How to properly grow roses at home?

Every year the passion for growing home roses is gaining more and more popularity.

When we receive fragrant noble flowers as a gift, we involuntarily catch ourselves thinking, “I wish we could preserve this beauty for a long time,” but this is possible - you just need to know how to grow a rose. For a long time, pink bouquets have amazed us with their aroma and delicate beauty, but sooner or later cut plants "die" and we regretfully throw away the faded short-lived charm in the trash bin. And it is completely in vain, because any rose can be grown even at home.

Content

• How to grow
• How to grow a rose from a cutting
• How to grow a rose from seeds
• How to grow a rose from a cut flower in a potato
• A Few Secrets for All Growing Methods

We probably never get tired of wondering at the beauty of roses.

Miniature red rose Dwarf Polyantha

The rose is the perfect flower, complementing the collection of houseplants wonderfully

You don't have to be a breeder to start growing flowers. You can turn to the experience of other people on the Internet and, with the help of video tutorials, master one of the simple techniques at home in spring or autumn, or at the dacha in a greenhouse.

How to grow

Far from everyone will be able to grow roses at home at once, special knowledge is needed here

There are several options for growing roses:

• cuttings in water and soil;
• cuttings in potatoes;
• removal from seeds in the ground;
• in the greenhouse.

Caring for home roses is significantly different from caring for garden roses.

To understand which method is the most interesting, or simple and effective, we will consider each of the methods in detail and learn how to properly grow these noble flowers at home or in a greenhouse.

How to grow a rose from a cutting

This method is considered the most effective and effective for any varieties of roses, varieties whose ancestors were rose hips are especially good at home. This is originally a wild plant, a fallen branch of which instantly germinated even on not the most fertile soil. That is why his descendants take root at home by cuttings from a bouquet much faster, in contrast to artificially selected species.

Indoor rose will become a magnificent element of your interior decor

What roses should not be rooted at home:

• tea European;
• hybrids from South America;
• Dutch long-stemmed.

These are capricious and complex flowers that require the use of special skills - budding.Here you need to be able to implant buds into the growing branches of the rose hips, taking into account the seasonal characteristics. In addition, they are distinguished by especially long periods of transportation, in order to preserve life and freshness, the plants are treated with special preparations, which reduces to a minimum the probability of successful removal by cuttings from the bouquet. And the likelihood of growing such a rose from a cutting is not only at home, but even according to all the rules in a greenhouse, it comes down to 10%, not a single most competent and detailed video will help here, a plantation and an appropriate climate will be required.

Gorgeous black rose Halfeti

Season:

It is necessary to start preparing correctly from the moment the rose fell into the hands and the vase. If you have ever grown them yourself or want to take them from friends from the garden, it is best to do this in the fall, if we want to give life to a flower from a bouquet at home, the season does not matter, you can root it at any time of the year. However, experienced breeders claim that nature tells us with its entire existence that all plants germinate best in spring.

If you liked a rose from a bouquet, then you can give it a second life by cutting and planting its stalk.

Procedure:

1. Choose a few roses from the bouquet, cut off the buds, remove the thorns and completely immerse the stems in water for a day.
2. With a sharp knife or scissors, cut off the stem obliquely at an angle, which will prevent air from entering the cut. But it's not that simple - you need to cut in the right places. The stalk should be at least 10 cm long and have at least one bud; ideally, the lower cut should be made in the middle between the nodes, and the upper cut just above the bud should not be longer than 1 cm and sprinkle with crushed activated carbon. The bottom of the cutting is cut crosswise with a knife no deeper than 8 mm. The bottom cut is treated with a root growth stimulant that can be purchased at any gardening store.
3. We put it in a vase of water and cover it with a plastic bag, many gardeners add a couple of drops of honey there, since it is a good biostimulant or their chemical versions. We do not change the water, we just defend and pour it into the vase as it evaporates. There is another option - you can place the cutting directly into the soil, the main thing is not to forget to water it regularly so that the soil always remains moist.
4. When roots appear in the water, we plant them in a pot, with the option of rooting immediately in the ground, we just wait for the result.

Rooting the cuttings directly into the ground

Advice! Before placing the cuttings in the soil, it is worthwhile to first make drainage in the pot - pour special pebbles. In order for the stalk to grow quickly and correctly, it is even worth building a mini-greenhouse in a pot at home - a kind of greenhouse on a wire frame, covered with polyethylene. How to arrange it can be found on the video on the Internet.

