I have a gr8 rose bush in a large pot. Is there a safe way to devide
it into
3-4 plants for repotting?

oldvike

On Jun 14, 3:16?pm, oldvike wrote:
I have a gr8 rose bush in a large pot. Is there a safe way to devide
it into
3-4 plants for repotting?

You don't say what kind of rose bush. If wild rose you can divide at
the root, but most rose bushes are hybridized grafts onto wild rose
stock, those you're pretty much stuck with unless you know how to
graft the hybridized cuttings... it's hardly worth the trouble, rose
bushes are inexpensive, much simpler to just buy a new rose bush.

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:16:51 -0700, oldvike wrote:

I have a gr8 rose bush in a large pot. Is there a safe way to devide
it into
3-4 plants for repotting?

Easiest way to propagate a rose, imho, is called "layering" or "stooling".
This will give you a rose on its own roots, which may or may not be better
than a grafted rose.
http://gardeningwithskip.tamu.edu/segments/032005a.html
http://www.texasroserustlers.org/propcare.html

Remember that patented plants aren't supposed to be propagated at home.

Kay

In article ,
Kay Lancaster wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:16:51 -0700, oldvike wrote:

I have a gr8 rose bush in a large pot. Is there a safe way to devide
it into
3-4 plants for repotting?

Easiest way to propagate a rose, imho, is called "layering" or "stooling".
This will give you a rose on its own roots, which may or may not be better
than a grafted rose.
http://gardeningwithskip.tamu.edu/segments/032005a.html
http://www.texasroserustlers.org/propcare.html

Remember that patented plants aren't supposed to be propagated at home.

Kay

Oh, my, god. They aren't owned by Monsanto are they? We are all so
busted;-)

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