, Italy when I was in the US Navy, back in 1998. We stayed in a little town called Pordenone and I fell in love with the old world architecture and the laid back way of life that the locals lived. Everyone was very friendly and engaging. I got to see Venice and Verona (Juliette's tomb). Anyway, it was a wonderful experience with memories that will last a lifetime.
Omg your peer pressure to take the plant out and see the roots are what I look forward to the most lol. Great video
The thing I like most about your videos is that you show results over time. Some people show videos that show in great detail what they're doing, but that's it. You have no idea if their experiment worked out, failed, or something in between. If it did work how much of an improvement vs how many inputs, including labor. Sure some things work to a degree, but was whatever they were doing justify the cost(and labor). Sure they may come back to it a few months later, but I've seen a Bizilion other videos since then. You put everything into a nice neat package. Every question answered nothing stands in your way of showing us everything. Right down to the point where you risk killing the plant just so we can see everything down to the root hairs. Thank you so much. I truly appreciate everything you do.
I'm humbled. You truly get what I'm doing here and I appreciate that you appreciate my efforts. Thanks for being a part of the family here and I'm glad you enjoy the videos.
For the lazy gardener - I take several cuttings from a rose and just stick them in the ground next to the mature rose or near a sprinkler head. In six months to a year you may have a few small rose starts growing that you can dig up and move to other places in the garden. Not much work and if it doesn't work you just keep trying. I have hundreds of roses and they were all started from cuttings. Some I started in pots some I just placed in the ground. I am in Northern California so as long as they don't dry out I have very good success with growing roses and all my plants from cuttings. I have had failures but lots of success too!
So cool, Pamela. Love northern Cali!
Can't get enough of your videos, very inspirational. I'm in British Columbia and tried 4 rose cuttings and had a 50/50 success rate. Also had the black stem on 2 of them but we had extreme hot summer. With temps hitting 40C/104 F and probably drying out. I'm happy I got 2 out of 4. Now I have the rooting bug! Just got 3 cutting from my Gardenia plant and so far 2 of 3 are starting to root.
I can't thank you enough for your help. I was able to take 11 cuttings from an enormous old yellow rose bush from my neighbor on Oct 1st, 2021. These have rose hips and were transplanted from MI to the NC coast. My grandmother passed in March and yellow roses were her all time favorites. So proud to say 10 of the 11 cuttings have rooted and made new growth in the last 6-7 weeks! Now I'm headed to your other videos in hopes of finding out how to keep them alive throughout the winter and when/where/how to plant them in the ground and share some of them with my mom and her two sisters in southeastern Ohio without them dying. Praying they will be sturdy and resilient for a lifetime of beautiful yellow reminders of my Mamaw ❤️
So glad to hear of your success! Rooted cuttings are as tough as the parent plants in most cases and will do fine in cold weather. Just make sure to protect from snow, rain, and wind. Good luck Stephanie!
Ty so much! I just moved to a house with a crazy amount of roses. Now I have a way to prune and save for next years spring and hopefully sell my early summer cutings!! So cool
Did this with my birthday bouquet. I did 15 pieces under a dome, and 8 are growing. Ran out of pots and did 8 right into the ground and covered with plastic cups and 2 are growing. Happy with my results thus far.
Nice! Thanks for sharing that.
Hello David you are inspiring. You do not leave room for any one to lose hope, always encourage everyone to try
I don't know who was the most excited about those roots, you or me, I really can't contain my excitement when I see them anymore, to know that we have took a piece of a plant and started a new one is AMAZING. I love it!!!!!! I can't get enough of doing this, it seems to be addictive. Anyway, I'm hooked. Thanks to you.
That's exactly where I was at over 15 years ago when I started all this. I was so mesmerized and amazed that you could duplicate a plant like this. Enjoy the wonder, Glenda!
Many of my English rose cuttings planted on June 6, 2023 flowered in the last week of August 2023 and some in September. To date, they flourish .
Thank you for these videos Mike, I have been tasked with the job of propagating from 45 roses at my mom's 100 year old rose garden. I've learned so much from you, thanks so much
Wow, that’s awesome! Good luck with it and have fun, Dove.
May you grow ALL those roses. If you follow Mikes instructions down to the T…I know you will get them all rooted.
