Rose Bush Propagation

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and Sell Small Plants from Home.

This is a process that can only done where the rose bushes are dormant.  In most parts of the country that means from Thanksgiving until late February or early March.  In warmer climates that window of time is going to be shorter.  These are the basic steps you should follow.

1.  Collect cains from the rose bush that you would like to propagate.

2.  From those cains make as many cuttings as you can.  The cuttings should 5″ to 8″ long.  At the bottom of the cutting cut right below a bud union also called a node.  Don’t cut into the node, just below it.  At the top of the cutting cut about 1/2″ above the top node.

3.  Dip the butt end (bottom) of the cuttings in a rooting compound like Dip n Grow or another compound that is the correct strength for hardwood cuttings.  If you are using a liquid rooting compound read the label, but usually the correct dip time is about 5 seconds.

4.  Line up the cuttings in your hand as shown in the photo on this page:  http://www.freeplants.com/hardofdecid.htm.

5.  Wet some newspaper.  Make sure you have several layers of wet newspaper.  I’d say at least 12 pages.  Get the newspaper wet, but not so soggy that you won’t be able to separate the sections.

6.  Open up the wet newspaper and lay it on a work table.  Place your bundle of cuttings on the newspaper and roll the bundle of cuttings up in the newspaper.  Completely cover the cuttings, wrapping the newspaper over the ends and around the middle.

7.  Using at least three plastic grocery bags place the bundle of wet newspaper and cuttings into the first bag.  Roll up the bag and wrap the plastic around the bundle just like you did the newspaper.  Place the bundle in the second bag and wrap it up the same way and do the same thing one more time with the third bag.

8.  Place the plastic bag in a cool dry place like a basement or garage and just leave it be for at least 6 weeks.  After 6 or 8 weeks up wrap all the bags and newspaper and inspect the cuttings.  You should see tiny roots or signs of callousing.

9.  Plant the rooted cuttings into a bed outside if the danger of frost has past, or plant them in a flat of potting soil and let them finish rooting.

10.  If they haven’t rooted at all, just stick the unrooted cuttings in a flat of potting soil and put them where they can get some sun.

11.  Keep both the rooted cuttings and the unrooted cuttings watered as needed.  Not too wet, but not too dry.

12.  At this point they should be stored at room temperature.

Have fun!

Wanted!  People Who Would Like to Grow
and Sell Small Plants from Home.

No, they are not all the same.  So I will explain how they vary and where and how you should use each one.  My favorite mulch is hardwood bark mulch.  To better explain this I made a movie for you.

Pine Bark Mulch

In the movie I did not mention Pine Bark Mulch.  I Didn’t have any handy!   Pine bark mulch makes a good mulch for mulching planting beds and it’s also a great additive or can even be used as the base for a good potting mix.  Pine Bark mulch doesn’t break down as quickly nor does it contain the nutrition that hardwood bark has, but it’s still a great mulch to use for growing and potting soil.  Actually here in Ohio pine bark is hard to find unless you buy bags.  But the local nursery growers here like it so well as a potting mix they actually have it trucked in from North Carolina 90 cubic yards at a time.

Shredded Hardwood Bark Mulch

Shredded hardwood bark mulch is made from 100% tree bark, and not ground up wood.  Therefore it contains a great deal more nutrition for your plants and as it decomposes it greatly improves the soil in your gardens.  When the logs of hardwood trees are arrive at the saw mill one of the first things that happens is the logs are put through a de-barking machine and all of bark is removed from the logs before they are cut into lumber.

The bark is the shredded and often times it’s shredded two or three times.  That’s what they mean when they say double or triple ground.  But the most important thing for you to know is to confirm that you are indeed buying mulch that is made 100% from hardwood bark.  Because . . . there are a lot of mulches that pretend to be hardwood bark mulch and they are not.

The Impostors!

Red Mulch     Black Mulch     and Brown Mulch that has been dyed to obtain the brown color.

All of the impostors are dyed to get their color.

