Thanks so much for this video! We had been given seeds in memory of a loved one and the conventional growing instructions just weren’t working! Now I have 2 little rose plants thanks to this video :)
I'm glad I found your video. I had no idea that rose seeds took so long to sprout. I have about 50 seeds in the fridge that have been there for a month. I can already see a difference. Im excited to see how many plants I get out of them.
The world could use more people like you, giving some of your time to help spread your wealth of knowledge and experience you've gained in life to help others be able to learn and enjoy . I am planning to start the process tomorrow. I'd like to check back here to share my experience and to also show appreciation 👍
Squeeee! I have five little tiny rose plants! I winter sowed some and they all sprouted! I can’t thank you enough. I can hardly wait to see what colors they become!
I’ve never done this and the video just started, but you don’t know yet what they flowers are like? Are any still with us? Hope it went well and I loved the little squeak at the beginning of your comment.
I'm attempting this for the first time and found your videos quite helpful - they are well-paced and provide clear instructions on what to do. Thanks for putting the time and effort into making these!
Thanks for your video explaining how to grow rose from seeds. My husband picked up the rose hip from a park garden (orange looking kind, don’t know the name of the rose bush). Should I wait till November to stratification them in the fridge or I can do it now? It is Oct 17 in MD. Our spring starts about 3rd week in March. Thanks.
Wow it did work but mine took 6 months in the fridge before it germinated Oct to April. Now i just hope and pray they grow once I put the germinated seeds in their 1st tiny home. Thank you very much for sharing how to grow them from seedlings. Mine came from a yellow rose.
Wow. I didn’t know roses had such a process to start growing. And I didn’t know it took that long to grow! That’s crazy. Right now I’m growing sunflowers. One day I might do roses
I just moved into a house on a beautiful lot and I noticed ripening rose hips on bushes around the house. I'm going to use your video to hopefully grow more! :)
My first group of rose seeds that I stratified started sprouting! There are a few more left, but wanted them to sprout a little more. The others I put in small peat pot trays so I can get at least first leaves. Not even a week and they started to grow rather quickly. I just have to find room once they get a little bigger and then transplant them into plastic planters that you use. Nothing yet from my other group of seeds, but at least got some using the methods you provided.
A lot to go through, I will try it, but I rather pay the gardeners what they deserve to buy a mature plant instead. Thank you Jason for explaining step by step, you are the best!
@@rockybernard2997 Yes! And they also trial the plants for growth characteristics, disease resistance, and performance in a variety of different climates. It can be many years before a "winner" is brought to market. Amazing, isn't it?
Love your video! Collected 2 bottle shaped hips from a ? Species rose growing in a state park here in Vermont. I plan to try your method. It was growing in the shade, in the mountains, on the side of a ditch but had obviously bloomed💪. That’s a rose worth having whatever it is.
Thanks for this video.. I have been keeping seeds in the fridge in a paper towel and popped them into potting soil after a good 3 months. They then Took 3 months plus to germinate . Never thought of doing it this way. Thank you again. Going to give it a bash.
Pretty cool! I forgot my rose seeds this year. I did however germinate some seeds from trees. Those are doing fine. Some already came up. The rest i need to plant them ASAP or its to late.... Nice video!
Thanks a lot for the detailed video, all the germination process was a lot to retain when I read it. But watching it here in steps really helps us understand it a lot better. I’m trying it now!
Sure. Be sure to have them out from the rose hip and just covered in some potting soil, sand or vermiculite to maintain some moisture. The only other thing about outside is critters (bird, mice, etc) can mess with your seed tray. I like the fridge so I can be sure about my results, but outside is fine too.
