If you could wave a magic wand and remove one of these at the cost of letting the other two continue unabated, which would you choose to remove?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i don't need to control a man via genitals. just play follow the leader once your number is called sir. we'll get along fine.

Velvet chains are still restricting.

[decocker 7,198]

Velvet chains are still restricting.

no no. that's not how feminine prowess works.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

no no. that's not how feminine prowess works.

So you say. I know better and I am spreading the word. Men of the world, unite against our female oppressors!

[decocker 7,198]

So you say. I know better and I am spreading the word.

how amusing

[Nasturtium 500]

A guy I work with once lived next door to a multifamily Indian household. The elder female planted a row of roses. Like, from a bouquet......... just dug a hole and put the stems in about half way up to the bulb. Like she thought they would just take off and grow. Weird?

Hi. I'm assuming by "bulb" you actually mean the ovary? Because roses do not have bulbs, which are modified and shortened stems which function as the storage for certain plants. Bulbs are usually underground (but can be partially above, or even sitting on the soil). An onion is a bulb. Also, I would like to point out that her attempt to root roses like that is perfectly fine. Roses stem-root. It takes some work, which is why you would plant several of them like that and hope you get a few cuttings to take off. It's not weird. It's how roses are propagated own-root and have been since cultivation of roses began. I'm not sure where you thought roses came from, but with plants, choices are always limited-- seed or vegetative propagation of some kind. Since most roses grown are not speciaes, seed would never produce a copy. You are left with vegetative propagation. If you were thinking that grafting is the only way it is and has been done, then grafting of roses FYI is only done for certain situations (and is usually unnecessary unless you're in FL with the nematode issue) and still wouldn't answer where all those (predominantly) "Dr. Huey" root stocks came from.

Below is a link in case you wanted to read about rose propagation.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/roseprop.html

[GandD 5,966]

So you say. I know better and I am spreading the word. Men of the world, unite against our female oppressors!

Offer beer at the meetings if you want better turn out.

[Nasturtium 500]

I've heard people say women should not vote or be educated beyond a certain level as well. The vote reasons I've heard is that spouses will vote the same, so no need to have two votes or that women are too emotional and frivolous and vote off emotion or for the more attractive candidate. As far as education, I've heard that women should spend time at home and that work removes them from this necessity; women are not capable of retaining an education as well as men, so it is wasted anyway; or women have become more trouble since they learned to read, and thus the world would be more peaceful if education was limited.

[decocker 7,198]

Offer beer at the meetings if you want better turn out.

better turn out of ipa guzzling chicks, such as meself.

[GandD 5,966]

I think I just got owned in the flower department.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I think I just got owned in the flower department.

You just got rooted!

[GandD 5,966]

Hi. I'm assuming by "bulb" you actually mean the ovary? Because roses do not have bulbs, which are modified and shortened stems which function as the storage for certain plants. Bulbs are usually underground (but can be partially above, or even sitting on the soil). An onion is a bulb. Also, I would like to point out that her attempt to root roses like that is perfectly fine. Roses stem-root. It takes some work, which is why you would plant several of them like that and hope you get a few cuttings to take off. It's not weird. It's how roses are propagated own-root and have been since cultivation of roses began. I'm not sure where you thought roses came from, but with plants, choices are always limited-- seed or vegetative propagation of some kind. Since most roses grown are not speciaes, seed would never produce a copy. You are left with vegetative propagation. If you were thinking that grafting is the only way it is and has been done, then grafting of roses FYI is only done for certain situations (and is usually unnecessary unless you're in FL with the nematode issue) and still wouldn't answer where all those (predominantly) "Dr. Huey" root stocks came from.

Below is a link in case you wanted to read about rose propagation.

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/roseprop.html

So I can take this:

Put the bottom of the stem in the ground, and I get this?

[Nasturtium 500]

So I can take this:

Put the bottom of the stem in the ground, and I get this?

Yes. Assuming the cutting takes. Roses will also sometimes root in water. So if you keep the water clean enough and have a cut rose you particularly like for some reason (and also the climate to grow it in or the willingness to cart it in and out of your garage in the winter or protect it from cold since you're showing me hybrid teas), sometimes they will root over a period of weeks in a vase.

[GandD 5,966]

Yes. Assuming the cutting takes. Roses will also sometimes root in water. So if you keep the water clean enough and have a cut rose you particularly like for some reason (and also the climate to grow it in or the willingness to cart it in and out of your garage in the winter or protect it from cold since you're showing me hybrid teas), sometimes they will root over a period of weeks in a vase.

I should have known better than to say "bulb" as I have purchased bulbs in the past to grow flowers. Until today, I thought roses could only be grown from rose bulbs. I'm going to try this in the spring btw. Maybe try to get some V-Day flowers to grow. I've got a couple rose bushes but no long stems.

[Nasturtium 500]

I should have known better than to say "bulb" as I have purchased bulbs in the past to grow flowers. Until today, I thought roses could only be grown from rose bulbs. I'm going to try this in the spring btw. Maybe try to get some V-Day flowers to grow. I've got a couple rose bushes but no long stems.

Yeah, roses are not a bulb, but a bush. I'm not exactly sure where you are, but the long stem HTs they sell in the store are generally only hardy to USDA zones 6b+. That's OK, though, as they may just need protection if you're colder or growing in a pot and carrying them in and out. Roses take a long time to root. I've done it routinely without rooting hormone and with. I haven't noticed too much difference in my success rate. My advice is that when you get your bouquet and recut the bottoms, you leave them in the vase and keep the water clean until the flower withers and dies. Then keep watching and keeping the water clean. The stem should dead head itself. The ones where the stem stays alive and is not shriveling? Those are your best chances. When it's spring, stick them deep into the soil and leave out at least one leaf bud-- but more like 2-3 if you have the length left. Usually it's a 2/3 underground ratio to above ground. And if they all fail, that's OK. It happens. The nice thing about own root is that any winter kill or damage-- the bush can sprout from the base and recover. Grafted have suckering issues and are weakened at the joint, and can kill off the top and leave that understock. Good luck!

[GandD 5,966]

Yeah, roses are not a bulb, but a bush. I'm not exactly sure where you are, but the long stem HTs they sell in the store are generally only hardy to USDA zones 6b+. That's OK, though, as they may just need protection if you're colder or growing in a pot and carrying them in and out. Roses take a long time to root. I've done it routinely without rooting hormone and with. I haven't noticed too much difference in my success rate. My advice is that when you get your bouquet and recut the bottoms, you leave them in the vase and keep the water clean until the flower withers and dies. Then keep watching and keeping the water clean. The stem should dead head itself. The ones where the stem stays alive and is not shriveling? Those are your best chances. When it's spring, stick them deep into the soil and leave out at least one leaf bud-- but more like 2-3 if you have the length left. Usually it's a 2/3 underground ratio to above ground. And if they all fail, that's OK. It happens. The nice thing about own root is that any winter kill or damage-- the bush can sprout from the base and recover. Grafted have suckering issues and are weakened at the joint, and can kill off the top and leave that understock. Good luck!

Sweet. I'm zone 6B. Thanks for the advice, I'm gonna try it.

Weird Indian lady can consider herself redeemed.