The impostors, as I call them, are mulches that are made of ground up wood, usually pallets.  These mulches contain little to no bark at all and are 100% wood.  Wood might be okay as a mulch to keep down weeds, but not only do wood mulches contain no nutrition for your plants, they actually pull nitrogen from the soil and the wood decomposes.   Once the pallets are ground up to look like mulch, the ground material is dyed so it has a deep color.  Today a lot of people like these mulches because they are red or black in color because of the dye.

Tha’ts fine, and using this kind of mulch to mulch the beds around your house is okay.  I don’t like these wood mulches for several reasons.  One, the mulch floats out of the beds too easily and is always all over the sidewalk.  Plus these mulches really don’t break down all that well.  I want a mulch that is going to improve my soil, not pull nutrients from the soil.  But as a mulch they are okay.  In potting mix they would be disastrous!

Wood Chips from the Tree Trimming Company

Tree trimming service produce tons and tons of wood chips and they are often looking for places to get rid of all of this mulch so they offer to drop a load off at your house free or charge.  Wood chips from a tree company are okay for mulching pathways in your garden, but that’s about all I would ever use them for.  They contain a great deal of ground up wood, leaves and twigs.   It takes this material a long time to break down and as it does it will pull nitrogen from your planting areas.

But more importantly, wood chips contain no nutritional value therefore really do your garden more harm than good.  If allowed to rot for a period of many years, they might be okay.  But they are not something I’d ever use in a planting area around my home or in my nursery.   They’re great to use over a muddy path.  For that they are wonderful.

Compost

Many supply yards that sell mulches also sell compost.  Compost can vary considerably from supply yard to supply yard.  For the most compost materials are great for the soil.  They really don’t make the best mulches because they are really fine textured and contain enough nutrition that weeds will grow right in the compost.

So compost materials shouldn’t be used as a mulch, but they are great for adding additional organic matter to a landscaping bed.  Most compost materials are made from leaf compost, maybe mushroom compost, and sometimes the include material from sewage plants.  It’s important to know for sure what’s in the compost that you are using.  Should the compost that you buy contain any material from a sewage plant you should not use it in your vegetable garden.

I hope this helps!  -Mike McGroarty

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Is it spring yet?

Not quite, but in some parts of the country it’s getting pretty darn close and I know
that you are just dying to get out in your yard and dig in the dirt. But even
here in northern Ohio, today is an ideal day to get out there and do any
transplanting that needs to be done.

Most people are really confused by when you can, can’t, should or shouldn’t
transplant things. And to make matters worse, there is a lot of gardening
folk lore that isn’t quite right and just helps to confuse people.

So take it from a guy that makes his living with plants. If I kill a plant, that’s a
bag of groceries that doesn’t make it into the grocery cart. Had I killed a lot of
plants in my career, I would have had really skinny kids.

Here in the north, Transplanting Season (yes, I call it a season, like football
or baseball season) begins in mid to late November. Even if you own a nursery,
you have to wait until after your plants have frozen really hard at least once
before you can transplant them. See? That really hard freeze actually triggers
plant dormancy.

Most plants cannot be dug when they are actively growing. It really can
kill them. So you have to wait until they go dormant. That happens around
Thanksgiving. And that’s the beginning of transplanting season.

So all winter long it’s actually safe to transplant trees, shrubs and evergreens
as long as it’s above freezing. If it’s below 32 degrees F. you don’t want
bare roots exposed to freezing air. Above 32 degrees? Transplant away.

Typically, here in the north, transplanting season continues through mid
to late April, depending upon what the weather does. Once it starts
warming up and plants put out new leaves, it’s game over until fall.

If you live in a warmer state the rules still apply. Wait until winter
when the plants are dormant, then quit digging in the spring or late
winter when they start growing again.

That’s right. Once plants start growing in the spring you should
not dig them and transplant them. You’re safe right up until the
new leaves appear and unfold. At that point you have to quit digging.

Are there exceptions to this rule? Yes, of course there are. Some
perennials, especially daylillies can be dug and relocated in the middle
of summer. They are tough little cookies. You shouldn’t move them
in the spring when they first start growing, but later in the summer
they can handle it.

Evergreens? It’s best to move them when they are dormant.

Trees and shrubs? They need to be dormant.

So grab your spade and start digging!

Moon Lake, New Port Richey, Florida

HOME OF QUINN NURSERY     $4.97 Plants!