So that the soil is not waterlogged, it is necessary to make drainage

How to grow a rose from seeds

Most often, we receive seeds from China. It would seem that this is such a distant country, can a miracle happen, and shriveled grains will turn into beautiful plants? And this magic happens, the main thing is to follow the sequence correctly, very well and simply the procedure is described in the video tutorials for beginners.

Delicate pink beauty will look great on the windowsill

What to do:

1. Preparing seeds for planting. We build a backing of gauze, cloth or cotton pads so that this layer can retain moisture.

   Seeds are best harvested from lightly ruddy fruits.

2. Add some hydrogen peroxide.
3. We place the seeds.
4. Cover with another layer identical to the substrate.

   Preparing seeds for planting

5. We put all this in a container, wrap it loosely with polyethylene and place it in a cool, dark place.
6. We are waiting for everything to germinate, constantly maintaining humidity.

   Seed napkins can also be packed in individual plastic bags

7. Sprouted seeds are planted in soil or peat tablets, which can be bought at any specialized store.
8. It remains to maintain a normal level of lighting and temperature plus 18-20 degrees.
9. The first buds should not be grown in the hope of a bouquet, they must be cut off, this will ensure good root development.
10. The plant can then be grown at home or in a greenhouse.

Home-grown yellow roses

Growing a rose from seeds is much longer than from a cut cuttings in a bouquet, however, some rare varieties can only be grown in this way.

Magnificent two-tone rose "Osiria"

How to grow a rose from a cut flower in a potato

This uncomplicated method is already almost a hundred years old, it is suitable specifically for the home, for the scale of an industrial greenhouse it would take too much time and energy consumption. It can be grown both from bushes from a summer cottage in the fall, and from a cut bouquet at any time of the year. To help novice gardeners, there are many videos with detailed visual instructions.

Lovely indoor peach rose

Your every look at such a rose grown with your own hands at home is an elevated mood.

What you need:

• medium sized pots;
• potato tubers;
• bouquet of roses;
• knife;
• large jar;
• drainage stones;
• some sand;
• soil for flowers (any);
• flora restorer.

Roses go well with other flowers.

Process:

1. We form a pot - pour stones for drainage on the bottom, a layer of sand 3-5 cm, fill in part of the soil.
   

   Advice: if you did not use purchased land, you need to add phytosporin to it to restore microflora.

2. We prepare the cuttings as described in the section on cuttings and stick the potatoes into the tubers with a lower sharp cut.

   Growing roses in potatoes

3. Place the potatoes with the cuttings in prepared pots and sprinkle with earth (drop in).
4. Placed in places with good lighting.
5. Many gardeners advise using an ordinary jar as a greenhouse, others argue that the potato itself is capable of maintaining the life of the rose stem in the desired state without a greenhouse effect. Roses grow this way and that, you can try both options.
6. When the stems harden and grow, they are planted in pots in the usual manner.

After strengthening the stems, the roses must be transplanted into pots.

It is no secret that many gardeners grow roses for business and therefore are reluctant to share their secrets, considering everyone to be potential competitors. However, some summer residents who have greenhouses learn the same moments from their own experience and willingly share with each other.

A few shared secrets

1. When growing a rose in winter, when there is a lack of natural light, it is worth organizing artificial lighting, and fluorescent lamps are best suited for this. If there is not enough light in greenhouses, it is better to use sodium varieties with a power not exceeding 650W.
2. It is better to replant roses closer to autumn, so that it has time to take root by winter, or in spring, so that it can take root by summer.

   It is best to replant roses in the fall.

3. You need to closely monitor the appearance of plants and, at the slightest appearance of spots and darkening, figure out what is the reason and take action. In the early stages, any shoot diseases can be cured.
4. If you use a jar as a greenhouse, it should be lifted periodically and the seedlings should be allowed to “breathe”.
5. When transplanting rooted stems from greenhouse conditions into pots, this should be done gradually, increasing the time they stay without a greenhouse. It is not recommended to immediately remove the jar or polyethylene, this is stress for the rose.
6. As a greenhouse, you can use not only polyethylene or cans, cut plastic bottles are great.
7. For domestic roses, you should not save and take land from parks, vegetable gardens, etc. It is better to buy a special one in a store, it is lighter in structure, has the necessary nutrients and does not contain pathogens.

