'The Enchanted Jar'

Many years ago I read a story in Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul, The Rose Babies, by Georgia A Hubley, explaining how to take a cutting from a rose bush and planting it under a mason jar. I can tell you that it actually works.

Cut the bottom of a stem of a rose at an angle. Then wrap the stem in a very moist paper towel and place it in a plastic bag to keep it moist. Get a quart jar, the kind used in canning...'enchanted glass jar'. You will also need the amount of warm water that it take to fill up an old coffee can. Find a place that is protected under a bush where there is good soil. Dig a hole and place plastic bag with the rose clipping in the hole. Pack dirt in around the rose. Cover it with the quart jar and give it a little twist so it is secure in the ground. Then with the warm water...go along the edge of the glass jar. The glass jar acts as a terrarium all winter long. In the spring after the last frost, remove the jar and let nature take it's course.

Many years ago I read a story in Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul, The Rose Babies, by Georgia A Hubley, explaining how to take a cutting from a rose bush and planting it under a mason jar. I can tell you that it actually works.

Cut the bottom of a stem of a rose at an angle. Then wrap the stem in a very moist paper towel and place it in a plastic bag to keep it moist. Get a quart jar, the kind used in canning...'enchanted glass jar'. You will also need the amount of warm water that it take to fill up an old coffee can. Find a place that is protected under a bush where there is good soil. Dig a hole and place plastic bag with the rose clipping in the hole. Pack dirt in around the rose. Cover it with the quart jar and give it a little twist so it is secure in the ground. Then with the warm water...go along the edge of the glass jar. The glass jar acts as a terrarium all winter long. In the spring after the last frost, remove the jar and let nature take it's course.