Your neighborhood backyard plant nursery in Moon Lake, New Port Richey, Florida, featuring the infamous $4.97 1-gallon containers, up to 3 gallons.  Such plants as:  Flax Lily, Day Lily, Azaleas, Camellias, Butterfly Bush, Croton, Nandina, Purple Iris, Hibiscus, Diffenbachia, Clerodendron, Duranta, Loropetalum, Junipers, Spireas, Grasses, Ground Covers, and more.   Grand opening Sunday, April 1st   Call Mike @ (727) 815-2179.

Monroe, Louisiana

J&J Botanicals                       $4.97 Plant Sale!

Our nursery is located in the Northeast part of Louisiana not far from the beautiful Ouachita River.We are a small family run nursery commited to offering quality plants with follow up service    to our customers.

We have $4.97 plants of perennials and groundcovers   as well as shrubs of Double Red and Double White Hibiscus, Forsythias,   Hydrangeas, Lagestromias, Lantanas and Maganolias. When that special   occasion calls for that special plant, we have tropicals such as Orchids.

We   offer the crown jewel of orchids the Cattleyas.

This year for our vegetable customers we will offer heirloom tomatoes      such as the Dutchman, Arkansas Traveler as well as other varieties.      Coming soon will be fruit trees of Peach, Apple, Pear, Plum and      Nectarines. Also available are grapes both seed and seedless and     Muscadines.

When your plants need that extra nutrient boost we handle fertilizer      such as Dyna-Gro available in many formulas to meet your needs.      We also have the famous Neem oil, the organic answer to insect  control.

Please contact us at the following:
J&J Botanicals
Monroe, Louisiana
E-mail -battj@bellsouth.net

Planter’s Hill is a backyard nursery located in Farmville, VA. We’ve been putting down roots in Virginia’s Heartland since 2010. We offer annuals, perennials, herbs, heirloom vegetables, shrubs and landscape tutuers and planters.

Matthew Wicichowski

Planter’s Hill LLC

585 Worsham Rd.

Farmville,VA 23901

434-223-9956

plantershill@embarqmail.com

Central Victoria, Australia

Plants On Binks

Plants on Binks is a small, locally owned wholesale plant nursery in Central Victoria, Australia.  15 mins drive from the CBD of Bendigo along the McIvor Highway ..   Our plants are grown in a peaceful, bush setting along with the local wallabies and kangaroos and our collection of REX guinea pigs.

Our garden is planted with many display plants so you, our customer, can see how these plants might perform in your own garden.   We offer good quality locally grown plants at a reasonable price. Come and check us out soon.

A percentage of sales goes to the Friends of Denkar Orphans so we will happily recycle your used pots which enable us to continue to keep our prices low for you the customer.

Many plant varieties are available including Annuals, Vegetable seedlings.  Bulbs, Herbs, Native Grasses, Perennials, Collector succulents, Shrubs and Trees, both Native and Exotic all suited to local conditions.

Pot sizes range from seedlings in 50mm to the larger yuccas in 40 cm pots with 100’s of plants available in 6” pots priced at just $4.95.   Landscapers enquiries welcome.

We are easily accessible by taking the first R H turn directly after the Trotting Track on the McIvor Highway and following the road for approx 3 kms along Trotting Terrace until it takes a sharp bend into Binks Road, we are located 300 metres along on the RHS..@ 48 Binks Road. Junortoun.

We are open by appointment only so please call before you make the drive.   By calling Lois on 0408 479 018    Or browse a selection of our plants at http://www.plantsonbinks.com  posting to Vic, NSW, SA and QLD. Subject to AQIS regulations.

Interested in learning more about growing plants for supplementary income or as a hobby?   I have been an avid gardener since childhood and though I have learned a lot from trial and error and handed down information I have learned so much more over the past 2 years by using the knowledge gained from years of practical application by Mike @ Freeplants.com.

This sharing of information has enabled me to create my own backyard wholesale plant nursery:  Plants on Binks. To find out how you too can benefit from this information click here.  And You too, can be Inspired.

