Pandemic rose exploration...

[roseseek]

This is Part 1 of a rather picture heavy blog post. It's the only way to share the type of "play" I've been guilty of! I hope you enjoy!

https://pushingtheroseenvelope.blogspot ... uring.html

[dmears]

Hi Kim, I have just had a quick look at Part 1, I am going to get some dinner and finish it off I reckon it will take that long.

[bvanderhoek]

Love those OGR-looking seedlings towards the end, Kim! Y'all keep scrolling to the bottom--it's worth it.

[roseseek]

Thank you! I wonder how they'd do down south....

[jwoo959966]

Thank You for sharing. It is always neat to see what others are doing and the results i really enjoyed your page.

[roseseek]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[mntlover]

Loved looking at all your pictures. Particularly loved the seedlings from april mooncrest x first impression (or is that reversed?) used as pollen!
Great to see results you are getting from some of those found roses. I am hoping to do the same with some of the more cold hardy found roses.
I also loved the photo bomb.
Thanks for sharing!
Duane

[roseseek]

Thanks, Duane, you're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed them.

[philip_la]

I wish I could thumbs-up other folks responses, Kim. The photo bomb was way overdue! I very much enjoyed seeing your post on your blog and concur with everything that others have said. Thank you, for sharing. I always enjoy seeing the fruits of you labors.

(Your wondering aloud how they might do down south almost sounds like an invitation. ;-) )

[roseseek]

Thank you, Philip! How are doing at honing your rooting skills? hehehe

[philip_la]

Kim, I think I've probably worked my way up from abysmal to merely deplorable.

It's really pretty maddening for me -- when I lived in New Orleans, I never understood why some folks seemed to have issues with rooting roses. I just stuck them in pots and shoved the pots underneath some shrubs, and three weeks later, voila!

I've been in TX now for a decade, and I still feel like like a newbie. I might have to accept that I need to adopt a whole new strategy. I'm pretty sure I'm under 10% success, but I don't know for sure. I don't like to keep track of my failures. I easily had 90% success in NOLA, but I suppose when the humidity is over 90% with rain most every afternoon, it's every bit as good as a misting system, in which I might be tempted to invest if I thought I could really put it to use, and if I knew it would work well.

[roseseek]

Humidity can change EVERYTHING. That and HEAT. In the LA area, I could root almost anything and I could bud on Fortuniana and it TOOK. Here? Nope. Fortuniana was SO unsuccessful here, I gave it away. Not enough heat to root it and not enough heat to get the buds to push. Everything simply turned black. In heat with no humidity, I had no issues rooting things. Here, with lots of humidity and virtually no heat, pfffttt. So, don't feel badly! "Stuff" happens!