Sunday, October 6, 2013

Sunday Snapshot: One Last Seedling

Every year, I gather some ripe rose hips and plant the seeds.  Most of the time, I don't get anything special to grow ... though I do have one really nice yellow rose in the garden that I grew from seed. 

Rose seeds can germinate in as soon as six to eight weeks after planting, or it can take months (or even years).  I planted this year's batch of seeds in February.  My flats of seeds have been sitting on my kitchen counter since then.  I haven't had a sprout for months ... this morning I decided to reclaim my counter and get rid of the flats.

 
 
When I took off the lids in preparation to dump the flats, I found this last little sprout.  It's a tiny thing ... no more than a day or two old.
 
This seed came from 'Frances Ashton', a dark pink, 5-petaled Hybrid Tea rose from 1937.
 
 
I used a fork to carefully lift the sprout and transfer it to a larger pot, and I put that pot in a protected place outside on the deck.  Then, I followed through with my initial plan ... I dumped the flats and I reclaimed my counterspace. 
 
Happy Sunday, Everyone!!

12 comments:

  1. Grow little seedling... make your rose momma proud!

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  2. Come on, little sprout! We're cheering for you.

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  3. Just when you were about ready to give up- God smiled on your counter so that you would know your labor wasn't totally in vain! xoDiana

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  4. When that little sprout grows in to a breathtaking rose, then it'll all be worth it, Connie! :) You are such a patient woman - and I admire that. :)

    xoox laurie

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  5. The exitement of the unknown makes roses so very interesting. The thought that sitting in a rose hip somewhere is the next great rose is a wonderful thing.
    Don

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  6. What an amazing little sprout, Connie. What a wonder nature is!

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  7. Where you plant a seed, there is always hope. And, just look what you got after all of your patience.

    I hope it thrives!

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  8. Who knows, may be this little seedling will grow out to a beautiful rose.....

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  9. A beautiful sprig of hope! I love it. Stay strong, little guy!

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  10. Is there any advantage to starting seeds as opposed to doing cuttings?

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  11. Cuttings make plants that are genetically identical to the plant from which the cuttings came. Seedlings are like human children ... they resemble their parents, but are individuals in their own right. It's how hybridizers, and gardeners with mad scientist tendencies, make new varieties of roses.

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