I found your video very informative, and as i'm no real "Green Thumb" i'm going to try your methods, especially your other video! Thank You for sharing this valuable information! :)
Hi thankyou for the video... I admired a rose bush over a garden fence for a good few years now and I never saw the owner to ask what it is .. the colour is a beautiful deep pink cerise... And the frangrace is devine... I longed for this rose 🌹...then last autumn a hip fell over the fence and I couldn't believe my eyes! So .. I have it in the fridge and I'm going to see to it very soon!! Thankyou from England 🙏🌹
Hey Jason... Great stuff mate! I'm down in the far reaches of the world in Tasmania watching this on a Sunday afternoon ... I have the rose bug too and I'm afraid there's no remedy!! I had my first success of sprouting stratified lilac seeds this year for the first time.. so hearing about the rose seed process gives me hope of success. Your video is just a textbook RU-vid video. Looking forward to seeing more progress videos from your tutorials. One question- not sure if you have any thoughts on this one- When looking at a rose plant do you think that the size of the rose hips indicates a potential cross pollinated rose...on the beautiful rose I plucked the hips from, most hips were a similar size, but there were just two that were almost double the size...?
Thanks Loko. I hadn't considered the size of the rose hips as an indication of the pollen parent, and now you've got me wondering. I'll have to check the rose hybridizer's forum to see if they've got the answer.
@@FraserValleyRoseFarm Cool! Thanks a lot. Please post some more update vids when you can. Always worth a watch. Cheers and happy rose-ing... haha if that's a thing.. :)
Thanks. I do cuttings mostly, because it maintains the exceptional genetic qualities of the donor plant. Any time you propagate from seed, there's variability in the offspring. I don'd mind that for the species roses (R. rugosa, R. glauca, etc.) but for named varieties, cuttings are the way to go.
I appreciate so much how you say the year and sometimes even the month when you are doing the videos especially now since the publish dates aren't being shown. I don't know why RU-vid started doing that but it is annoying to me especially plant videos when people say it's time to plant now and there is no date when video was published. I usually go through the comments and see oldest comment date and sort of get an idea but it really is bad when the video creator has a contest or other promotion they talk about and come to find out it was years before and no longer an event they do.
First off you have done a great presentation on this video. I have bought some blue dragon roses and some ocean wave roses. I bought them off Etsy. Do you know anything about these hybrids?
Hi William. Thank you! Sadly, a lot of the "rare" rose seed varieties sold on E-Bay, Amazon and Etsy are marketed with photoshop fake pictures. If any clear shade of blue is involved, you can be sure it isn't true. Here's a vid I did on the topic: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dcvegffDFXs.html They may still germinate, but are likely the plain pink or white rugosa rose.
You mentioned soaking seeds from a previous year, could you elaborate on that more? I have a rose bush in my yard of the place I am renting and it has seed pods from last year. How long should I soak them before trying to stratify them? P. S. Hello from Squamish.
I usually soak for 1 day (2 is fine as well) - then stratify for 8 to 12 wks. Nice to hear from you in Squamish - I'll be up there to visit your local garden club on the 17th.
On spot advice here. Thank you. But i believe that the stratification time can be shortened to 3 weeks if you take the risk of loosing some of your seeds.
Hi Jason, thank you for the video. been binge watching your channel. Anyway, pardon my ignorance, but do you wet the soil where you put your germinated seeds? I don't have green house, can I just cover the seedling trays with bottles or containers? Or just leave them out under direct sunlight? Thanks heaps!
The frame at 9:58 has two sprouting tupperware containers and the one on the right seems to have white powder sprinkled on the top. What is the white powder?
Hi Dottie. Both tupperware containers have white plastic tags with the variety name - the one on the right is buried a bit in vermiculite, making it look like a white powder. Thanks for watching!
I just said "fuck it, this year I wanna grow roses" and bought seeds without thinking. I'm glad this video exists so I know what to do when they arrive lol.
At 8:26 were these germinated seeds straight from the fridge? Or had they been sitting outside the fridge for a while? And at 9:00 what is that soil medium? Also are the seedlings watered after transplanting?
Hi, I thought your video was very informative, and thank you. I do have a few questions. When the seedling is in the refrigerator and covered in that Tupperware container do you water it again, after a few days or a week? What did you have in the pot when you transferred the germinated seeds into? It looked like moss? And do you water that? and how often? Thanks again looking forward to your advice.