Thank you so much Mike! I love your videos. I have never had a green thumb. I was never even able to make periwinkles grow. Believe me I tried when I was young. Every one of them died. But now I'm 69 years old. Well I was 68 when I first saw your video and I successfully got two rose cuttings to live and we have planted them around the arch that we got married under 19 years ago. They seem to be doing great. I'm so excited. I'm going to try some more off of the same rose bush. Well actually it's a climbing rose very fragrant pink and my sister-in-law would like to have some too so I'm going to try my hand at it again and with your help I'm pretty sure I can get it done. Thank you so much! It is so exciting to see new growth coming about by your hand. I finally found somebody that I could understand and explain it to me to where I can get it done. Thank you! Thank you so much. I'm so happy.
That's really awesome Paulette! Thanks for sharing that with me. It's really good to hear that people are successful with these methods and the videos help out. Good luck with future propagations and have fun!
Thanks, Mike. So happy to hear Henry again, too 😄
Love this video. I've tried for years to propagate roses with zero luck. I'll definitely be trying your method and keeping my fingers crossed here on the border of zone 7B/8A.
Don't ever give up and you'll succeed!
Beautiful growth!
Thank you!
Mike, your passion and enthusiasm is contagious!!! lol. Thank you so much for all the instruction. Subscribed.
Hey, thanks so much! If you like roses, I'll have another rose video out in about a week or so.
Awesome video Mike!! I want you to know I have learned everything from you and SO appreciate your willingness to teach us about cuttings. I was one of those people who kept getting rotten cuttings... I live in zone 6b and have very humid air through the summer....this is what I learned. I never EVER take the dome off and mist my cuttings. I wet the soil once at the time of inserting the fresh cuttings and that’s it! I will mist the actual dome (soda bottle or whatever) on the inside if I don’t see moisture beads. That has made a huge difference in preventing rot. I never used the anti-fungal Spray so the only thing I changed was that I stopped misting the actual cutting. I have several roses that have sent roots and shoots and are doing outstanding!!! So.... for those in humid climates... do not mist the cuttings... just mist the inside of your dome if you see that it doesn’t have many moisture beads. My soil stayed damp because there was always a little moisture from the dome itself... not enough moisture to allow for fungal growth but just enough to satisfy the cutting. Love your channel!! ❤️❤️❤️. Thanks again Mike!!
So glad to hear of your success and that you've figured it out for your area! That's a really great point that people may need to adjust things a little depending on their location. Thanks for all your support!
1st 1st~
thanks
Perfect for a avocado tree I think, right ?
That is sound advice RPH. I think maybe this is where I went wrong with the David Austin cuttings. I watered the cuttings by removing the dome then replacing it. Maybe too much water!
Love your videos, so interesting to watch . A BIG THANK YOU
My first time propagating from rose cuttings, your way is the best, rooted quickly, now I have new rose bushes. Woohoo. Sincere thanks ❤
Awesome! Glad to hear it Leticia!!!
Thank you so much for this Mike. I followed your videos as a propagation newbie last year and I now have four wonderful healthy roses growing on my front wall; I’ve even got a couple of lovely white roses from cuttings taken from the bouquet I gave my wife.
Your videos are awesome and I commend them to all 🌹🍾❤️
Thanks so much, Mike! So glad you've had success and even happier that you could preserve that bouquet and make your wife happy!
I love your enthusiasm!!
Love the dibble police 👮♀️….lol! Keep up the good work!
Haha, I have to call them out before they call me out!
I was just as excited as you to see those roots come out!! Love these videos, I followed along while propagating my roses, so we shall see. Thanks for your help!
No problem, glad you enjoyed it! Here's another rose video while you wait: th-cam.com/video/y_1fUrMhCpg/w-d-xo.html
Love your videos and your enthusiasm. and love the name of your Rooster Henry. thanks
Gotta thumbs up and subscribe. You’re so passionate and it’s badass to pull out the roots to show us!
Right on! Glad you enjoy the videos
Thanks to you for your clearly explained and encouraging videos! Wish you the best green plantings!👍🌷🌳🌲🌿🎍🍀🌻
Many thanks
@@MikeKincaid79 YW 🙏
I always get excited when I find roots!
It's the best!
I loved roses , thanks a lot....
Mike, this is my first time watching you and I have learnt so much from you I am so excited. Thanks a million. Blessings abundant always.
