Rose help needed. Gertrude Jeykll

[bobbin]

Hi all.
Isn't it an exciting time of year? Like all of you I'm feeling ridiculously optimistic about my growing abilities.! ( hope it lasts)
My Qs. I took 5 rose cuttings of Gertrude Jekyll last autumn and all bar one have rooted
and are doing very well at about 9" high. As their initial stems are not very thick should I
cut down about a third to an outfacing bud to bulk up the stem? Also as it's not a hybrid will I therefore get another GJ Rose exactly the same from my cutting?
One more.. is it time to repot them into individual pots?
Come on you rose experts. I need your input!

[veggiechicken]

I'm not a rose expert but I do know that they'll ask for photos

[bobbin]

I'm afraid I've not been successful with putting on photos in the past other than a polite reprimand for it ending up in the wrong place. However the photo won't make anyone the wiser.
They are just 9" successfully rooted rose cuttings in a pot that's all. I just don't know what to do next. No one has answered my query so I guess it's a Google Q.

[Jungle Jane]

There's a video here that shows potting on rose cuttings with Monty,well done for the success!
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to...rose-cuttings/

[Thelma Sanders]

They are just 9" successfully rooted rose cuttings in a pot that's all. I just don't know what to do next. No one has answered my query so I guess it's a Google Q.

Give us a chance - it isn't Gardeners World Question time here, you know

Apart from giving them a bigger pot each, I'd just leave them to get on with it, til the autumn - when you can plant them in their final positions. For now, try to put them somewhere that doesn't get baking hot. If they dry out too often, they will die.

The new rose will be exactly the same as the mother plant - so lucky you.

You've made me want to try taking some from my Austin roses

[bobbin]

Ooh thanks all. I can't believe it 4 new Gertrude Jeykll roses!! It's so beautiful. I think maybe I've been unusually successful. Or maybe they are just very good stock to start with.
Thanks Thelma you've answered my query exactly. You must have a go too.
I wasn't being rude when I said no one has answered my question. I just meant maybe no one knows.

[Zelenina]

I'm definitely not a rose expert. The only question I can answer out of all those is, when you reproduce a plant vegetatively e.g. by cuttings, what you get is genetically the same as the parent plant. It doesn't matter if it's a hybrid or not. In fact that's the only way hybrids can be multiplied for sale because they don't come true from seed.

P.S. Yes it is a beautiful rose. Well done you!!

[bobbin]

Forgot to mention to Jungle Jane. Re the link for Monty Don Gardeners world ...I saw the episode and it was that very item that prompted me to try cuttings!
Thanks anyway.

[maverick451]

I think but I may be wrong that David Austin are on grafted rootstocks so the cuttings may not have the same vigour or diesease resistance, or maybe they might have extreme vigour and go mad

[ecudc]

David Austin gk are grafted but I've seen posts around from people who say the ungrafted is as good if not better. I was thinking of doing the same but not got round to it yet.

[Thelma Sanders]

Roses grown on their own roots are hardier and stronger, and propagate easily from hardwood cuttings. They bloom for longer and are less susceptible to viruses. These roses start slowly, using their energy to produce a root system in the first year, before matching and surpassing the growth, flower production and longevity of grafted roses within three years. Roses from cuttings develop as an organic whole rather than as the result of a quick-fix, junk-food growth spurt. They require no extra cosseting. The suckers – strong shoots that grow out from the base of the stem – are even true to type. This avoids one of the perils of grafted rose-growing, where the rootstock rose sends out rogue stems that bloom in a completely different colour from the rest of the bush.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...tings-hardwood