BEWITCHED

Indoor miniature roses

Posted on 06/18/08, 08:36 am

When I was a child, I dreamt of being grown up and said I would grow indoor miniature roses in my kitchen...finally got them for mother's day this year, in fact three plants....guess what! They are all almost dead and I have no idea of why! I followed directions to a "T"..is this a twist of fate or what? Now I put them outside and they are only 'existing' there, too!! Anyone out there have any experience with them?

• Reply #1 06/18/08  2:13pm
  
  LynneC
  Oh, yeah! They are EXTREMELY difficult to grow indoors; VERY susceptible to spider mites. Thye need full sun, a humidity tray, and a LOT of luck!
• Reply #2 06/18/08  2:41pm
  
  BEWITCHED
  What is a humidity tray? Maybe I'll spritz them with my household plant insecticide as well!
• Reply #3 06/18/08  5:50pm
  
  LynneC
  I use a large tray filled with aquarium gravel. Put water in the tray, but don't let it touch the bottom of the pot. The water will evaporate, keeping the plant in the proper humidity. It also helps with African Violets and Gardenias.
• Reply #4 06/19/08  4:18am
  
  Catstiptoes
  I've never had much luck with indoor miniature roses, although some have grown beautifully outside. (I used to care for fifty rose bushes at my mom's house until I moved too far away to keep it up). Lots of sun (I think they like about six hours a day). And lots of air movement.
• Reply #5 06/19/08  1:04pm
  
  LynneC
  Yeah, I eventually gave up on indoor roses myself; they do great in pots outside, but move them indoors, and they just start downhill.
• Reply #6 06/21/08  7:13am
  
  BEWITCHED
  I never saw a plant bomb like this one...I put them outside and am still cutting off dead areas..there isn't much left to go wrong!
• Reply #7 06/21/08  11:37am
  
  kiska
  Try feeding them with rose food. They like larger roses need to be fed to bloom and thrive. Keep soil moist. If after two weeks they seem to be back to life? I would carefully re-pot them in a size a little larger than they were in. Its possible they are root bound. I love them and have killed plenty. The last ones I bought I just planted in my garden. One lived and is doing well.
• Reply #8 07/08/08  5:54am
  
  mskitcat
  Have always had to put mine outdoors also. Mine get so huge I have to trellis them.
• Reply #9 07/08/08  6:53am
  
  BEWITCHED
  MSKITCAT, Do you take them in for the winter or leave them out?
• Reply #10 07/08/08  5:40pm
  
  BEWITCHED
  YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!!! All three bushes are full of new roses!!! Miracle of miracles!

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