Welcome to the family, Janette! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Me too
It's my first time watching as well, Janette. Don't know how or why I got here, but I'm glad I did. Too bad I didn't stumble upon this video before I threw out my Mothers' Day roses.
Thanks for the rose rooting tips, can't wait to try this on my roses.
You're welcome and have fun with it!
Man that is so cool, I can’t wait to try this next summer! Thank you!🙏🏾👊🏽
Have fun with it Harvey!
I was a first round complainer regarding my cuts are turning black and rotting.
Took a second round in July. Almost all took. Some I just stuck deep in the ground and without hormone. Lo and behold about 6 weeks later I noticed buds forming and bingo... About 50 percent success.
Thank u Master
Haha, that's awesome. More often than not, they cuttings we pay the littlest attention to are the ones that make it.
Thanks for showing us, you must love gardening, I can see you do it with passion. I appreciate all your videos!!
Yes I do!
Thank you for sharing this. I hope to give this a try this year. It is always nice to have new roses in the garden.
Good luck!
Thank you Mike! This video is just what I needed 💐.
Awesome! Glad it's helpful, Debbie.
Thank for all your lovely tips
My pleasure 😊
Your brilliant Mike 👏
Beautiful job
Always learning from you! Thanks for your great propagation videos
My pleasure!
Thanks for answering my next ? About root cutting. You are an inspiration to us.
You are so welcome
I learned a lot from your gardening process 😊 my rose propagation did well too👍 Thanks so much 🥰
My pleasure Judy! 😊
Jean Greenwood Thank you so much for sharing your expertise on growing cuttings. You'll be are the best I love your personality you make gardening so much fun. Jean Greenwood and I have learnt so much
You are so welcome
Your videos are so helpful and fun to watch! See you next video, God Bless!
Love your name and I'm from Arizona. Miss that sunshine right about now, lol.
Really nice, thanks ❤
Very informative and inspiring 🌷🩷
Mike! I appreciate you so much for everything you’ve done and continue to do for this propagating community. Thank you for being so giving in your knowledge and experience (and excitement!) for those of us who are just starting out and learning their way through. I haven’t had success in rooting a rose yet, but I am so hopeful that I’ll be able to get one going next summer with your methods! 🙏🏽🌹
I'm sure you will, just don't give up and enjoy the journey. Have fun, Nastassja!
I want to thank you for your very informative, instructional videos. God Bless you and your family!
You are so welcome! Thanks for your support.
I needed this video right now! I have some orange roses from the store that I really love and they're getting new growth everywhere. I really wanted to try rooting them. All of these tips are so useful right now! Thank you!
Hey, so glad you found the video! Rooting rose cuttings is definitely a ton of fun and I wish you all the success you can find!
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks! And keep up the good work - I know you will! 💪🔥❤️
This is my new favorite channel!
Awe, thanks Mary!
I have my families 80 year old Roses from Chicago
Growing them in Indiana. Every year they are more beautiful. I want to do this with them. Tha ks
No problem. Here's another comprehensive rose cutting video I did if you need more ideas: th-cam.com/video/y_1fUrMhCpg/w-d-xo.html
Amazing work😍👍🌳🌱🌲
WOW!! Great job, Mike! Love your passion and enthusiasm with these. I’m excited to see these roses bloom next year if they’re large enough. Sounds like a very beautiful rose.
One of the cuttings has a bud on it that is close to blooming. The weather froze for the first time last night so not sure if it will bloom but it was cool to see.
@@MikeKincaid79 As long as we didn’t have a freeze, I could have fresh-cut roses for Thanksgiving. Dallas is Zone 7 / 8 . We have a long growing season but can have a brutally cold winter that can kill plants that should be safe for Zone 8. If you have one rose with a bud this fast, then it’s ready to bloom in the spring and I’m looking forward to seeing that video!
Good job Mike and love your videos!
Thanks so much!
I am going to try root my rose, thank you for sharing.
You are welcome. Have fun with it!
Thanks Mike, very informative!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much. I love roses. I'll try to grow more roses ,
Have fun and good luck!
I wondered if you were going to do this masterclass video. Your tips on succeeding are always great. More good stuff to share with my people. Cracked me up you gushing over the new roots like a proud daddy! You the man Mike. 👍
I just can't help it! I get so many comments from people about roses and how they struggle with them so I keep trying to show how it works and include as much info as I can.
