A few months back I found a couple of plants that I didn’t know about underneath an old bramble hedge that I was removing. One is still unidentified but maybe some type of rose (first photo on the right and third photo – any ideas??), the other is a yellow rose (first photo on left). I stuck them both in pots and the main stems seem to be regrowing ok at the moment.
One of the yellow rose branches was damaged, so I put some cuttings in tomato growbag soil, which was all I had at that point. Some started out growing well but then got mouldy at the base of the stem and died (Photo 2). Another of the unidentified ones became mouldy but has put up new shoots from the soil (Photo 3). I haven’t watered them much so wonder if the growbag soil is too damp or doesn’t have the right nutrients for them. Should I repot the remaining cuttings in something else? Should I cut the mouldy stem off the one in photo 3 or leave it alone to sort itself out? What else can I do to keep the remaining cuttings alive?
by BingoBandit25
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I do hardwood cuttings of roses which works really well for vigorous types-no graft involved.Usually tho, they’d be 12″ long with 10″ buried.Be careful,just because little shoots are forming-that in no way proves there’s any roots there.
The stick or cutting will form buds with no roots-using its own food store.So I’d wouldnt disturb them,there may be a few tiny roots initiating-depending on how long they’ve been in,but they’ll almost certainly die off if disturbed.