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?

Thanks Jack

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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?

Thanks Jack

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And how does that answer my question??

J

If you're moving I'd venture
to guess this is not the time you
want to mess around with seeds & hips.
Even professionals have trouble there.

Roses are highly hybridized. The only
way to get a true variety is to vegetative
propagate the rose. This can be done by
'rooting a cutting'. Search the web on this.

What I would recommend is that you jot
down the names of the roses he grows,
get to nursery where ever you are going to
and get the roses they recommend.

Climate has a huge influence on how
roses do. So every region has its set
of roses that do well.

--
Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City

"Jack_H." wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks Jack

"Jack_H." wrote in message . ..
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.

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.


J. Del Col

"J. Del Col" wrote in message
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: "Jack_H." wrote in message
. ..
: 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

"Theo Asir" wrote in message
s.com...
:
: If you're moving I'd venture
: to guess this is not the time you
: want to mess around with seeds & hips.
: Even professionals have trouble there.
:
: Roses are highly hybridized. The only
: way to get a true variety is to vegetative
: propagate the rose. This can be done by
: 'rooting a cutting'. Search the web on this.

Thanks!

:
: What I would recommend is that you jot
: down the names of the roses he grows,
: get to nursery where ever you are going to
: and get the roses they recommend.

He has no idea, bush has been there for a while,
these roses are perfect. nice long petals like a tea rose. beautiful crimson
color and not too many petals.
Fabulous fragrance too.

:
: Climate has a huge influence on how
: roses do. So every region has its set
: of roses that do well.

Hmm havent thought about that, figured sunshine is sunshine and I could
water and fertilizer...
Do you know of the names of roses I described earlier that would work well
in the middle east???
Dry climate...Hot.. not the desert though.

:
: --
: Theo in Zone 5
: Kansas City

Thanks
Jack H.

He has no idea, bush has been there for a while,
these roses are perfect. nice long petals like a tea rose. beautiful
crimson
color and not too many petals.
Fabulous fragrance too.

Could be anyone of several popular rose.

Don Juan
Mr Lincoln
Europeana

Spring to mind.


Hmm havent thought about that, figured sunshine is sunshine and I could
water and fertilizer...
Do you know of the names of roses I described earlier that would work well
in the middle east???
Dry climate...Hot.. not the desert though.

Desert climate is one roses like. Provided
they get plenty of water and it is not very humid.
A nice winter chill
near freezing will also help set their clock.

Almost any rose will grow but desert soils are usually very poor.
Good loamy rich soil will be needed.

The Middle East has long been famous for roses.
I'm sure many many varieties will be
available to you there.

Also remember many countries
have restrictions on the import of
plant material.

--
Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City