Plants On Binks
48 Binks Rd
Junortoun. Victoria 3551
0408 479 018
E: sales@plantsonbinks.com
RG and LM Symes
ABN 125 039 18774

Greenville, South Carolina

Debs Backyard Garden       $4.97 plant sale!

Located in the heart of Greenville, South Carolina.   We are a family owned and operated nursery, our focus has always been to grow quality plants at afforable prices. We have  many repeat customers with our 4.97 sale.

Here are some of the plants we offer.       Butterfly bushes, japanese maples, dogwoods, burning bushes, Royal star magnolias, rose of sharon, ligustrum, crape myrtle, spirea, hydrangea, viburnums, Skyrocket junipers, Rhododendres, Corkscrew willow, Nellie stevens, White and yellow forsythias, Prunus ‘Snow showers, Contorted mulberry trees, Vitex chaste trees, Black pussy willows, Red Spider lily, Oleander ‘Red’, Lady banks roses, Many varieties of lilacs, Peonies, leyland cypress. Loropetalum, honeysuckle several varieties, Lantana, snowball viburnum, Black eye susan, Daffodils, Iris…….. and many more perennials.

We ship our plants to nurseries, and residential customers. We ensure fast shipping with priority mail.       You can contact us at.

Debs Backyard Garden
519 Rockmont rd
Greenville, SC 29615
Email: mtnstrdyoak@charter.net
Phone: 864-609-5211

I have been a grower for about 8yrs, I thought I knew how to grow plants.   Most of what I have learned is from Mike.  I am forever grateful. The best thing that ever happened to my business is becoming a member on the backyard growers board. Thank you Mike.

Traveler’s Rest, SC  ScreaminGood Plant Nursery

Hundreds of Plants Need New Homes! $4.97 Plant Sale!

Hundreds of plants starting at $4.97 ; also available are larger plants at reasonable prices.

ScreaminGood Plant Nursery is a small micro nursery located in the beautiful South Carolina foothills near Travelers Rest, South Carolina. Here are some of the plants we offer: Perennials – Forsythia, Weigela, Spiraea, Arborvitae, Muscadine Grape, Triple Crown (thorn less) Blackberries, Boxwood, Hibiscus, Hydrangea, Solomons seal and many more… Fruit Trees – Fig, Native persimmon, Crabapple, Peach, and more. Additionally we sell innoculated Shiitake mushroom logs to grow your own gourmet mushrooms. We are open on a by appointment basis or during our advertised sale weekends. Please call or email.

Screamingood Nursery Plants

Travelers Rest, SC 29690

Robert Myers

(864) 360-7830

greenvillemushroomguy@gmail.com

South Carolina License #N0004326

Mention you heard of us from Backyard Growers or Mike from Mike’s Backyard Nursery and receive a 10% discount on your entire order.

Buchanan, Tennessee

GreenGrowers Nursery is family-owned and operated in Buchanan, TN. We specialize in thornless Triple Crown Blackberry plants, which are famous for their three crowning attributes; flavor, productivity, and vigor. This is a non-patented thornless variety making them painless to pick and can be in full production in the second year.

These plants grow as semi-erect canes and require trellising. Triple Crown blackberries begin to ripen in Zone 6 in late July to early August. They produce large sweet berries and are delicious eaten fresh, can be frozen and are also suitable for juice, pies, cobblers, and preserves.

Rubus fruticosus ‘Triple Crown’  Recommended Hardiness Zones: 5-9 Plant type: Deciduous Fruit Characteristics: Large, Firm, Sweet; eaten fresh, frozen, preserved Light Requirements: Full Sun Preferred Soil Conditions: Moist, well drained Growth Rate: Fast Disease resistance: Good Heat Resistance: Yes Canes: Thornless, Semi-erect, 12-15 feet (require trellis)

Fruit Production: Large yields up to 30 pounds per plant over 5 weeks beginning in late July, early August.

Bare-root plants are sold as in bundles of 10 for only $3.70 per plant or save with quantity discounts.   All prices include FREE PRIORITY MAIL® SHIPPING!