Beautiful rose "Princess Alexandra of Kent"

Currently, there are a lot of varieties of roses, which allows everyone to find an option to their liking.

Understanding how to grow a rose from a cut flower or seed is a simple matter, the main thing is to follow the instructions clearly. It is much more important to properly care for it for months during the growth process, preventing temperature extremes and drying out of the soil. Also, gardeners recommend additionally regularly spray the cuttings from above. With strict observance of all the necessary conditions and recommendations, after a long period of continuous care for a fragile plant, a beautiful rose will reveal itself to the world and its owners. Under careful care, the home rose is able to satisfy aesthetic needs, bring freshness and give a feeling of coziness for many years outside the seasons.

Sometimes you don't want to part with the flowers you donated. In this case, you can make a little effort and grow seedlings for further planting in permanent soil.

Many people are interested in how to grow a rose from a cut from a bouquet. Especially if the variety is unusual or extremely dear to the heart. If you wish, you can root the flower you like, and you should not delay with this.

Time frames for cuttings roses

The most successful will be the propagation of roses by cuttings that were cut in the first summer months. It is advisable that the flowers are previously grown in the local climate and not treated with chemicals to prolong the life of the buds.

The best times for germination of cuttings are June days, in August it will be more difficult to achieve the formation of roots on the stems. The hardest part is to grow the plant during the winter months, and keep the cuttings of the roses until spring.

Do not delay receiving cuttings for several days after receiving the bouquet. Fresh flowers brought home on the same day are more likely to germinate.

How to prepare cuttings correctly?

For grafting, it is necessary to select the strongest flowers with beautiful buds from the bouquet. Their stems should be at the initial stage of lignification, that is, be brown. Too immature ones do not yet have the strength to germinate, and dark brown ones are already beginning to rot.

If the flowers are fresh, cuttings can be prepared immediately. When the roses have stood in the vase for a couple of days, it is necessary to cut off the cuts by a couple of centimeters and place them in cold water for 4-6 hours.

Preparing cuttings:

1. Cut the buds from the selected flowers. You will no longer need them to plant flowers.
2. Cut the stems into cuttings from 15 to 30 cm. It is recommended to leave at least 3 buds on each cuttings. The top should be 1 cm below the end of the apex, and the bottom should be 2 cm above the base.
3. The top cut should be straight, the bottom cut at an acute angle.
4. Remove all the lower leaves from the cutting, and cut the upper ones by a third.
5. Place the cut stems in water to which the root growth stimulant has been added for 6 hours.
6. Then you can start rooting the rose in any way possible.

Cuttings that have been formed from the middle of the stem take root most well. However, it is recommended to keep all of them, as the chances of germination of most of the flowers increase.

The pruner or flower cutter should be very sharp so that the stem does not break during pruning. In addition, the instruments must be disinfected before work.

Use of growth stimulants

To increase the chances of root germination and speed up this process, a ready-made preparation or one prepared by yourself should be added to the soaking water. It is necessary to soak the cuttings in solutions from purchased additives for several hours, while a self-prepared growth stimulator acts throughout the day.

What can you soak cuttings in:

• Kornevin (1 gr.per 1 liter of water);
• Heteroauxin (1 tablet for 2.5 liters of liquid);
• Radifarm (2 drops per 1 liter of water);
• Zircon (1 ml per 10 liters of liquid);
• Epin extra (1 ampoule for 2 liters of water);
• aloe juice (the composition forms 9 parts of water and 1 part of juice);
• water with honey (1 teaspoon of beekeeping product is added to half a liter of liquid).

Of all the listed biostimulants, Radifarm is the most active. Therefore, the time for soaking cuttings in it is reduced to 30 minutes.

Rooting methods

There are several ways to grow a rose from a cutting. Most often, flowers are germinated in water or soil. However, there are more interesting options. For example, gardeners grow roses in bags, potato tubers or newspaper.

Germination in water

This option is the simplest, fastest and most affordable. An important step in germination in this way is the selection of high-quality water. Rain or spring liquid is most suitable, and tap water is also suitable.

