Rose Grafting - Knowledgebase Question

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Question by grace_718
November 16, 1999
What products or tools are necessary to graft a rose cutting to a bush, and what is the process?


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Answer from NGA
November 16, 1999
and the growing tip is above ground. To encourage rooting, wound the bottom side of the branch slightly where it touches the soil, cover it with a few inches of soil, weight it down with a rock and top with a generous layer of mulch. Water it occasionally during the growing season. Eventually, the branch will develop enough roots from the wounded area to support itself enough to separated from the parent plant.


If the rose is a shrub rose growing on its own roots, you may be able to simply dig up and remove a sucker, or rooted shoot, from near the base of the plant. This would be an easier method of propagating it.

If you decide you'd like to try grafting, here's an excellent website, put together by the American Rose Society, that provides step by step instructions for grafting roses: http://www.ars.org/grafting.ht...
Good luck with your project!


and the growing tip is above ground. To encourage rooting, wound the bottom side of the branch slightly where it touches the soil, cover it with a few inches of soil, weight it down with a rock and top with a generous layer of mulch. Water it occasionally during the growing season. Eventually, the branch will develop enough roots from the wounded area to support itself enough to separated from the parent plant.


If the rose is a shrub rose growing on its own roots, you may be able to simply dig up and remove a sucker, or rooted shoot, from near the base of the plant. This would be an easier method of propagating it.

If you decide you'd like to try grafting, here's an excellent website, put together by the American Rose Society, that provides step by step instructions for grafting roses: http://www.ars.org/grafting.ht...
Good luck with your project!


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