Roses are among the most beautiful and popular garden plants; It's hardly surprising that many enthusiasts want to propagate their favorite varieties themselves. At least with true-root roses, this project can be achieved quite easily using offshoots, but with refined varieties it is a little more complicated.
How do you propagate roses through cuttings?
Rose offshoots can be propagated by runners, cuttings or cuttings. Propagation is easier with unrooted roses, while grafted varieties should be better propagated. Alternatively, rose cuttings can be rooted using a potato or in water.
Vegetative propagation of true-root roses
For experts, true-root roses mean non-grafted varieties that are capable of developing strong roots themselves. These roses are generally stronger and more resilient than their grafted relatives, and they are also easier to propagate. These roses also often develop root runners - in the case of grafted roses these are referred to as "wild shoots" - which make propagation particularly easy. All you have to do is dig up the runners and replant them in the desired new location. Propagation via cuttings or cuttings is also quite uncomplicated. With all variants you create clones of the mother plant, i.e. H. the offshoots will have the same characteristics.
Propagate roses with the help of a potato
Many rose lovers swear by using a potato when propagating their favorite roses, as this is said to make it easier for the plant to root. To do this, cut cuttings as usual and insert them into a fresh potato with the cut surface to be rooted. The potato is finally planted (along with the rose, of course) in a plant pot (€12.00 on Amazon) with potting soil and completely covered with the substrate. The tuber supplies the cutting with nutrients and ensures that the young plant roots more quickly - so it works similarly to a rooting powder. However, it can also happen that the potato sprouts instead of the rose.
Rooting roses in water
It is often said that rooting roses in a glass of water does not work. This claim applies to refined varieties, but not to true-root varieties. For this method, cut a long stem with flowers from the shrub you want to propagate and place it in a vase. Allow the flower to wither and then cut it off, but leave the shoot still in the water. Change the water regularly and place the vase in a bright place, perhaps on a windowsill. With a little luck, the shoot will develop roots within a few weeks.
Tip
In contrast to root-grown roses, grafted roses cannot be easily propagated via cuttings. However, you can try it, but you should only use shoots above the grafting point - otherwise you will grow the rootstock and not the hybrid rose. However, these varieties should be better grafted (that is the technical term for grafting) as they often have difficulty forming roots.