Really beautiful job and great video🎥
Thanks my dear friend💐💐💐
You are so welcome!
I really enjoyed your programs, very. good. Erma Richard's. Thank you
Glad you like them, Erma! Have fun in the garden this spring.
I love all your videos, your information is excellent
Thanks!
The rose cuttings look great Mike. I hope all three make it. I didn't get a chance to do any this year but I will try next year.
I'll let you know if they make it, fingers crossed.
Mike I was going to purchase some new rose bushels, but after watching your videos I am going to try my hand at planting rose cuttings. Thank You for your information.
Good luck William.
I have my grandmother's rose bush that is the color like hers and blooms are huge!! I wish I could show you a picture! My favorite roses!! 🥰
Get on the Facebook group 'I love plant propagation' and you can post all the pics you want!
Just beautiful.
Thank you very much!
Thanks sir Mike, I learn a lot from you. I have propagate hydrangeas and all growing well because of your vedio. Thank you again. God bless and more vedios to watch.
You are very welcome Jecka!
Very excited to find this video! We have an old gorgeous scented rose bush that will be torn out in a couple years due to road improvements in front of our house and I’ve been wanting to figure out how to save them. I can’t dig them up as there are so many blackberry roots intertwined with them that I constantly have to trim back and I’m looking forward to starting fresh with the cuttings!
Good luck with your cuttings!
Thanks Mike
This was a very helpful video thank you
You are so welcome, Alison!
Happy to have found you Trina from Australia 🇦🇺🦘
Glad you're here, Trina. Stay warm this winter.
Love this!!! Thanks Mike. I get as excited as you do to see those roots!! I've been in propagation mode for the last two months. You've created a monster! Lol. Thank you! 🧟♀️
Hahaha, another addict! Welcome to the club and have fun!!!
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@@MikeKincaid79 great easy way to make sure to check on the same thing with the process for producing the other plants also.
When my Grandma was alive; she would take a rose clipping, stick it in the ground, cover it with a 1 gal clear glass container, and kept it watered when it needed it. She would only take the cover off on very hot days. She would completely leave the cover off once she saw new growth. Other than that she didn't do anything special to it (antifungal spray, pruning leaves off or any prep at all, etc.) And they would grow well every time. I was successful at that method 1 time out of the countless times I've tried over the years. After a while I just lost interest in it. After watching your video, I marched right outside and started 2 cuttings. I don't have the growth hormone, so I used honey instead, and covered the cutting with clear gallon water bottles. Thanks to your enthusiasm and knowledge, I have a renewed interest. Keep your fingers crossed for me. 😊🤞
Fingers crossed!
Have used aloe Vera gel from my plant , , cut @ wet bottom of plants with the gel ,also cinnamon powder is a good rooting compound with some cuttings, love you blogs
Aloe is a good one. Cinnamon doesn't contain root hormones but it's helpful in keeping fungus and bacteria at bay to buy the cutting time while it roots. Same with honey.
Wow and today I'm watching this video and it is the 22nd of June 2023 🎉
Excellent!
Many thanks Dinah!
Mike, your videos are such a great resource for everything from fertilizer to growing medium to cuttings to plant care. Thanks for all you do!
I so enjoy it. Thank you for supporting me!
Brilliant 💙👍
Thank you!
FANTASTIC explicasion, I love your video THANKYOU VERY MUCH
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing! 😍
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. Also , Thanks for the music, Emmit F, perfect
Glad you liked it!
Great job!!! 🌹🌹
Thanks!
Its a big thumbs-up bro.
Big thanks
I don't know if you check messages 2 years out or not, but I have been moving some of my rose bushes to containers due to some house issues that need fixed. I have 4 out of 7 moved so far, I am having problems finding large enough containers for them. The one I moved today, is a burgundy climbing tea rose. I had to prune some branches. They are green and healthy, so I made cuttings to try and root (November 16, 2023). Some still have leaves, I left some. We had heavy freezes earlier this month. I have not put any soda bottles on them (need to find some) yet. I thought of a corner where they won't get too much sun, and will move them in the morning. I used liquid hormone because that is what I have at the moment. They are in nice wood chips that I happen to have. These cuttings are from a rose bush that I grew from a cutting. I sure hope they grow. The parent rose bush of this cutting died from injuries in a storm, but I had had it many years.
