tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668778.post-1087256989097653632004-06-14T16:49:00.000-07:002004-06-15T09:41:54.633-07:00<IMG SRC="http://www.99only.com/images/pic.jpg"><br /> <br />They arrived last week. I didn't see them in their ad so I think they'll have more for the next couple of weeks, maybe into July. In the past they were from Jackson & Perkins. I'm not sure where they're from now. The tags (when they exist) say vague stuff like "red hybrid tea". At the price you can't beat it, I guess. I bought them years ago but I could almost never figure out what variety they are so I gave them away to people who don't care. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, I don't have time now to grow roses I don't care about, and these are going to take some care to get them going. If you want to try them I recommend planting them in a 5-gallon or larger pot with decent potting soil (decent means the cheapstuff at Home Depot, like Super Soil or Earth-Gro) after soaking them for 24 hours. Set them out in the shade of a tree where they'll get a very small amount of sun. Another possibility is to put a plastic grocery bag over the potted rose to hold in the moisture until they get roots established. 99 Cents stores don't take very good care of them once they open the box so you need to take the extra step. Even with my best efforts I only got an 80% survival rate. <br /> <br />I dunno. Every year they sell them and they have plenty of buyers. I always see people with bareroots in the checkout line when they are selling them. I've seen people plant them in their garden plots at Wattles Garden and it seems like they usually die. It's late here in LA for bareroots. J&P won't ship them to California after May. Feel like gambling? They have a store locator on their <a href="http://www.99only.com/">99 Cents Only</a> website.Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16071610466263249283noreply@blogger.com