how I prune my rambling rose and epic propagation fail
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2024
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In today's video I show how I prune a rambling rose (variety 'Albertine')
I also show a total failure - i.e. my efforts to propagate semi-ripe climbing rose cuttings back in July came to nothing Lol! therefore I've taken some ripe wood cuttings from the rambler which I'll plant in a couple of weeks time.
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Thanks for the pruning info👍🏼
I’ve propagated roses- some from roses in a bouquet and others from the roses in my garden.
I used slightly varying ways to propagate them.
The first one ever was a small 2 inch shoot that broke off a new rose during shipping. I kept that one in a small pot, about 3 feet from a window in my kitchen, under half an empty plastic pop bottle until it rooted.
Then I propagated some bouquet roses using short cuttings (again) only about 2 inches long. They’d already started sprouting lots of small new leaves whilst in the vase, after the blooms went over, so as they looked keen to grow, I cut up the stems and pushed them into some compost which was already in pots from some previous failed seeds in my coldframe outside, as it was cooler weather at that time, being the end of the year. I also moved the first rose cutting into my cold frame to overwinter with the bouquet cuttings, without the pop bottle by then.
I managed to grow 6 rose plants from the bouquet cuttings (as not all of them took) and the first cutting from the new rose delivery was also successful.
I’ve recently been shoving short rose cuttings into pots and leaving them in a shady area of my garden. I no longer bother covering them for humidity at all but make sure that the compost stays damp-ish.
Last week I trimmed off a crossing branch from a rose in my garden, so I cut off the youngest end of that, to use as a cutting and pushed it directly into the soil in a shady border and it’s still alive.
All my new cuttings which are outside at the moment with no humidity covers, appear to be alive and sprouting new green shoots.
I would say that the cuttings I’ve used successfully have all been more green than those you’ve showed in your video, so not as thick in diameter but not soft. I usually leave a maximum of 2 leaves for photosynthesis and I also scrape off some of the outer layer of bark beneath the lowest new bud which will be buried. I scrape a few stripes into the outer bark, running from just beneath that bud to the end of the cutting (using the edge of a scissor blade or a knife) to prepare the area from where the roots should grow. I no longer bother using rooting hormone powder as I’ve found it doesn’t make any difference to my cuttings.
I’ve managed to propagate floribunda, climbing and shrub roses using the same method. I’ve also propagated Photinia (Red Robin) and Camellia the same way.
Wow!
Thanks so much for your time to watch and also share your successes.
ATB 👍👍👍
I see I am not the only one on the journey to starting a rose . Very interesting. I have started my rose seeds in the freezer and after the roses are trimmed back for the season I will start my cuttings. Very fun adventure. I will be waiting for an update.Thanks for sharing.
I've never tried rose propagation from seeds - usually get pretty good success with cuttings taken around this time of year though (I did them a few days ago) exciting isn't it!
best wishes Patricia :-)
Thank you! I always struggle with the rambling ones...
you're welcome Lara
best wishes :-)
Good morning Woody. A few years ago I put some rose clippings in my compost bin. Several weeks later I reached in to get a handful of the compost and quickly realized the thorns had not broken down at all. A rather uncomfortable lesson. Now I put them in the burn pile. 😁 I've had a few propagation fails like that myself. Have a great day. Best wishes Bob.
Hello Bob, ouch!
Yes that's why I don't compost them my friend! Municipal bin or bonfire 🔥.
Hopefully the hardwood cuttings will do better 👌
Cheers 🍻👍
Hi there Woody been many a year since we had rambling or climbing roses they do make a fantastic display , nice to see you pruning it some people think they don't need it only a dead heading but give them a prune and you will be so rewarded the next season, hope your new lot of cutting strike for you should do as all we ever did we was v trench them in soil and leave alone . Stay safe Bill and Val
Hi guys, yes you're so right, it responds really well to hard pruning and we should have a nice show for next year. Yes, I'll just v trench the cuttings.
