Thursday, August 21, 2014

Starting From Seeds: Roses



I have had some failures and successes this summer.  I tried to grow roses from seeds and that failed.  I tried corn and they aren't looking to good, it was my own fault I started them way late in the season and had them indoors.   It was more for my son, his Aunty gave him a package of seeds and he wanted to plant the so we did.    I know, I know corn isn't a house plant. But I was really hoping the roses would have grown.   I was given the seeds, I really don't like flowers but roses are special, who doesn't like roses.    I read that Mini ones can be indoor plants, however I have bad luck with the mini's. I have killed 3 bushes so far. I See them on sale after Mother's Day, etc.. and say to myself "why not".   I wasn't going to keep these roses inside but love starting things from seeds and cuttings.

I followed all the direction I could find online.  I did some seeds one way and others another way to see if one way worked better.   However, I was not real hopeful after reading that starting roses from seed is very hard.


I gave them more then enough time to start sprouting, I even tried to re-pot and "freeze" them again to see if they would do anything.  But nothing happened.    So my advice to you is buy rose bushes, DO NOT start from seed. Unless you can get hundreds of seeds don't waste your time.