"J. Del Col" wrote in message
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: "Jack_H." wrote in message
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: I am leaving the country soon and a neighbor of mine has some of the
nicest
: looking and smelling roses.
: I would like to grow them in my future home.
: How do you harvest the rose hips?
: how to you sprout the seeds in the rose hips?
:
:
: If they are hybrids, they won't come true from seed, so you won't get
: the same roses your neighbor has.

hmmm never thought of that.
these roses are perfect. nice long petals like a tea rose. beautiful crimson
color and not too many petals.
Fabulous fragrance too.

:
: Harvest the hips just when they turn orange or red. Take the seeds out
: of the hips, rinse them thoroughly, then dry them on paper towels.
: Then store the dry seed in plastic baggies or 35mm film canisters or
: some other container.
:
: Getting the seeds to germinate is a bit of a chore. Rose seeds
: require a period of cold weather in order to germinate. You can
: duplicate this by putting them in a refrigerator for a couple of
: months. Or you can chemically stratify them by soaking them in a
: solution of enzymatic drain cleaner for 48 hours. No I'm not making
: this up. I've done it several times. The old method was to use
: sulfuric acid--I'm not that brave.

Car battery juice, easily found... but I think I will go for the period of
cold first.

Thanks for the information.

Jack