Propagating a Cecil Bruner rose....and a cross country flight?
April 17, 2024 2:48 AM Subscribe
Please give me advice about getting a Cecil Bruner cutting cross country.
This rose bush has been propagated and transplanted locally many times. It originally belonged to my great grandparents, and everyone owns a piece. My parents plant is hearty and amazing. I live across the country, but am visiting soon and want to bring some home.
I know HOW to propagate them. But how do I bring them across the US on an airplane? I will have kids and tons of stuff. Is putting them in root hormone, and a very wet paper towel and zip locks in my carry on viable?
Other ideas?
This rose bush has been propagated and transplanted locally many times. It originally belonged to my great grandparents, and everyone owns a piece. My parents plant is hearty and amazing. I live across the country, but am visiting soon and want to bring some home.
I know HOW to propagate them. But how do I bring them across the US on an airplane? I will have kids and tons of stuff. Is putting them in root hormone, and a very wet paper towel and zip locks in my carry on viable?
Other ideas?
Poster tube on the outside, damp paper towel wrapped around stem, whole thing in a ziploc inside the tube. You really want crush protection. You can do the hormone now or later it won't matter much. Main thing is keeping it damp and preventing squishing or overheating. If it's all sealed up it will be fine for 48 hours if you can avoid the hazards above. You can re-cut the base again when you get started at home if you think it's started to dry out or die back there.
This is totally reasonable and good odds with proper packing: good luck!
posted by SaltySalticid at 5:48 AM on April 17 [1 favorite]
This is totally reasonable and good odds with proper packing: good luck!
posted by SaltySalticid at 5:48 AM on April 17 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: It's huge, so I do plan on taking a ton of cuttings because I'm aware the failure rate is high. Thanks for all the/and more advice. I'm a "medium informed amateur" and want it to work very much
I'll have more chances, thankfully.
posted by atomicstone at 8:22 AM on April 17
I'll have more chances, thankfully.
posted by atomicstone at 8:22 AM on April 17
Do your parents have time to get a prop or two started now? They'll be more likely to survive if they're past the stress of cutting and have started to regrow roots. When you've visiting you can take a few more cuttings, too.
But yes, this is as simple and straightforward as you imagine (I was just at my parents' house, where there's a thriving Cecil Bruner that I brought from California in the form of a single little stem sliced off on my way out the door to the airport... it survived wrapped in damp paper towels inside a sealed water bottle in my checked bag). Some plants really don't care. I repeatedly put rose pelargonium cuttings in my carry-on to share with friends when I would go between SF and DC (I made a cake with rose pelargonium syrup once and was asked for those cuttings for years afterward).
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 5:26 AM on April 18 [1 favorite]
But yes, this is as simple and straightforward as you imagine (I was just at my parents' house, where there's a thriving Cecil Bruner that I brought from California in the form of a single little stem sliced off on my way out the door to the airport... it survived wrapped in damp paper towels inside a sealed water bottle in my checked bag). Some plants really don't care. I repeatedly put rose pelargonium cuttings in my carry-on to share with friends when I would go between SF and DC (I made a cake with rose pelargonium syrup once and was asked for those cuttings for years afterward).
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 5:26 AM on April 18 [1 favorite]
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