In article m, Theo
Asir wrote:


The only things I did was 'even' heat, humidity and light. Infact
A couple of the cutting I'd planted upside down by mistake
rooted just fine. No chemicals and no mystery.

Okay, you win. Upside down takes the cake. That's rich.

I had a lot of luck this summer too. Too much luck. I probably have
about 25 to 30 plants. I like to give them to people that visit my
garden, so I start the roses that people rave about or that I really
like and want to spread around.

Is it still planting time out there.
Its 27 degrees out here right now. :-

Yep, still rooting time, even. Only I'm switching over to hardwood and
taking down the little greenhouse for winter, any day now.

25-30 plants huh!
Do you get a twinge when you give a plant
to a someone and you know they are gonna
kill it. I have this friend who has gotten a
cutting of New dawn for the last 4 years
and kills it every year. She still asks for one
so I keep trying to find a different spot she can
grow it at.

Theo

Who is balefully looking at 14 rooted
New dawns.

No one ever asks. I make them take them. My bro is a fair gardener, so
he doesn't kill things: his gardener does it for him. First thing the
ass did to the OR Sally Holmes I gave him was prune it down to one
stick. She recovered and grew like honey suckle all summer.