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Ian B[_3_] · 26-08-2010, 05:27 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article ,
lid says...
My neighbour pruned a very admirable rose a few weeks ago and gave
me some twigs as I'd said I liked it. I stuck three of them in the
ground with some compost and fertiliser and kept them damp. They are
all still green. One of them lost its leaves, but now it has new red
shoots appearing, so I presume it's still alive.

I'm just wondering what to do now; that is, should I let these shoots
develop or not- will it exhaust itself by trying to grow new canes or
something like that? Is there any particular time it will be
established enough to transplant to a location I want it in? Is
there a particular time of year to do so?

Ian

Move them next spring, if they come into growth this year give a very
dilute feed untill it looks like summers over then allow to go
dormant, don't let the pot/roots freeze, otherwise easy.

Thanks Charlie. I'm not sure how I'd stop the roots freezing, as they're
just kind of stuck in the ground at the moment in a spare bed (where me
spuds were).

Ian