Commercial rose culture under glass and outdoors; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the rose for market purposes . A one-eye~cutting^not recommended enough to settle the sand firmly around each cutting. If the,drainage is all right, water every day for ten days, and after-ward as needed. Do not let the sun or wind in on thecuttings to wilt them, but be sure to keep them fresh, as cut-tings once wilted are never so good. The same is true of PROPAGATION—OWN ROOT 31. A three-eye cutting trimmed ready for the sand bed 32 COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE young plants in any stage; any check the
Commercial rose culture under glass and outdoors; a practical guide to modern methods of growing the rose for market purposes . A one-eye~cutting^not recommended enough to settle the sand firmly around each cutting. If the,drainage is all right, water every day for ten days, and after-ward as needed. Do not let the sun or wind in on thecuttings to wilt them, but be sure to keep them fresh, as cut-tings once wilted are never so good. The same is true of PROPAGATION—OWN ROOT 31. A three-eye cutting trimmed ready for the sand bed 32 COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE young plants in any stage; any check they get is liable toreact against them later. In about three weeks time the cuttings may be examinedby inserting a knife and prying them up gently out of thesand. As soon as they have made roots about half an inchlong they should be potted. If this operation is long delayed,the plants will suffer as there is no nutriment in the sand tosustain any growth that they may make. The roots also losetheir plumpness, become long and brittle, are easily broken offwhen dug up from the sand and while being potted, and aremuch injured thereby. The soil for the first potting should contain no fresh ma-nure, nor any chemical fertilizer. Good Rose soil, mixed upthe previous Summer with a little cow manure, will be in theright condition by this time, by which I mean anywherebetween December first and April first. If this is stored out-doors, or in a cold shed, it should be brought inside
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