2/12/2014 0 Comments She's Alive!So ok, now it's February and you might be asking how these roses have fared? Well, my lack of update to this blog might be a hint...unfortunately they all perished. At least, I thought they'd all perished. I was quite discouraged at my first attempt at growing roses from cuttings. I took all my containers outside and began dumping the dirt in one spot, until I noticed one little plant had a green shoot on it still. I figured hey, can't hurt. So I took that one root ball and put it in its own bigger container, and left it outside, figuring it can't be worse off than where it is now. Lo and behold, it's growing! As evidenced below. So, while I thought they'd all died, I did have one take hold. I have no idea which one it is, I only know it's one of those cuttings I brought home from my aunt's house.
Sometimes we look like we're dead, but God knows we're still alive. He gives us the bigger container we need, the air and sunshine, and the right amount of food, and He is so happy when we grow where we're planted!
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10/28/2013 0 Comments Food for thoughtThis, my friends, is what I like to call Rosebaby food. It is coffee grounds, banana, and crunched up eggshells. Lookin' good! Ok, the roses are all gathered around the windows, globs of baby rose food mixed into their little soil-beds, and covered with their bags so they get a nice mist going in there. And what happens? I get grey skies....
10/22/2013 1 Comment The BeginningsFrankly at this point I don't know if I'm doing it right or not. I have done a little bit of gardening before, but unfortunately something always happens to turn my attempts into tiny little plant disasters.
I have some of these rose cuttings stuck in potatoes, because I've heard that works, too, and I've got others I've just put in the dirt after cutting the bottoms of the stems. For pots, I've got several milk cartons with the tops cut off, several cream cheese bowls, and at least two five-gallon ice cream buckets. This is besides all the little and medium planter pots that are actually made for this purpose. Of course, roses need good draining soil, so anything plastic I'm upcycling for this project has had to have holes cut out of the bottom. The roses are currently sitting in baggies, and or overturned soda bottles to form a nice greenhouse, and then situated all over our dining room table at the window. Yes, I did eventually cut off the blossoms so the roots would have a chance to grow. I've also so far added more soil to all the pots, mixed in perlite, dried out used coffee grounds and mixed those in, and next I intend to feed with a little banana peel. My husband says I'm obsessed. My sister-in-law says I'm obsessed. Then again, it's her husband (my brother) who is spraying his new little roselets with epsom salts and aspirin, so I think I'm in good company. |
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