Growing roses from seed is fast and easy
If you’re looking for a little horticultural adventure in your garden, try growing roses from seed.
Horticulturist Kathy Echols says it’s easy to do and within six months, you should have a new rose that could be something completely new. Here are her tips:
Select a rose hip that n is just starting to turn from yellow to orange.
Snip off the top, exposing n the seeds inside. There will be five to seven.
Remove the seeds and n rinse them well under the faucet. Echols uses a small sieve to keep the seeds from going down the drain.
Next, take damp peat n moss — you shouldn’t be able to squeeze any water out of it — and fill a quart sized plastic bag half full of the moss. Then put in the seeds and seal the bag well.
Put it into the refrigerator n for three months. It helps to label the back both with the date you put it in and the date to took it out.
Remove from the n refrigerator and sow the mix into a 4-inch pot. If the seeds have already germinated, place each seed into individual pots.
Keep the seedlings n lightly watered. They should bloom in 12 weeks.
When the roots are n fully formed, you can transplant your new rose in a larger container or in the ground.
The new rose likely n will be a hybrid of the original bloom and whatever pollen the bees deposited. You can control the breeding by hand-pollinating a rose with another variety that you like and create a new one, or from the same flowers to make sure you get the identical rose.