Can wild rose stems be cut first and then grafted?

We often use wild roses when planting Chinese roses, and the stems of wild roses are mainly used for grafting tree-shaped Chinese roses.

Because the genes of Rosa davurica are less artificially involved, it has good disease resistance and excellent growth. It is very suitable for grafting as the rootstock of tree-shaped roses.

When grafting roses with wild rose stems, we often use rootless grafting, that is, directly grafting rose stems and then cutting, thus directly cultivating a tree-like rose.

When we plant Chinese roses, rootless grafting can make rootstocks take root and scions sprout synchronously, which can shorten the time for us to cultivate tree-shaped Chinese roses. It can make the rose scion fully absorb nutrients during germination, which can not only promote the growth of rose branches, but also promote the growth of more roots.

So when we cultivate tree-shaped roses, grafting and cutting are carried out at the same time, which is what we call rootless grafting. It is the most used method in tree-shaped rose breeding, and it is also the most efficient and the lowest breeding cost.

When we use grafting and cutting of roses to do this method at the same time, we mainly take advantage of the characteristics of relatively fast rooting and high activity of roses.

In order to improve the success rate of this planting method, it is necessary to choose the soil scientifically.

When choosing the soil for cutting, we must choose some soil that is sterile or contains less bacteria and germs. At the same time, these soils must be loose and breathable and cannot contain too much nutrients.

Because when cutting roses, the formation of callus is very sensitive to the bacterial content in the soil. If the bacterial content is too high, the wound will be infected with bacterial germs, leading to the failure of cutting. If there are too many nutrients in the soil, that is, too much fertilizer, it will also cause the cut wound to be wet, and then infect bacteria and germs.

In summary

After controlling the above factors, as long as the cutting environment is kept moist and the temperature is kept at 15 to 25 degrees, then we can have a good survival rate by cutting and grafting Chinese rose in this way.