However, the liquid from the pipeline must be prepared in advance. It must be filtered, and then allowed to stand for a day.

How to germinate roots:

1. Pour a small amount of water into the jar.
2. Dip the prepared cuttings into the liquid by about 1-3 cm.
3. Remove the container to any place where direct sunlight does not fall.

The water should be changed every 2 days. Growing with this method takes about 3 weeks. Initially, white formations will appear on the stems, from which new roots will grow from the consequences. This method has a significant drawback - often part of the cuttings irrevocably rots.

In pots

The method of growing roses in pots is a little more complicated, and at the same time it is one of the most effective.

For rooting you will need:

• bottom container for soil;
• upper transparent - for the formation of a mini-greenhouse;
• potassium permanganate solution;
• priming;
• some small stones and sand for drainage.

Initially, you need to choose a suitable container for disembarkation. If one cutting is grown, a 0.5 liter pot will suffice for it. Accordingly, with an increase in the number of future flowers, the capacity and its capacity increases.

Steps for rooting in a pot:

1. Process the container for planting with potassium permanganate. This will disinfect it from harmful bacteria.
2. Put small stones on the bottom for drainage, then pour in a suitable purchased soil mixture, lightly tamp. You can prepare the soil yourself. To do this, you need to take garden soil and sand in a 2: 1 ratio. Be sure to disinfect the resulting soil.
3. Make a small depression in the ground, place the stalk in it. If several of them are planted, the distance between them should be about 6 cm. Compact the loosened soil, pour with settled water.
4. Form greenhouse conditions. To do this, cover the planted cuttings with a jar or plastic bottle if they are in a pot. The seedlings in the box are covered with foil.
5. As the topsoil dries out, spray it with a spray bottle.

The room temperature should be at least 25 degrees during the day, and at night the mark on the thermometer should drop to 18. The germination of cuttings should be judged by the appearance of new light green shoots in about a month.

At this stage, it is necessary to periodically begin to remove the shelter from the roses. First, airing is performed for 3-5 minutes, then gradually the time can be increased. When full leaves appear, the greenhouse is removed completely.

Growing roses in a bag

Rooting the stems in a bag is also a way to help provide future seedlings with maximum moisture and greenhouse conditions. The method is good because it does not require additional packaging for planting.

Stages of growing a rose:

1. Fill the bag 1/3 full with soil suitable for these flowers.
2. Treat the cut of the cutting with a solution to enhance root formation, place it in the ground.
3. Fill the remaining space in the bag with air, tie and hang close to the window.

The first shoots begin to appear after 2 weeks. It will be possible to transplant the resulting seedlings into the ground in a month.

Using potatoes

The main advantage of growing a strong root system of a rose in a potato is a suitable tuber moisture and nutrition of the cuttings with an optimal amount of carbohydrates. This method allows you to get strong seedlings without spending much effort on it.

Initially, you need to prepare the potatoes. The tuber should be of medium size. It should not be rotten, have damaged areas or loose skin. Rinse the potatoes thoroughly, disinfect in a solution of potassium permanganate and dry.

How to germinate a rose stalk in a potato:

1. Cut a groove in the tuber, a little short of the opposite side. In width, it should repeat the diameter of the stem.
2. Treat the cut of the future flower with a growth stimulant, place the stem in the potato.
3. Pour earth into a pot, put a tuber on it, sprinkle with soil on top.
4. Drizzle with water.
5. Set up your greenhouse as a bottle or jar.

When sprouts appear, it is recommended to start gradually ventilating the seedlings. After a couple of weeks, the top container must be removed completely.

Germination in the newspaper

This method is also called the "burrito method", as the cuttings rolled into the newspaper really resemble this food product in shape. From the materials you will need a bag, newspaper and chopped stems.

Germination steps with newspaper:

1. Place several cuttings on paper at once. First bend it at both ends of the stems, and then roll it over. It will turn out from the newspaper a roll, inside which there are future seedlings.
2. Dampen paper abundantly with water. Make sure that it does not break.
3. Put the burrito in a plastic bag, tie it up.

The package should be removed to a place where the temperature will be kept at around 20 degrees. Once a week, you need to unfold the paper, moisten it, inspect the condition of the cuttings. If some copies have rotted, they must be removed and the newspaper replaced with a new one. Roots are formed after about 2 weeks.

