A couple of months ago (in mid winter) I had to move a huge "Fantin
Latour" so took 9 cuttings just in case it didn't come back this
spring (it is going to survive - lovely fat buds just about to burst
forth - southern hemisphere just in case the seasons sound confusing).

I put all the cuttings in a 9 inch pot with some sharp sand and some
potting mix and put bent wires over the top and then encased the lot
in plastic bags over the top and round the bottom. All 9 now have
leaves and are straining at the top of the plastic bags.

The normal advice is to put then in the ground in a similar way and to
dig them up and pot on after a year so that roots have time to
develop. Given how dry it is here over summer and no likely spots
where they would survive for long in that sort of setting, (I've
killed lots of rose cutting trying to do it the "right" way in the
past) I'm wondering what I should do to keep these cuttings alive and
well long term till they are ready to go it alone????

Should I leave them in the pot and put higher wire and a bigger
plastic bag over the top or should I try to gently tap them out and
pot them up individually? My propagating area where they are
currently doing so well is an area under shade with good filtered
light.