The Crafty Cultivator

Last month, after prunning roses at work, I brought some of the cuttings home with me.

I prepared the ones that still looked good- that had one or two small leaves left and some good nodes, and dipped them into some rooting hormone powder.

Next I pushed them into some potting soil with a little extra perlite added, popped them under the grow-light in my little greenhouse propagator thing, and then waited somewhat patiently.

Out of the 12 Rose cuttings I took, 3 rooted successfully. It figures that the ones that took are the ones that I don’t know the variety

Around June 20, I potted them up and kicked them outside. They’ll be babied along in the pots for the summer and we’ll see what happens in late August.

This little bit of success makes me want to grab a few more cuttings home from work for another shot.