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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Nov 09 2009 : 6:09:35 PM
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I am drying out seeds from some roses that my hubby gave me. Then I thought I'd try planting them. Has anyone done this with roses from seed and not propergating or grafting? Just curious. Wanted to try something new. Have done this with veggies and other flowering plants.
Laurie
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2009 : 06:44:51 AM
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Never tried this. The seeds are taken from the rose hips? Let us know how it works.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tracy
California
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2009 : 08:56:30 AM
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The thing with rose seeds, Laurie, is that you might get something WAY different than you expect. If it's a "Modern" rose you collected the seed from, it's most likely a cross of different roses.
Breeders use "Parent" plants to produce new types of roses. They hand pollenate the flowers using the chosen parents, and let the roses go to seed. They plant the seeds, and when the new roses grow to a certain size, they graft the new rose onto a strong root stock. That's why some roses eventually start growing suckers from the base and you get these ugly single peteled roses that, to ME, smell like bug spray! It's quite a process, and very time consuming, (if you're trying to develope new roses that is!) but it would STILL be fun to see what happens! Be patient though, sometimes it can take awhile for the seeds to sprout. Good luck and let us know how things go ok? ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2009 : 7:20:07 PM
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Thanks ladies, Just thinking I might get some fun into seeing what I might get. Worth while for me to see what if anything happens. Will let you all know what happens.
Laurie
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Saving seed from roses
