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Can You Grow Roses From Cuttings? Sometimes.

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Cover the Cutting and Wait.
Can You Grow Roses From Cuttings? Sometimes. Photo: © Marie Iannotti (2007) licensed to About.com, Inc.
Cover the cutting loosely, pot and all, with a plastic bag or plastic wrap and keep the soil moist. I like to put a tall stake into the pot, to hold the plastic away from the leaves. If the plastic touches the leaves, they remain wet and can succumb to a fungus disease. Along the same lines, make sure the condensation can escape from the plastic or the stem will rot.

Now be patient, keep the soil moist and start checking in a couple of weeks to see if roots are forming. Check by gently tugging on the stem. If there's resistance, there are probably roots.

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