The rules for the propagation of roses at home in the fall

Lush pink buds delight and attract the eye throughout the summer. In order for a flower to grow healthy and beautiful, it must be looked after throughout the year. One of the important points - cuttings of roses in autumn at home. This procedure will not take too much time, but it will give the opportunity to plant beautiful flowers at home.

Pros of autumn cuttings

To grow new rose bushes from cuttings, it is better to wait for autumn. The optimal time for this procedure is from late October to early November. For regions with a cold climate, preparation for breeding is postponed to September - early October. Cutting has some advantages compared to vaccinations:

• such bushes are easier to care for, because they do not form excess root shoots;
• the rose bushes obtained by cuttings tolerate harsh winters better and can recover from a sleeping kidney even with significant freezing;
• planting material can be obtained from any rose.

Step-by-step algorithm

If the gardener does everything right, after a while the stalk forms strong healthy roots. A full flowering plant will turn out after 2 years. Propagation of roses by cuttings in the fall at home carried out in several stages:

1. Shoots are taken for planting material. They should be well ripened, shiny and healthy. The thickness is about 5 mm. Material from fattening green shoots for breeding is not suitable. There should be no foreign stains or damage on the surface.
2. Each shoot is divided into several segments of 10-15 cm. One segment should have 3-4 well-developed buds. In the upper part, an incision is made straight, 2-3 cm higher than the upper kidney, below - obliquely. Cut the ends with a well-sharpened tool. Before starting work, the knife must be sterilized with ethyl alcohol or boiling water.
3. The lower leaves on the cuttings are removed, and the upper ones are shortened, leaving halves. This will protect the stalk from decay or drying out. For the same purpose, all spikes must be removed from the shoot.
4. The resulting planting material can be stored for some time until transplantation. For this, the lower ends are wrapped in a newspaper and the shoots are packed in a plastic bag. Periodic shoots need to be slightly moistened.
5. Immediately on the day of planting, fill the container with a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate and immerse the ends of the cuttings for the whole day.
6. Lay the cuttings in the ground at an angle of about 45 degrees. Planting them in the soil can be no more than 10 cm. One kidney should be in the ground and the other above the surface.
7. Containers with planting material can be covered with a film to maintain a sufficient level of humidity.

Alternative way

Some gardeners prefer other methods of propagating roses cuttings in the fall. Shoots are placed in boiled cold water, which changes every 2 days. In this state, the cuttings are aged for 15 days. During this time, a whitish ball should form at the tip of the shoot - this is the embryo of the future root. You can transplant the stalk into the ground already at this stage, or you can hold it in water for another week to form complete roots.However, this method of rooting has some drawbacks - the roots lack oxygen in the water and they can begin to rot.

During the first 2 years, all the resulting leaves and buds must be removed from the young cuttings. If this is not done, the rose bush will spend all its energy on them and will not be able to form a good root system. Received seedlings need to be regularly watered and aired. After the formation of strong roots, you can move the rose into a permanent pot.

Winter storage

Received in the fall cuttings can be saved until spring. In order for the plant to successfully survive the winter frosts, it is necessary to dig a small depression in the soil - about 15 cm. The bottom of the pit is insulated, cotton fabric is best for this. The resulting cuttings are laid on it at an equal distance from each other. All leaves must be removed. All branches are covered with the same rags, a small layer of soil is poured on top.

To find hidden shoots in spring, wooden pegs or metal rods can be driven along the edges of the pit. In the spring, a hole is dug up and an examination of pink shoots is carried out. In the established specimens, calluses are formed at the tips - small growths of white color with roots. Such cuttings should be immediately transplanted into the ground in a permanent place or into the cuttings.

Planting in autumn

The resulting cuttings can not be left until spring, but propagate in sheltered ground in the fall. To do this, use special pots or boxes - cuttings. With this method of planting, the first roots will begin to form after 14 days. After about 2 weeks, the young plant will be able to reliably take root in the soil in a permanent place. After this, pink cuttings must be transferred to a dark, cool room. Here they can wait until spring.

During the fall and winter, the soil in containers must be periodically watered and loosened. In the spring, when the soil in the garden area warms up properly, young plants can be planted in a nutrient substrate. It is prepared from a mixture of turf, sheet land and sand. To improve soil aeration, a small amount of perlite can be added to the substrate. The prepared soil mixture is preliminarily watered with manganese solution to destroy pathogens.

The depth of the hole should be slightly less than the length of the shoot. Planting material is placed in the pit and watered. After planting, the hole with the plant is covered with soil and sprinkled with sand 3 cm from above. This will prevent moisture stagnation in the root system.

Some subtleties

In order for the cultivation of roses from cuttings to proceed successfully in the fall, it is necessary to know and observe some subtleties. This will help to accelerate their growth in the autumn and winter and to avoid the development of diseases. The rules for preparing the material are as follows:

1. Shoots for making cuttings are best obtained from a pink flower when pruning old bushes.
2. Rose is a plant that does not feel well on all types of soil. Acidic soil and earth with a high clay content are not suitable for it. For planting in pots and open ground, it is necessary to prepare a mixture of humus with turf soil and river sand.
3. Before planting, the soil must be disinfected.
4. As the top layer dries, the soil needs to be moistened.
5. The film or plastic jar from the handle is periodically removed to ventilate the plant.

Different rooting methods

There is another unusual but effective method of rooting cuttings in a potato tuber. The preparation of the handle is carried out according to the usual scheme.Previously it is kept in a weak solution of manganese, then it is soaked for 12 hours in a mixture of equal parts of aloe juice and pure water. After this time, the stalk is removed and inserted into the potato tuber. Escaped potatoes are placed in a pot filled with 2/3 of the nutrient substrate. The soil is carefully watered with a strong manganese solution, lightly sprinkle potatoes on top of the ground.

Those who want to once again enjoy the beauty of a withered roses from a bouquet, you can cut it and grow a young bush. To do this, prepare cuttings from a pink stem in the usual way. The resulting segments can be rooted in flower pots. You can do this at any time of the year. Instead of pots with soil, you can use plastic bags, filling them with fibrous peat or moss. The substrate is abundantly moistened with a mixture of pure water and aloe juice in a ratio of 9: 1.

Bags with cuttings a little inflate, knotted and hung from the window frame. Inside, a greenhouse effect is formed due to increased humidity. This will lead to rapid root formation. Humidity of air and soil must be maintained constantly. In order for the plant to form healthy powerful roots, new leaflets and buds must be cut before the rose is transplanted into the open ground in spring.