I'm a newbie with the rose hips. Which hips do you take seeds from. how do you remove and save the seeds, and how do you plant them?! Also aren't most roses grafted onto rootstock?
Any info would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks, Sue :-)
Rose Hips-How to use the seeds
Sue ~ sorry but I've no experience with this but found this link and thought of your post. It may take you on to more information.... Good luck! http://www.neilsperry.com/articles/2008/11/19/rose-cuttings.html
Thank you podster!
You are welcome. 8 )
Just wanted to give an update.
I collected some rose hips and removed the seeds. I sowed them in moistened potting soil about 1/4 to 1/2". I covered the pots with plastic wrap and secured it with a rubberband. Then I placed them in the refrigerator.
I checked on them March 10 and some of them started to come up. They are beginning to get their first set of leaves. Here's a pic:
Oh, that's exciting! ~~ Kyla
I'll let you know how they turn out!
Please do. ;-)
Hi all!
I've had very good luck w/ the roses I started. Two of them made it through transplanting and they are both completely different.
One looks like it's going to be a climbing rose(I need to get a trellis for it as it is trailing on the ground) There have been no blooms on this one.
The second one is an upright rose and boy is it a bloomer! I'm so surprised to see it flowering it's first year. The bud starts off a bright pink and when it opens it slowly fades to a very light pink.
They are both on the south-side of the house but I'm still going to give them plenty of protection this winter since they are on their own rootstock.
Another note: I haven't sprayed any of my roses and the ones I planted from seed have no black spots or bug problems unlike my other roses. Am I just lucky or do you think they might have some resistance?
Fingers crossed! I'm going to cover them well and hope for a mild winter! I'll post their outcome and hopefully be posting pics of them blooming. Just one more reason why I can't wait for spring(not a cold-weather gal!!).
ok, here's my update!
Due to back issues I didn't get a chance to cover any of my roses over the winter so I was certain that they weren't going to make it. But lo and behold! They all came thru like troopers! I can't believe how well they are doing on their own rootstock. Here's a pic of the upright that bloomed nonstop last year:
Congrats on getting them germinate and I love the update picture. I collected some from my neighbors 'Rosa Rugosa' but didn't have luck. Your outcome gives me motivation to try again but first I have to find another source for seeds since I found they put pesticide on their plants.
Tikipod---You should be happy you had no luck with Rosa Rugosa. Years ago, I did have luck. I planted them and was so happy when they took off. OMGosh...In a couple of years we had a thicket with more coming. I was horrified. They were beautiful. Dark pink ones and white ones. However, we had to remove them or have only Rosa Rugosa the way they were going. We are still digging them out now and then. Apparently they can come up from the tiniest root. My husband is a patient man. I am always planting things that go crazy and he has to help me get them out.
I noticed that with my neighbors plant. My plant was to put them in a container and put the container on a solid surface so they can't escape the bottom.
That sounds like a good idea. Maybe you could take a start of your neighbors. Just cut a branch at an angle beneath a node, remove all the leaves except perhaps the top two and stick it into the pot with potting soil. It will probably root and be faster than from a seed. They are very hardy, you know, and I read that Rosa Rugosa is the oldest rose.
I attempted cuttings earlier this year but I made a lot of mistakes so they rotted. I might try again after I read up on it more. I stopped by the bushes today and spotted quite a few red rosehips. I gathered all I could and then read the link posted in this post. I'm going to check on it in February and I have more for a back up.
I'm 99% sure it's a Rugosa but I don't know if it's a hybrid. The woman who bought it for them said it was listed as a Wild Rose. I wish I could get some cuttings from another on the property that has super fragrance blooms but it has nacho cheese fungus on it. (I forgot the name of it.) I'm worried even seeds might be tainted.
Tiki---Do you have a camera? If you could post pics here, I am sure you would get Lots of comments. People here love to identify.
I posted a picture in the ID forum.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=7877793
The best I could come up with Nootka/Nutkana but I'm not sure.
However invasive Rosa Rugosa may be, it grows the BEST hips for tea and medicinal uses. Really high Vitamin C content.
Thank you for confirming that darius. I read that on wiki along with that they have the best flavor but didn't know how accurate it was. I really hope these seeds germinate and I'll update everyone. I hope it's not a hybrid. I dmailed some folks on here about rugosa seeds just in case.
I keep thinking I want to plant some here, but fruit bushes/trees come first. I can still buy dried hips from my co-op, so far, but I'd rather grow my own.
Tiki, I love your picture. So cute with the bee in the blossom. Was she napping or....you know? Anyway, seems like all you have to do is wait and the roses will come to you.
Darius, I have read that the hips are very high in vitamin C. You can make jelly from them as well as tea, right? Wish I had the ambition to do all that gathering. I used to, but now I just think about it. LOL
Yes, you can make rose hip jelly, too... but I can't have all that sugar anymore. Sigh.
Darius, try mixing something sugary with a cheese to slow down absorption. I have found that I can have jelly with cream cheese on almond flour crackers and it doesn't whack out my blood sugar. Another favorite is a tablespoon of home made preserves mixed with a serving of ricotta or cottage cheese, which is delicious and really takes up the slack of not having ice cream. I have tested my blood sugar around this, and it works.
Thanks.