Growing Roses from seeds advice needed

Last post 15-08-2012 3:31 PM by madmuncher. 4 replies.

• 14/08/2012 06:49 AM
  crazy Location: portsmouth Joined on: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 17	Reply | Contact Hi I have purchased some seeds for a blue rose plant but I have no idea what to do with them I've tryed to google it but most are instructions from rose hip is there anyone with some advice on how I should plant them and when ? much appreciated from a learner Rose lover

• 14/08/2012 08:16 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,464	Reply | Contact  Did you not get sowing instructions from where you bought them from? sue1002

• 14/08/2012 09:17 PM	In reply to
  crazy Location: portsmouth Joined on: 14 Jul 2012 Posts: 17	Reply | Contact Hi Sue I purchased from ebay did not come with advice

• 14/08/2012 09:53 PM	In reply to
  courierdude Location: cambs/suffolk border Joined on: 14 Feb 2012 Posts: 211	Reply | Contact just sow them in seed compost indoors like any other seed. you can test to see which ones are viable by putting them all in a bowl of water. the ones that float are infertile. energy follows thought

• 15/08/2012 03:31 PM

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  madmuncher Location: Nottinghamshire Joined on: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 140

  Reply | Contact I don't want to dampen your interest of growing roses from seed..BUT..they are not the easiest or most successfull seeds to get to germinate. To get best out of rose seeds..period of cold will help. You can use slightly damp compost or vermiculate, mix your seeds in..bag it or put in container with lid and keep in fridge about 10 weeks...cold fridge that is. After that sow as normal into seed tray or small pots and keep them in 'room' temp. If you use only small amount of compost/sand/vermiculate when giving the cold treatment..use that on surface of already filled trays/pots so that seeds don't get buried too deep. They will take quite a while to come through and germination can be quite erratic...so don't give up too easily if you only manage to germinate just one or two..other could follow weeks later. Well done if you get any to germinate! Once you new seedlings have developed couple of true leaves..carefully tease them out and pot into individual  pots and grow on.  GOOD LUCK!