I also have a Fairy Rose bush that is huge to move, and another rose bush to move that needs huge amounts of space. I forgot the name of the second bush. I think those will need in the ground because they spread out a lot. And one more bush, a David Austin rose as soon as I find another large pot for it.
Well it sounds like you’re on the right track. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for ya. Hopefully everything starts growing well in the spring.
Thanks for the video. And thanks for the tip of diluted whole milk is an anti fungal. 30:36 Boston
Very nice Mike.
Thanks, Adrien
Wish I would’ve seen this video first, I followed your video from 4 years ago 😬
I hope they grow
Here's the latest rose video that included every detail of info I could get out about it: th-cam.com/video/y_1fUrMhCpg/w-d-xo.html
Great music and timing of placement of music 🎶 🎵 👌
Thanks ✌️ It's always a challenge trying to make it flow right and I appreciate your feedback Alyssa!
I live in Florida and my late husband had a green th rub growing roses. We moved here July 4, 2014.He dug up the roses and planted them on the 5th of July, it was 97’. All those roses lived. He passed away in 2019 and I’m babying those roses each winter. The thought of letting one die is so upsetting. I didn’t know how to propragate but after watching you I do now. I’ll soon cut some and start and let the root through sumner, fall and winter and plant in the spring. I have sand or would shredded mulch work west to plant them in? Thank you for teaching me this if all works I’ll have 8 more roses to go with his beautiful 8. I am so blessed to have found your videos. God bless you! You’re a great instructor!
God bless you too Linda, and I wish you all the success you deserve!
WOW! Are you passionate about this stuff or what?! MAN!! Your enthusiasm has me all excited, and I can't even grow a cactus! I have a black thumb, but I just might give this technique a try - one day. Didn't think I'd make it through the video because of my time constraints, but hearing your voice, I just couldn't stop it! SO, I increased the playback speed and was still able to keep up with every word you said. Your video was SO delightful and concise, Mike, I have LIKED & SUBSCRIBED. Keep up the GREAT WORK! We appreciate YOU! 🌵 🌹 🌿
Wow, thanks for the very kind comment, Ms. Ruby J! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and good luck on your propagation efforts. It's certainly an addicting hobby so I'm sure your house will be full of rooting plants soon!
Hey @Mike Kincaid, I have a rose cutting with a bunch of new growth on it using the sane, perlite, and bottle method. I don't see any roots and it's been 6 months. It's still continuing to grow, but I noticed some leaves curling in. Do you think it's ready to plant in a pot with soil? I live in Michigan, so it still gets into the 30s at night
*I'll try your method.*
Bravo…
Great background ‼️
Thank you!
Very cool video mike. Great info
Thanks Mark. When's your next video coming out?
Hi Mike, Greetings from 🇬🇧. Many thanks indeed. It seems best to use a soilless potting medium like you did that’s not going to disintegrate when the pot is removed for potting-on and planting. It’s September in the UK and I’m waiting for our 90 deg F heatwave to finish!! I have made notes on my phone and hope to start next week. Thanks again. 👏
Yes, you've got that right. Here's a video I did all about rooting medium: th-cam.com/video/eLXHy4A4-xk/w-d-xo.html Good luck on your project!
Awesome 👍 love it
Thanks, Rani!
Hi Mike. I've had questions for hydrangeas, roses and a grocery store miniature yellow rose. You were Gracia ions enough to answer my questions. I told you that the grocery store one was dying and you said thst maybe it was too far gone. I re-potted on larger pot without disturbing the roots too much. I put it outside in morning sun and keep it moisture, not wet just moist. It is coming back. It now has 4 new buds on it. I live in atlanta, so weather is really nice now. Thanks for all your great advice. Love your channel ❤ 💕 ♥
Wow, that's so great to hear Betty! Thanks for coming back and sharing that with me.
God bless you!
Thanks, same to you Oleg!
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks ;)
Geezer Mike you must have read my mind. I know it's late in the season but I just propagated my rosebush. I forgot to scrape the bottom of the stems before putting the rooting hormone on it but I did take almost all of the leaf stalks off and the thorns so there was places for the roots to grow. I also did a new plant to me called a Firefly. They are in my living room near the window but no direct sunlight. I'll let you know how they do. Thanks Mike!
Yeah, I'd love to hear the outcome. I'm sure the wound created by the thorn removal will be adequate.