Rose Cuttings.

I have recently come across a U tube clip on growing rose cuttings in perelite.  Has anyone tried this and if so, was it effective?

Sue, do you have a link to this clip....?

Try this one John,
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I have used it perlite for cuttings and found it to be a success however I prefer coarse river sand.

Hmmm ... wonder if using perlite or pure course sand will help fight against the effects of humidity. Am waiting until the rain peters out up here before I attempt some late autmumn ... oops, winter!, cuttings.

Sand failed for me this year but it has been a bad year for cuttings. I was talking to Margaret Furness the other day and she said she did not have a lot of success at Renmark this year either.

I've tried some more from a couple of roses that I am shifting going back to potting mix with a bit of sand added. This seems to have been the best in the past but have to be careful to over water them. I also stuck some bits into the ground to give a bit of a comparison.

I struck some cuttings in perlite last year. Might try both this year.

There is mo reason not to try Kim's method. the "Burrito method, if you have enough wood from your roses,

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John, I got the link from a link from the Meilland site ans it is:

youtube.com/watch?v=NqqTKd-V514.

Sorry, don't know how to take it off the site and put it on here! (if you see what I mean.  Not a technical gal!!)

It won't work ,David......can you get me the link of where I can find it on the Meilland site, please....

John, google "wedding bouquet rose cuttings" and you'll get it!  

Thank you

Which part won't work for you John. ?

the search engine and also at you tube

I have just tried the one from Sue and it did not work. I will look for the Meilland one later. The two i posted worked for me if that helps.
The link below is from a google search from Sue's post,
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the one above works.......

I am only to serve   

This year I tried to strike about 70 cuttings, I experimented with numerous ways eg: river sand, coir, seed raising mix, Perlite on their own  and different combinations of the three, I even tried Aquaponics, whilst all methods at different stages looked promising, in the end all 70 cuttings failed.  

you have rose fingers, paul....not green fingers.....

neptune wrote:you have rose fingers, paul....not green fingers.....

Yep john flippin novice with novice results, hang on I think even a novice would have got at least one to strike lol

Truth beknown...I didn't on first attempt....

neptune wrote:Truth beknown...I didn't on first attempt....

Might give it another go in spring

My guess Paul all suffered from 'damping off, in other words to wet, could this be right ?

Don't give up Paul!!  I'm going to have a go the way the chap on youtube did it - with cutting from flowered stems. Then.....  

Sorry forgot to say thank you to you David, for putting that link on the forum properly!!  How did you do it please?