Anyone, even the most beautiful bouquet of roses, will eventually lose its beauty, attractiveness and fade. Therefore, many amateur flower growers want to learn how to grow a rose from a cuttings from a bouquet? This article will be devoted to this interesting question.
Is it possible to grow roses from a bouquet?
Those who are interested in growing roses from the cuttings at home should know one thing: it can be made only from flowers growing in the area. And those roses that were brought, for example, from Holland , are not suitable for cuttings. After all, in order for flowers to endure long-distance transportation from abroad and not to wither for a long time in bouquets, they are treated with special chemical compounds. These funds are the cause of the inability to reproduce such roses.
How to plant a rose from a handle?
In order to independently grow a flower from a bouquet, you need to know some features of how to root cuttings from roses:
- Stork should be taken from a fresh bouquet, without waiting for it to wither;
- the lower cut must be made at an angle of 45 ° and crosswise cut, and the top - at 90 °, use for this very sharp garden knife;
- cut for rooting you need only the middle of the stem of the rose, since its top is very weak, and the lower part is already old and dry;
- cuttings for rooting should not be very thin or thick, a stem thinner than 0.5 cm is not suitable for cultivation;
- The prepared stem should have three living kidneys, the lower cut must be made under the kidney, the upper one - 1 cm higher than it;
- Both sections are cauterized by potassium permanganate .
To begin with, you need to cut a few cuttings about 20 cm long. From the bottom part of them, remove all the leaves, spines and, if any, buds. The upper leaves on the cut stem can be left, or shortened by a third. This will reduce the evaporation of moisture from their surface. For better germination, cuttings of roses should be immersed in a solution of the biostimulator for a day, you can use for this purpose a solution of aloe or honey water.
Prepared cuttings can be rooted in several ways: with water, soil or potatoes. The first option is less suitable, since there are not enough nutrients in the water and the cuttings can simply rot. And, using the following two methods, you can grow cuttings from a bouquet that was bought not only in summer but also in winter.
Before you learn how to plant cuttings of roses at home, you should choose the right soil for them. It should be a light breathable leaf and sod land with the addition of sand and re-blended humus. On top of poured washed river sand. You can use the store universal primer. The height of the pot for the cut should be at least 20 cm. At the bottom of it, a layer of drainage is laid, and then the soil is filled. When planting cuttings of roses should be installed vertically. Two upper buds should remain above the surface of the earth.
Growing a rose from a cut at home
Flower lovers are interested in how to root a black rose in the home. During the twenty-first days for planted cuttings, it is necessary to create greenhouse conditions. The most suitable air temperature for growing cuttings is + 25 ° С, humidity is about 90%. Determine it can be easy: if the inside of the shelter looks foggy, then the moisture is sufficient.
Excessive waterlogging can cause rotting of the cuttings, so watering should not be frequent, but sprinkling should be done regularly. To do this, you need to remove the shelter from the cuttings, and after their moistening, close the boy again. It should be remembered that high humidity should be maintained only when growing flowers in spring and summer. Knowing how to grow a rose from a cuttings from a bouquet in the spring, remember that during winter planting, the humidity in the greenhouse for roses should be much lower.
How to root the stem of a rose in a potato?
Do you want to know the folk way, how to plant roses from the cuttings into potatoes? It is best to use a young spring potato that will supply the stem with the necessary nutrients and moisture. Although you can do cuttings in winter. All eyes with potatoes must be carefully removed. As practice shows, it is possible to grow a rose from a cut from a bouquet in a potato as follows:
- in a medium-sized pot, put drainage, and on top of 3-5 cm of sand;
- stab the stem approximately to the middle of the potato;
- Put it in a pot, and top it with a humus or soil for roses;
- cover the can with a jar or the top part of a plastic bottle;
- put the pot in a cool bright place;
- regularly spray the plant.
How to grow a rose from a handle in a potato?
To grow cuttings of roses in potatoes gave the expected result, you need to know some rules. Do not forget planted plants to water and sprinkle with stop water. In addition, future roses like watering a sweet solution. For this, two teaspoons of sugar should be dissolved in a glass of water and irrigated with such a composition of cuttings once every 5 days. A week or two can begin to accustom the plants to the temperature of the environment. To do this, it is necessary to remove the cans from the cuttings first for a short time, and after 14 days they are completely removed.
When can I transplant a rose grown from a cuttings?
Those who decided to grow a rose from a bouquet of a house and planted a stalk in the spring, should know that by autumn new leaves will appear at the seedling and then the plant will be ready to transplant to another, larger capacity. Some try to plant a seedling on the street in the first year, but it will not be able to winter such a rose, so it is better to transplant the plant by this time into a pot and put it in a cool place, for example, in a cellar or cellar. You can leave the winter for a rose and a house, putting it on a light, but cool place. And next spring, a grown rose can be planted in a garden or a flower bed.
Rose, grown from bouquet - care
As a rule, to grow roses from a bouquet at home, they must be provided with proper care: regularly watered, maintain the desired temperature and humidity. With the advent of young leaves, the rose should be gradually hardened. The rose planted in the open ground can be fertilized using complex top dressing , infusions of mullein and green grass. You learned how to grow a rose from a cut from a bouquet, but remember that the adhesion of cuttings can not be 100%. A good result will be if ten of the planted cuttings are taken by seven or eight.