Planting cuttings of roses from a bouquet to a permanent place

The most suitable time of the year for planting these flowers is late spring or early summer. Planting roses with cuttings in the fall does not make sense, since the plant will freeze in the ground.

The landing site must be sunny, where there are no strong winds. The soil should not deepen too much, as excessive water will drain into it during rain.

In the selected area, it is required to form pits of a suitable size, the diameter of which is equal to the root system. It is recommended to fertilize the soil, after planting the soil must be watered. Sprinkle the ground with sawdust or peat on top. Cover the seedlings from direct sunlight.

Seedling care rules

Fertilizer will be required for seedlings that have grown more than 12 cm. For this, complex solutions or infusion of herbs, mullein are used. For the plant to be strong, in the first year, you must immediately cut the flower buds after they appear. This will allow the rosebush to put all its energy into forming healthy stems.

In advance, you need to take care of the shelter of the plant for the autumn-winter period. This will save the bushes from frost. Some specimens should be excavated and stored in a cool, damp place. So roses from a bouquet will appear in the garden again and again, delighting not only the gardener, but everyone around them.

Do you know how to grow a rose at home and how to care for it? How to transplant a flower and how to cure pests? I'll tell you a secret, the rose is one of the most whimsical flowers both at home and in your garden. In this article, I will give such recommendations for growing flowers that after reading the material you will have a whole rose garden, and the hassle of fertilizing and grooming in general will fade into the background.

Looking ahead, I will reveal a little secret, after reading my article and reading a huge amount of material, you have little to do in order to learn how to grow roses at home or in the garden, and not only this type of plant, you need to practice. If you want to have a beautiful garden on the windowsill in your apartment, then practice is what will make you a perfect host.

How to choose a place to grow flowers?

What should be the proper care for a home rose? Rose is very fond of sunlight, but this does not mean that she has to stand in the light all day. The light from the entire daytime should fall on the rose about 70 percent of the time, I especially recommend exposing the rose garden to the light in the morning and after 4 pm. If you have a balcony or live in a private house, then the issue is resolved.

These are such lush buds I got in the summer, when there was a lot of sun

As for the apartment itself, it is unlikely that flowers will delight you with full daylight hours, therefore, we just stick to those sides where the sun's rays fall on the side of the apartment most of all. If the windows face the north side and the sun's rays fall on your side for a maximum of 5 hours, then the rose will grow unevenly, it will reach for the light, while the shadow side of the flower will wither, therefore, I recommend turning the flower over to the other side at least once in Week.

As a rule, a window sill in an apartment gets very hot in winter and dry air from heating radiators ‘dries out all living things’ (if you have a narrow window sill, for example, in a panel house), this has a very negative effect on vital signs. To avoid this problem, I recommend placing an expansion board, which will remove dry air and serve as an interlayer.

Personally, I have a rose on the floor, the floor is made of monolithic concrete, so it is always cold, what a flower needs. The second moment when caring for a home rose is to moisten the flower, again, this applies to panel or monolithic houses, especially in winter there is nothing to breathe even for people apart from flowers.

Flower care requires moisture, especially if the air at home is dry

As for the temperature for keeping a rose at home and climatic conditions in general, the ideal conditions to grow a rose at home will be:

• Air humidity 70 - 80%
• Temperature 15 - 20 degrees
• At least 10 hours in the light

How to moisturize roses at home?

Moisturizing should be regular, once a day you should pay attention to this flower. What do you need to care for a rose at home? First thing you need to do is spray the leaves and stem. If you have a feeling that the air in the apartment is dry, then we spray the rose garden two or three times a day.

How to water a rose?

It is recommended to water only with settled water, we carry out the process of caring for roses at home every day and add water under the pot (provided that the pot has a pallet, and the pot itself has large drainage holes) as it dries and is absorbed by the soil, pouring in small portions ...

I recommend adding only in the morning and in the evening, we monitor the soil moisture, if it is very humid, then we stop watering. Closer to winter, in comparison with the summer period, we begin to reduce the moisture content of the earth to once a day.

