Rules for propagating roses at home in autumn

Lush pink buds delight and captivate the eye all summer long. To ensure the flower grows healthy and beautiful, it requires care throughout the year. One important point is rose cuttings in autumn At home. This procedure won't take much time, but it will give you the opportunity to grow beautiful flowers at home.

The benefits of autumn cuttings

To grow new rose bushes from cuttings, it's best to wait until autumn. The optimal time for this procedure is from late October to early November. For regions with cold climates, preparation for propagation should be postponed until September or early October. Cuttings have some advantages. compared to vaccinations:

• These bushes are easier to care for because they do not form excessive root growth;
• Rose bushes obtained by cuttings better withstand harsh winters and can recover from a dormant bud even with significant freezing;
• Planting material can be obtained from any rose.

Step-by-step algorithm

If the gardener does everything correctly, after a while the cutting will form strong, healthy roots. A fully flowering plant will emerge after two years. Propagating roses by cuttings in the fall at home is carried out in several stages:

1. Select shoots for planting material. They should be well-ripened, shiny, and healthy. The thickness should be approximately 5 mm. Material from overgrown green shoots is not suitable for propagation. The surface should be free of any foreign spots or damage.
2. Each shoot is divided into several 10-15 cm sections. Each section should have 3-4 well-developed buds. At the top, make a straight cut, 2-3 cm above the top bud, and at the bottom, make a diagonal cut. Trim the ends with a well-sharpened tool. Before starting, sterilize the knife with ethyl alcohol or boiling water.
3. The lower leaves on the cuttings are removed, and the upper leaves are trimmed back, leaving halves. This will protect the cuttings from rotting or drying out. For the same purpose, all thorns are removed from the shoot.
4. The resulting planting material can be stored for some time before replanting. To do this, wrap the lower tips in newspaper and pack the shoots in a plastic bag. Periodically, lightly moisten the shoots.
5. On the day of planting, fill the container with a weak pink solution of potassium permanganate and immerse the ends of the cuttings for the entire day.
6. Place the cuttings in the soil at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. They should be planted no more than 10 cm deep. One bud should be in the soil and the other above the surface.
7. Containers with planting material can be covered with film to maintain a sufficient level of humidity.

Alternative method

Some gardeners prefer other methods of propagating roses Cuttings are taken in the fall. The shoots are placed in boiled, cold water, which is changed every two days. The cuttings are kept in this condition for 15 days. During this time, a whitish ball should form at the tip of the shoot—this is the embryo of the future root. You can transplant the cuttings into soil at this stage, or you can keep them in water for another week to allow full-fledged roots to form. However, this rooting method has some drawbacks—in water, the roots lack oxygen and may begin to rot.

During the first two years, it's necessary to remove all emerging leaves and buds from the young cutting. Otherwise, the rose bush will waste all its energy on them and won't be able to develop a good root system. The resulting seedlings It needs regular watering and ventilation. Once strong roots have formed, the rose can be transplanted to its permanent pot.

Winter storage

Received in the fall cuttings can be saved Until spring. To ensure the plant survives winter frosts, dig a small hole in the ground—about 15 cm deep. The bottom of the hole is insulated; cotton cloth works best for this. Place the cuttings on it, evenly spaced. Remove all leaves. Cover all branches with the same cloth, and add a thin layer of soil on top.

To find hidden shoots in the spring, you can drive wooden stakes or metal rods around the edges of the hole. In the spring, dig up the hole and inspect the pink shoots. The tips of established specimens will develop calluses—small white growths with roots. These cuttings should be immediately transplanted into the ground in a permanent location or into a cutting box.

Planting in autumn

The resulting cuttings can be left until spring, but propagate in protected ground in the fallFor this purpose, special pots or boxes called cutting boxes are used. With this planting method, the first roots will begin to form after just 14 days. After about another two weeks, the young plant will be firmly rooted in the soil in its permanent location. After this, the rose cuttings should be transferred to a cool, dark room. Here they will wait until spring.

During the fall and winter, the soil in the containers should be watered and loosened periodically. In the spring, when the soil in the garden has warmed up sufficiently, young plants can be planted in a nutritious substrate. This is prepared from a mixture of turf, leaf mold, and sand. To improve soil aeration, a small amount of perlite can be added to the substrate. The prepared soil mixture is pre-watered with a potassium permanganate solution to kill pathogens.

The hole should be slightly shallower than the shoot's length. Place the planting material in the hole and water it. After planting, fill the hole with soil and top it with 3 cm of sand. This will prevent moisture stagnation in the root system.

Some subtleties

To successfully grow roses from cuttings in the fall, it's important to know and follow a few tips. This will help speed up their growth during the fall and winter and prevent disease. The rules for preparing the material are as follows:

1. It is best to obtain shoots for making cuttings from a pink flower when pruning old bushes.
2. Roses are plants that don't thrive in all types of soil. Acidic soil and soil with a high clay content are unsuitable. For planting in pots and open ground, prepare a mixture of humus, turf, and river sand.
3. Before planting, the soil must be disinfected.
4. As the top layer of soil dries out, it needs to be moistened.
5. The film or plastic jar is periodically removed from the cutting to ventilate the plant.

Rooting using different methods

There is another unusual but effective one method of rooting cuttings in potato tubersThe cutting is prepared according to the standard procedure. First, it is soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, then for 12 hours in a mixture of equal parts aloe vera juice and clean water. After this time, the cutting is removed and inserted into the potato tuber. The potato and its shoot are placed in a pot filled 2/3 full with nutrient-rich substrate. The soil is thoroughly watered with a strong potassium permanganate solution, and the potato is lightly covered with soil.

For those who want to enjoy the faded beauty again roses from a bouquetYou can take cuttings and grow a young bush. To do this, prepare cuttings from the rose stem in the usual way. The resulting cuttings can be rooted in flower pots. This can be done at any time of year. Instead of pots filled with soil, you can use plastic bags filled with fibrous peat or moss. The substrate is generously moistened with a mixture of clean water and aloe juice in a ratio of 9:1.

The bags containing the cuttings are slightly inflated, tied, and hung from a window frame. The increased humidity creates a greenhouse effect inside. This will encourage rapid root formation. Air and soil humidity must be maintained consistently. To ensure the plant develops healthy, strong roots, new leaves and buds should be trimmed before the rose is transplanted outdoors in the spring.