Take care and have a great week ahead 👍
G,day mate ,good to watch someone that can prune well nice vid , good luck with the striking ,I hope that’s correct word . We like your accent mate lol cheers wayne and lynne
Hello guys, thanks so much for your kind comments. I seem to have better success with ripe wood cuttings so hopefully they will strike ( 'take'). Thank you for stopping by, much appreciated 👍
Cracking woody👍 Having a go at training some climbing roses round an arch on my plot, had the cutting of a lovely lady a few plots up and she told me to strip all the thorns off the stem which was planted straight into the ground also a nice sharp cut.Hopefully they will take and attract the bees and the wife😉😄 Thanks for sharing. Robbo
Hey that sounds great Robbo, I took a cutting of a climbing rose last year and it's growing nicely ( still in a pot) it's called "etoile De hollande" stunning rose and highly scented.
Cheers mate 👍🍺
Hello Woody, would the cuttings be better on the outside of the container? Gloves looked like they did their job, but how about your ankles when stomping the trug.......lol.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Hi Terry
it was a first attempt at semi-ripe cuttings - the idea (as you probably know) of the bottles is to create warmth and humidity to encourage rooting. Fortunately my ankles escaped unscathed (but it was close! LOl!)
cheers mate :-)
@@cumbrianhomestead 😁👍🤣
i had the same amount of success with most of my rose cuttings this year :-)
need to do another set too.
Yeh, got to keep trying!
Thank you for stopping by 👍
Love your garden seat. Very Romantic! Is it ok if I say that’s how I’d prune a climbing rose? Could be wrong but I thought ramblers differ from climbers by flowering on wood made the previous year, so pruning all the new growth would remove flowering wood? Just steeling myself to get started on a whole heap of climbers and ramblers which seem determined to fight back. In my version there would’ve been considerably more swear words! 😆
Of course it is okay to offer your thoughts, I welcome them!
I think some varieties differ in how much new growth/canes they produce. I left some new wood and the side shoots normally send out a lot of flowering stems. It's a nice seat, but my wife won't sit there anymore as she hates ants 🤣.
Enjoy your pruning my friend 👍🌹🥀
i always ended up cut to ribbon pruning rambling roses, woody. i'm sticking to easier plants now. the best success for me propagating roses was straight after dead heading. take the flower off then use the next 8 inches of stem below. a sandy loam is great for these cuttings..............brian
Lol I know what you mean Brian - they're thorny devils! I get most success with cuttings taken at this time of year, but it's always good to try different approaches.
Cheers mate :-)
Woody, I was taught that you take your cuttings just below a leaf bud, because the but as more umm, non-differentiated cells to become roots.
Yes, below a 'node' is correct. And sloping cut above a leaf bud.
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Never had a rambling rose. Thinking of getting one soon though. Shame about the cuttings. Have you ever tried taking cuttings in spring off the new growth? Have a good week mate
They are worth it if you have a space or a wall to cover etc - this one is quite scented and gives two flushes in the season with some sporadic blooms in between. Never tried cuttings in spring, tend to get most success with autumn planted ones.
Have a good week ahead too ;-)
Hi Woody, a job I do this time of year only difference is between thee & me is :- the garden is my wifes, she is in charge and as Iam cutting instructions would be coming from the background, cut that one no further down, left a bit, up a bit You get the idea? 👍 Take care Mike
LOL 😆😂
Oh yes! I get the picture Mike. Fortunately my wife is happy to let me get on with it.
Cheers mate 🍻👍
Do you put any hormone on it before putting it into the soil Woody? Work is never done is it. Good luck with the new cuttings. Cathy
Hi Cathy, I'll probably do half with rooting hormone and half without, just out of interest. Yes there's always something to do my friend.
Have a great week ahead ❤️
I hope this next set of cuttings works out for you. We can't have success every time.
Yes I agree with you PPG - as long as we get some success some of the time!
best wishes :-)
That thicker wire will be able to carry that weight easily!
Yes totally agree!
Hope you are well my friend 👍
Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why you ramble, no one knows
Wild and wind-blown, that's how you've grown
Who can cling to a ramblin' rose?
Great song, long time since I heard that!
Cheers 🍻👍