10 Plants – $3.70 per plant
25 Plants – $2.94 per plant – SAVE $0.76
50 Plants – $2.75 per plant – SAVE $0.95
75 Plants – $2.50 per plant – SAVE $1.20
100 Plants – $2.30 per plant – SAVE $1.40

For more information or to purchase our high-quality bare-root Blackberry plants, please visit us at http://www.GreenGrowersNursery.com   Feel free to Email us at GreenGrowers@GreenGrowersNursery.com

GreenGrowers Nursery
Patrick Shiflet
1055 Buchanan Road
Buchanan, TN 38222

Dollar Nursery, Family Owned & Operated

$4.97 Plant Sale!

The Largest Licensed Nursery in Wayne County TN.,  sitting on 5 acres. We sell below retail price because of no overhead.

Our Nursery brings in customers as far away as Nashville, Jackson, and even Huntsville, Al.

We set up at Nashville Flea Market in March & April, and in September & October  (Lot 4).

Offering over 2500 Annuals, Perennials, Groundcover, Vegatable, Herbs, Grasses, & Shrubs at $4.97 & below!

Also offering 100′s of Trees, Shrubs, Evergreen, Roses, Tropicals, etc. in larger 2 gal/3 gal containers (prices vary)

Over 1000 Hanging Baskets to choose from. (prices vary) Remember, under retail!

Our Tropical’s consist of several different Palms, Mandevilla, oleanders, Philodendron, Bougainvilla, Plumeria, & many, many more!

We would love for you to come visit us… We live on the property during the season March 1-June 15 and Sept 10-Nov 1

Our hours are from Dawn-Dusk Monday-Saturday & Dawn till 5pm on Sunday (unless you call, we’ll gladly stay late.)

Get 10% off your 1st purchase, just mention you saw this ad on Mike’s Backyard Nursery!

We recycle all pots; large, small, hanging baskets & trays. Bring yours in for an extra 5% off your purchase!

Thanks Dena Dollar

    DOLLAR NURSERY
102 CHARLIE lN.
WAYNESBORO TN 38485
931-332-1275

Calhan, Colorado

Blind Nursery             Home of the $4.97 Plants!!!

We will stop at nothing to give you the best quality plants. We sell retail and wholesale. Whether it be a simple flower for Mom or an entire landscape for your customer. Blind Nursery is here to help. We may not have everything but we know who does. Let us shop around for you. We are located in Calhan Co. We also sell at various farmers markets in the Colorado Springs area.

For more details Visit us at http://BlindNursery.com

Calhan/Colorado springs Colorado
719.213.9673
Ask for Chris.
Email me Chris@blindnursery.com

Ft.Lupton, Colorado

Rocky’s Nursery              $4.97 Plant Sale!

Rocky’s Nursery is a small, intimate,  home-based nursery growing ornamental landscape plants right in the heart of Colorado.

Plants include  Golden Privet, Purple Sand cherry, several types of Weigela, Forsythia, several  lilacs including Sensation Lilac, Burning Bush,  several types of Serviceberry, Rose of Sharon, Hydrangeas, Spireas,  Viburnum, Box elder, Red twig Dogwood, Golden Current, and others.

We have many  varieties of grapes, Blackberry, lingonberry, St. Johns wart, Peony, Giant Columbine,  various Daylilies, and Coreopsis. Additionally, we have Juniper, Mugo Pine,  Arborvitae, several varieties of Phlox, Lavender, Primrose, Astible, various  Sedum varieties.

We will be offering started vegetable plants  after April 1st, along with small trees of all kinds  mostly focused on fruit production.

Prices and pictures are listed on the website  at http://www.rockysnursery.com
Call  303-857-2118 now to schedule your order.
Most plants are  priced at $4.97 or less!

REMEMBER:  It’s  cheaper to buy small and watch the plants grow.

All landscaping business  welcome. Call now for a quote on  your immediate needs.

We are located at
Rocky’s Nursery
7113 Woodruff St.
Ft.Lupton, Colorado
nubiangt@hotmail.com

Just  25 minutes north of Denver.
Mapquest will bring you right to me.
We have retail sales in the spring, and  sell the rest of the year by phone and appointment.
Call now to find out how we  can provide for your spring planting.
Let me try to help you beautify your yard  at more reasonable prices than you can find anywhere else!