A pallet from an old pot, it is easiest to add water to such a pallet to soak the soil

Pot and soil

As for the correct choice of the pot and its contents, here everything is to your taste. One thing worth mentioning is that the flower has long roots, which means it needs more space and good drainage holes to maintain moisture. The soil, starting from the bottom layer, should contain a small layer of pebbles, then a thick layer of humus, river sand, a little clay and black soil.

The entire composition of the soil should be distributed as follows:

• Humus should make up at least 50 percent of the total soil volume
• The presence of sand is not more than 15 percent
• Chernozem from 20-30 percent

How to protect a rose from pests and diseases

Caring for a rose at home by itself means the process of preventive measures, which I will now tell you about. When growing flowers of this type of house, you can meet such pests as aphid, spider mite and others. if you are completely sure that your flower has been attacked aphidthen a cool shower will help you, more on that below.

How to protect a rose from flower aphids and ticks

We take the pot and carry it into the bath, turn on a cool shower (15-25 degrees) and water it trying to knock down all the insects, while water should not get into the soil! Then we take a simple soap and begin to lather each leaf and each stem, then wash it off with cold water. This process must be repeated once a week until the pest disappears completely.

As for the fight against spider mites, you can try this folk method, which is already used by more than half of the housewives in Russia. What we need? We take two medium heads of garlic (the garlic should be fresh in appearance) and begin to crush them until they are mushy, then add warm water to the resulting mass (one glass). The mixture should be infused for one hour. Then we filter the solution through a sieve and bring it to a volume of 3 liters. After receiving the solution, we begin to wash each leaf of the flower, trying not to get on the soil.

If you grow a rose in a garden or vegetable garden, then ash, which is poured once a week, helps for prevention. All the described pest control methods are very good, but they are unlikely to help against diseases, if only at an early stage.

If the flower is affected by a disease, for example powdery mildew, then at an early stage, an ambulance will be cutting off the affected surface and treating the trimmed area. If the disease progresses, then we make a solution bordeaux liquid (a solution of soda and soap in a ratio of 50 g of soap to 50 g of soda in 10 liters of water) and water once every 5 days. After three waterings, the plant regains its healthy appearance.

How to transplant roses and care after transplanting

It is best to replant roses at home in the fall, it is autumn that is the unloading season, when the plant goes into dormancy. If you decide to do this in the spring, then it's okay, just do not forget that the flower will begin to bloom only the next season, during the summer period it will not have time to give roots. In the summer, you can also transplant, without much hassle, the flower will grow well.

To transplant a rose, we need an average pot of 3 liters, it is best to transplant a rose with a whole soil lump with a whole root system, so the flower ‘will come to life’ much faster. After the rose is planted in a home pot, we will need to feed it with fertilizers for some time.

How to trim a rose correctly

How to care for a home rose and make the right pruning? Let's figure it out! I advise you to do pruning only in late autumn, when the plant is at rest. There are no criteria for pruning roses, many sites for growing domestic roses and many literary publications write that pruning should be done only under strict conditions and follow a temperature of 10-15 degrees, cut only those branches where on one shoot there should be exactly 4-7 eyes and so on.

Here you can see how one of the branches left the main bush, as soon as the bud fades, pruning will be required at the base of the fork of the branches

I advise you not to clog your head with this and trim the rose where the flower begins to intertwine, the shoot is knocked out of the main bush and just trim the long branches that dry up and give only one foliage.

How to grow a rose at home and how to care for a home rose? I hope I gave you some useful information that you will definitely use and will visit my blog more often.All the photos of the rose were taken at my home, the flower grows according to all the recommendations given here, so you can trust my blog completely, all for now and excellent growing roses at home.

The presented bouquet of roses, no matter how hard we try to preserve the freshness of the flowers, will fade very soon and will have to be thrown away. It will not be possible to preserve the memory of the flowers donated for a long time, but maybe it is worth taking a chance and trying to grow a rose from a bouquet at home?

The idea of ​​growing cuttings from a donated bouquet will not seem delusional to those women who are at least a little familiar with plant propagation. They will put them in the water and wait for the first roots to appear. It's great if this happens, but more often than not, the stems will either start to rot or just wither. Why can't I root the flower? Is it possible to grow roses from a bouquet at all?

Today in our article we will try to find out how to properly plant a rose from a bouquet, when it can be done, and when it is better to dry the donated buds in order to somehow preserve sweet memories of the present.

