Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening June #2, 2014, 0 by CatMint20906

CatMint20906 wrote:
Definitely hot out there! I went out for an hour after getting home this evening and that was enough!

My new adventure/experiment for the day: I decided to take the plunge and took 4 cuttings from my neighbor's rose bush that cascades into my yard. Each one still had nice healthy roses on it, and I cut the stems randomly several inches below the blooms.

Then, I did my best to do what you all described. I took some 4" pots and filled them with very light soil (peat) and some ProMix mixed in. I drenched the soil in water. Then, I wet each stem and dipped it into the rooting powder. Then I stuck each stem in a pot and ziplocked each pot into a storage size baggy. I put them on the northern exposure window where I keep my fuchsia and fussy begonias with the goal of bright indirect light.

Okay, here they are!

So, any other tips? It would be nice to have them root so I can share them. :-)