Its Never Only a Rose 2016

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    What is the potato method?:noidea:
     
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        Looking forward to finding out.
         
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          • Anthony Rogers

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            The bit I don't get is that he says the potato helps to keep the cut end if the cutting moist whilst it roots.
            Now, I've probably taken thousands of cuttings over the last 25 + years, and I always thought that the cutting had to form a callous to root, hence when you root a cutting In water they only form white brittle water roots and don't form true feeder roots until they're planted up.
             
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            @Sandy Ground it is the method @wiseowl kindly linked to - except I'm not doing the deep sand pit part; I've got an area where I shall simply pop it in the ground :redface:
             
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              Good evening @Anthony Rogers my good friend here's another method ;)

              THE TOOTHPICK PROPAGATION TECHNIQUE
              Select the stem from which you wish to take a cutting. Look along it until you locate a bud ON LAST YEAR'S GROWTH. Place the block of wood behind that point and make a single VERTICAL cut all the way through the stem, just below the bud. Insert a tooth pick through the cut.Mark each cutting with coloured tape so that you can locate it at a later date.
              Walk away from your toothpick cuttings until the end of October or November. Leave them alone!
              6. REMOVING THE CUTTINGS FROM THE MOTHER PLANT.

              You will note that a callus has formed where you wounded the cutting and inserted a toothpick. With sharp pruning shears remove the cutting just below the toothpick. Trim off the toothpick on either side of the cutting.Dip your cuttings in rooting hormone and set them in a cold frame. Water well and close up the frame for the winter. Water as needed. If you do not have a cold frame, set the cuttings right next to your house foundation on the east or north side. Lean an old window or glass pane up against the foundation to protect them.
              Rooting should take place by mid-spring. Those with greenhouses can leave the cuttings on the mother plant into December/January before setting them to root. :whistle::smile:.
               
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                Hi @wiseowl

                Can you help me on these two please, planted them today, think they're both Hybrid Tea's but not too sure.....

                " Summer Holiday "
                " Blue Ribbon "

                Thank you, Anthony :)
                 
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                  Good morning @Anthony Rogers my friend no worries ,yes they are both Hybrid Teas:smile:

                  Blue Ribbon
                  Mauve or mauve blend Hybrid Tea.
                  Exhibition name: Blue Ribbon
                  (United States, 1984).
                  Hybrid Tea.
                  Lavender. Strong, fruity, sweet fragrance. 35 to 40 petals. Large, double (17-25 petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
                  Height of up to 4' 11" (up to 150 cm).
                  Lavender Hybrid Tea, very fragrant, large flowers.
                  seed: Ivory Tower x Angel Face x Pollen Blue Nile
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                  Summer Holiday

                  Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
                  Registration name: Summer Holiday ®
                  (United Kingdom, 1967).
                  Hybrid Tea.
                  Orange or orange-red. Strong fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
                  Height of up to 6' 7" (up to 200 cm).
                  Tropicana x Seedling
                   
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                    Springs is on its way:smile:

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                      My first rose bloom of 2016.
                      'For Your Eyes Only'.
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                        Rose of the year 2015 lovely Rose @CharlieBot :smile:

                        Bred by Christopher H Warner (United Kingdom, before 2014).
                        Hybrid Hulthemia persica.
                        Salmon-pink, apricot shading, darker centre, ages to lavender . Mild fragrance. Single (4-8 petals) bloom form.
                         
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                          Iceberg :smile:

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                            There seems to be two rose threads for 2016 but this one seems to be about help as well so ...
                            I rescued a Graham Thomas rose from under a huge tree and this is the first year of being in its own space and flowering. I gave it a good prune end last year as I think I should have, fairly hard (it was a bent and spindly mess). It looks good and healthy and is flowering but the upper parts of the stems where there are sets of buds/flowers seem somewhat floppy and bendy. We have had torrential rain and wind so that does not help I know. But have I not pruned it correctly to give it vigour and strength to hold the flowers erect? Any help welcome.

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                            It seems it's classed as a short climber GG which shouldn't make any difference to how it supports it's blooms. Have you fed it at all?
                             
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