Hi Kim ....
I saw that you mentioned 'Cardinal Hume' as a rootstock in your blog in the propagation thread posted by Flowerpetal. It got me thinking that maybe I'd like to try to use mine to bud a rose.
My CH was a dud where I sited it until I built my first deer cage because it did not have as much light as it wanted. Once the cage was in place it threw two canes straight up and then branched out. It looked like I had two standard roses. I left it that way because I knew those leaves were feeding the plant.
I am going to put up a few photos I took today and then ask my questions. Please ignore the weeds. I am. I've been working in the rose beds in back and just feeding and watering stuff in the front.
This photo shows where I pegged one of those straight canes down "hard" more towards the light with the idea of breaking the flow of the sap and creating more laterals and eventually a shrub. I pulled the other cane towards the light, but didn't peg it down as far because the fern was in the way.
This photo shows the base of the rose and how hard I pulled one of the canes to peg it and the laterals I am going to mention below:
This photo shows the foliage created at the end of the hard pegged cane where the plant is now getting more light:
This is how the rose currently looks from the other side ... no blooms because I have been disbudding for curculios ...
The Questions:
1.. Can I use those laterals for wrapping next spring to create rootstock ?
2.. How thick should they be to be most effective ?
3.. After they callus, do I grow the potential rootstock in a container for a season and then bud the next season ?
4.. Would I be budding in the spring ?
5.. After I bud the rose, do I keep it in a container until the budding takes or plant it out into the garden ?
See what happens when you start me thinking ...
Smiles,
Lyn
PS ... I like the new deer caging much better than my first try
