How to Start Roses from Clippings
Anyone can start a rose from clippings. They do not need to be started "from scratch." Simply get a few cuttings from someone’s roses and you can grow your own! Here is how to start roses from clippings:
What you’ll Need
Some rose clippings
A garden cutter
Some empty jars or bottles
Potting soil
Pots
Plastic ziplock bags
Mister
Simply Put it in the Ground
Some people have been able to just put their cuttings into the ground and grow plants from those cuttings. This particular method is best for people who have fantastic soil and live in a milder climate.
The Mason Jar Method
For people who do not have experience growing roses from clippings, this is probably the best way.
All you need are some cuttings from roses that you like and a clear jar that is about the size of a quart jar. If you do not have a jar, you can cut the bottom of a two-liter plastic bottle; this should work just as well as the jar.
Your cutting should be six inches long (or somewhere close to that). Take the leaves on the bottom off and put the stem into the ground or into a pot filled with potting soil. Push it down two inches or so. The rest of the stem can be left sticking up above the dirt (or potting soil). Put the jar or your cut two-liter bottle over the stem and leave it alone.
Every once in a while water the dirt around the edge of the jar or bottle or else the cutting will dry out and die. After two months, the stem of the rose will begin to take root and eventually it will start leafing out. You should remove the jar now.
The best time of the year to try this method of starting a rose from clippings is in early fall or in the spring. You can do this in the winter and summer if your climate is mild. However, if you live in an area that gets above one hundred degrees in the summer and below thirty-two degrees in the winter, you should try to grow your cuttings only in the fall or spring.
Sandwich Bags
Fill small, two-inch potting pots with soil and put the rose stem halfway into the soil. Then put the pot into a one-gallon plastic bag (the Zip Lock kind work the best.) The trick with this method is to keep the tops of the bags from folding over. If the bags fold over, the air will not circulate and the cutting will rot. This method is the least successful, but worth a try.
Misting
If you are very eager in your attempts to start roses from clippings, you might want to start something called a misting bench. This bench can be kept out in the open or set up in an enclosed greenhouse. You might even want to try making a misting box. Your mister can be a manual mister or one that is automatically timed. If you enjoyed reading this article, might as well read how to grow roses.