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Planting roses in potatoes: simply pull them yourself with the cuttings 

2022-08-07T14:14:35.897Z


An idea for those who like to experiment: You plant a rose cutting in a potato and a flower comes out. It is worth a try.


An idea for those who like to experiment: You plant a rose cutting in a potato and a flower comes out.

It is worth a try.

Lovers of roses want one thing above all: keep the most beautiful specimens in their garden or on the balcony for a long time and encourage them to bloom more and more magnificently.

So that your favorite rose has a long future, it makes sense to propagate the plant yourself in good time - for example with the help of a potato.

Planting roses in potatoes: simply pull them yourself with the cuttings

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The favorite rose can also be easily propagated with a potato via cuttings.

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If you not only propagate a rose with cuttings and soil, but also grow it with a potato, this should have the following advantages: The cutting is supplied with additional nutrients and gets a moisture boost with the tuber.

Since the cutting is sensitive and must not dry out, the latter is very useful - the nutrient requirement is usually already sufficiently covered by a potting soil.

In addition, you only need the cutting of a plant, which should not be lignified yet.

Climbing roses, ground cover roses or shrub roses are particularly suitable.

It is best to cut several cuttings at the same time, if not all of them are suitable.

Instructions for rose propagation with a potato

And this is how rose propagation works with potatoes:

  • 1. Drill (but do not pierce) a small hole or make a cross-shaped incision in a slightly larger potato, approximately halfway through.

  • 2. Remove the leaves and shoot tip or flower from a rose cutting that has been cut at an angle and has four eyes and is about 15 centimeters long (you can leave a few leaves on the top pair of leaves).

    If available, dip the bottom section in a root activator and insert the cutting into the potato up to the bottom eye.

  • 3. Place the potato in a pot with potting soil and cover it with soil about five centimeters up to the second eye from the bottom.

  • 4. Water the rose cuttings, attach a transparent bag or a cut-open plastic bottle over them and place them in a light, not too sunny place.

    Wait about two to four weeks until hopefully the first young leaves will appear.

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And please don't be surprised: It is quite possible that a potato sprout will sprout from the ground instead of or with a new rose.

If you have succeeded in this experiment, you can also try propagation with a banana.

Coffee grounds as fertilizer: 11 plants that are happy about it

Dissolved in the irrigation water, coffee grounds are an excellent fertilizer for camellias.

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You can also work the dried coffee grounds directly into the soil around the roses.

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The angel's trumpet has many large flowers and accordingly a high nutrient requirement.

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Like hydrangeas, rhododendrons need acidic soil.

Caffeic acid is therefore ideal as a fertilizer.

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A small pink blooming oleander in a bucket on a terrace Over-fertilization is unlikely with the oleander, so: another coffee, please.

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Leaves of the maidenhair fern up close Indoor plants such as ferns, such as the maidenhair fern, also appreciate a pinch of coffee from time to time.

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A woman's hand is picking strawberries into a bowl, gardening gloves and a rake are lying in the bed.

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A cultivated blueberry plant with many blue, ripe fruits. The blueberry likes acidic soil and therefore tolerates coffee grounds very well.

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A woman in a yellow t-shirt picks blackberries from a branch with ripe and unripe blackberries. Berry bushes like the blackberry also produce aromatic fruits thanks to the potassium in the coffee grounds.

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A large yellow-green zucchini rests on a wooden bench in front of a zucchini plantZucchini, like their cucumber relatives, appreciate an extra helping of coffee grounds during fruiting.

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A man kneels in front of a large tomato plant with several oxheart tomatoes that are still green. Because tomatoes are heavy feeders, they need enough nutrients to grow big and flavorful.

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Source: merkur

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