Best Method for Rose Propagation...need to make a fun hundred!

15 years ago

I got an offer fom a local nursery that learned I was dabbling in roses.

I just built my greenhouse this week (12x16 hoopstyle with PVC and Visqueen). I have the space for a few hundred small roses and have plenty of space to move them outside the greenhouse once they are hardened off.

I have several, about 20 roses that are no longer patented. They wanted to know if I could grow some for them to sale. I told them I would love to.

What would be the best method? Seeds or stem cuttings? I have done a few from stem cuttings but have been doing them in a spare bedroom and by the time they root I get busy and forget and they die?!? Well, I will have the adequate space and environment for them in the greenhouse now.

Should I do seeds or stem cuttings? I know it would be next year if I do seeds but I am sure it will take that long doing them by cuttings and getting them big enough to grow and hoping that they root.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Comments (3)

rjlinva
15 years ago
If you want the roses to be identical to the original, stem cuttings. Seeds will produce original new roses that may or may not be even close to what you started with. I hope this makes some sense.

Robert
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15 years ago
In fact, 90% of roses grown from seed will look nothing like the parent and most will not be worthy of growing. Professional hybridizers select only one out of many thousands of seedlings for marketing!
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hoe_n_round
15 years ago
Hello everyone;

I have a rose bush at the end of my house that has not bloomed in the 4 years I have been here; but it has GROWN profusely. I should have dug the whole thing up when I first moved in but was in ill health.

Will I be able to grow more from clippings in dirt? And will severe clipping help it bloom?It gets mostly full morning sun but there are 2 trees in front(5ft away) of it.

Thanks for the info.

Hoe_N_Round in South AL.