I don't add much water to the seeds while chilling. I check them every couple of weeks, but they rarely need additional moisture. Once transplanted (I think in this video I was using a composted bark/wood fiber mix) you can check for water every couple of days.
One trick for moistening large batches of vermiculite is the "pudding method," where you fill up a burlap sack with vermiculite, cinch it closed with a cord, and dunk the whole thing in a drum of water for 20 minutes. Then you pull it out, tie a rope to it and swing it around to get the excess water out. Make sure your knots are tied tight, otherwise the whole thing might go flying and smash into something!
QUESTION: What was the soil type you planted the seedings in? Is there a special kind to use? Thank you for your information. I am for sure going to be trying your method with my rose hips. :) Hapoy Growing ~Shaina~
Hey Jason, I’m just so interested in growing plants this year and I’m just starting this process but I have some questions.... 1. Is it a must to use the vermiculite or perlite to grow the seeds or can you use soils like potting soil or nursery starting soil? 2. Once you put your seeds in the fridge after planting how many times to you water the seeds or no watering at all. Thank you
You can use potting soil no problem - just try to make it not too damp. Just moist enough for the seeds to "feel" it. You can check every couple of weeks if you want, but I find that in a sealed container or bag, the medium remains wet enough without supplemental watering.
I am going to attempt to have a go, just to try for my own garden, if it is possible your comments will give me more confidence in doing so, all the best from kieron
Hello, is this process applicable to all kinds of rose seeds? Would you know if roses from tropical countries (only rainy and sunny seasons) grow with this process? I watched this video twice already by the way. 🤣
I am trying raising roses for the first time from seed this year (2021). I followed your video and hope by the end of April to see some germination. I used a couple of containers to help spread out the number of seeds that I had, and put them in the frig. I am expecting a couple other kind of rose seeds in the next couple of weeks and will set them up the same way.
Thanks and best of luck with your rose growing. I probably should tell you in advance that the seeds sold online are not likely to look like the pictures in the listing (more likely they'll just be pink or white) but I wish you success just the same.
Hi Jason. I am just venturing into roses. I am particularly interested in roses that are native to the U.S. (I live in Mississippi). I ordered some seeds of Rosa virginiana. I was just wondering if you had experience with that species, or other native species, and whether in your experience there are any significant differences between native and cultivated species in terms of how one should go about raising them from seed. Thanks!
Well the seeds have been in the fridge in a zip lock bag, on paper towel for 3 moths. They've slowly increased in size and some have started to change colour. Zero germination(no root sprouts). Normally I would put the seeds on top of the fridge where it is warm and they start to sprout. But these are my first rose seeds so I can put them in seed pots with either some seed raising mix or some left over rose potting mix. 🤞Here's hopping.
Very informative and helpful video thanks so much! I have a few rose seeds coming to me and I wasn’t sure how long they would take to get going. Thankfully I now know that I have time! As I don’t have any space set up for them to be planted in just yet, only planned space) but after a year or two that space will certainly be ready and so will the roses! Long term plan and hopefully some extras to gift 😊
Thank you for your amazing video! We made this our science project for homeschooling, so sad I can’t add pics here. Looking forward what happens in a couple of months!
Dang. Those sound lovely. I wonder if you tried at a different stage of firmness - I usually do semi-hardwood, but have had some success with softwood cuttings on difficult varieties.
I'll post an updated video on the method this year, but it doesn't make sense to me to be specific about the months. If you have mature seeds in April you can plant them whenever you want.
I see no harm in trying. Species roses can be difficult to get crosses from (because they may have different chromosome counts than modern hybrids) - but sometimes they'll find a way to hybridize anyway.
Hi Troy. Cuttings by far. I only use seed prop for a few of the species roses (rugosa, rubrifolia, spinosissima) for sale, where doing large batches makes financial sense. The techniques will be handy if I can squeeze out some time to attempt breeding roses.