If you want to bring a rose out of a beautiful bouquet, you should know that this idea can be realized only if you were presented with flowers of "domestic production". Do not try to experiment with Dutch roses, do not waste time and energy on an initially impossible task.

Foreign specimens are not capable of reproduction. To survive long-term transportation, they are exposed to various chemical tricks with the help of which professional florists keep their appearance for a long time.

How to understand what kind of roses are in a bouquet - domestic or imported? If you bought them yourself, you could ask the seller about everything in detail, but what about the gift? This can be found out by carefully observing the plants in the vase. Domestic flowers by the end of the first day of standing in the water may begin to fade.

The following experiment was carried out by journalists. They bought two copies - a gorgeous Dutch rose on a high stem with a huge bud of rich red color and our rose - smaller and without too bright petals. The first two days the flowers did not visually change, but then it became clear that the local flower did not have long to live.

The Dutch rose was no longer alive from the beginning. Its beauty was preserved with the help of special chemicals, so it stays in a bouquet for a long time and does not fade. A stalk of such a plant will never give roots and a bush from it will never be able to grow.

Starting to cut the presented bouquet, we all want to get a positive result. For this to happen, you should know a few simple nuances:

• For rooting, it is necessary to use roses only from a fresh bouquet, and not wait for it to fade.
• The stalk should be made from the middle part of the stem, since the upper part is still too weak, and the lower one is already dry and old.
• Stems should be selected of medium thickness and with three live buds.

First of all, you need to cut cuttings about 20 centimeters long, remove flowers, buds, thorns and leaves from them on the lower part of the stem. On the top of the stem, shorten the leaves by 2/3. Then we place the prepared cuttings in water, preferably distilled.

After the roots appear, the cuttings can be transplanted into pots or planted in the ground under cans. A similar way to plant a rose from a bouquet is suitable for both winter and summer, if the apartment is not cold and the water changes regularly.

For bouquets obtained in late autumn or winter, the following grafting method is still best suited, when it is necessary to preserve the stems until spring and prevent them from releasing roots. To do this, you just need to dig the prepared cuttings into the ground, and make a dry shelter on top - protection from frost, with the onset of spring, plant them in one of the listed ways.

In the summer months, when the temperature at night does not drop below 18 ° C, you can root pink cuttings right in the garden. To do this, it is necessary to prepare a substrate from fertile soil (chernozem) and coarse sand (river is best suited).

1. In the holes with this mixture at an angle of 45 ° C, you need to bury the prepared cuttings.
2. Before planting, they must be treated with a solution of strong potassium permanganate.
3. Attention - the lower kidney must be in the ground.
4. Water the planting site abundantly, and cover the protruding cuttings with glass jars to get a kind of greenhouse.

A couple of weeks after planting, it is necessary to start stabbing the cuttings, removing the jars from them for several hours, each time increasing the time so that by the third week the jars can be removed altogether.

If the cuttings were planted in the first months of summer, by autumn their shoots will reach 40 cm and some of them will even have buds. So that the new plant does not lose strength and can strengthen its root system, the first buds must be removed. In the first year, it is advisable to dig up new bushes for the winter, transplant the sprouts into pots and store in a cool, moderately bright room.

The most common popular rooting of cuttings of roses is with the help of potatoes, but it must be done in the spring. The essence of the method is that young potatoes for cutting will create a humid environment and provide it with nutrients for growth.

An important condition is that the length of the cuttings should not exceed 20 cm, and all the "eyes" on the potatoes should be removed.

We plant flowers from a donated bouquet using potatoes:

1. We need a not very deep (about 15 cm) trench, located in a bright, windless place.
2. Fill the bottom of the trench with a 5-10 cm layer of river sand.
3. At a distance of about 15 cm from each other, lay out young potatoes with cuttings prepared for planting.
4. We add the cuttings to only one lower kidney and cover with glass jars.
5. We water the cuttings regularly, and once every 5 days - with a solution of sweet water (sugar 2 heaped teaspoons for 1 glass of water).
6. After two weeks, we begin to accustom the cuttings to the environment, as described above.

To increase your chances of breeding a rose, experiment with as many stems as possible. One stalk will not take root, but the other can succeed. If the first time did not work out, this does not mean that you are a bad florist. Continue experimenting, gain experience and very soon you will have a gorgeous rose garden!