Professional Grower Exposes Fake Rose Propagation Videos

Many viewers have contacted me (especially recently!) to ask about fantastic looking propagation videos where roses are grown from flower buds, leaves, seeds or in aloe or potato slices! In this video I'll go through some of the suspected fake rose videos and discuss how they've made basic botanical mistakes - and show you some of the "tells" that you're seeing staged propagation.

I've used videos and thumbnails from some of the "usual suspects" (I'm looking at you Johnson Engleng!) and I'll be happy to defend the fair use of those clips for the purposes of criticism.

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[suzyish]

As a Professional grower you have done the best thing to the community in exposing the fake Youtubers!! Thanks a lot .

[JennyT]

I hate to think of all the poor people actually trying to grow roses this way! Thank you for your video.

[firefly]

I saw the video of the spent rose buds growing new seedlings and almost believed it! Thanks for debunking the fakes!

[Sherirose]

Thank you Jason for exposing the propagndas. It's not easy to grow anything. It takes time and effort. Some seeds even need stratification. Huge thank you.

[cindyl]

Jason, you are so brilliant! This could be what it takes to expose these terrible creators with no ethics and disgusting tactics. These type of videos are so damaging to inexperienced people. Maybe this video will prompt other creators to do the same. Lead on Jason! Thank you.❤

[s.k.]

An eye opener.Its terribly sad how a fake process is highlighted so neatly.those guys shouldn't be allowed to upload their fake videos.Thanks to this person who had saved our precious time and. money as well.

[markevaldsimson]

The Internet has been turned into garbage

[ingimL]

Thank you for exposing these fakes. There are just too many of them out there.

[johnmorgan]

As a gardener of over 40 years Im ashamed to say I fell for one of these videos and saved it to my Gardening library ! ahahahaha. Thanks for taking time to expose these

[hackeenkonan]

Fake flower propagations are polluting YouTube nowadays. I'm a passionate rose gardener and don't pretend to know everything about roses, but I do know that patience is a good gardener's quality. Just to let you know Jason that I followed your propagation tips, and I've been fairly successful with some of my favorite roses by buying good root stimulators, cleaning and disinfecting the clipper and pot, and protecting the propagated stems from harsh temperature.
Thank you for your help.🙏🏼🙏🏼

[mirian]

Thank you for taking your time to share this ❤

[nunnayrbizniz]

Thank you for opening up my eyes to time-wasting fake propagation videos 👁👁😊

[ma.chonamendoza]

You are one of the authentic youtubers who try to fight fake news. Thank you for your wonderful contents that are helping me in my adventure of raising roses.

[SoulAndGarden]

At last, someone speaks up. I've been noticing these kind of videos with million views lately. Some plants are even named wrongly, which simply means the person isn't as knowledgeable as they appear to be. Kudos to you for bringing this up. 👏

[taeliah]

I can't tell how much I appreciate finding this video. I'm trying to grow from cuttings and I saw some of those fake videos.

[thereseschroeder-sheker]

Thank you Jason! I have been tending a rose garden for decades and had recently seen one of these goofy videos. I was so puzzled, couldn't understand what I was seeing and thought wow I must be ready for the glue factory. What a good thing you do here. I love the way you have gently yet firmly and methodically offered informative correction for the good of all. I hope many people see your work. Yay and Thank you!

[getintothewildwithjeffruma]

As a person who has a small YouTube channel about gardening the fact that people are knowingly doing this is heartbreaking. There is so much real content that can be made that we never have to lie to get views.

[HSS]

I had just seen the 3rd example you showed here and thought it was likely nonsense but had not considered it was completely - intentionally - fake. Thanks for clearing this up and look forward to the next one.

[illiavanesaalcazar]

Thank you for taking the time to expose those videos, I have personally been air- layering my fig trees, not for profit but to share with my close friends and family. A member of my family brought to my attention those videos to “do a faster way” I only wasted 20 minutes of my time on one of those videos, every time we click on those videos they reach a higher number of viewers and that’s when they start making money from it . And thank you for sharing your knowledge of propagation of roses!!

[eduardkeshishyan]

Thank you so much, Jason. I commend you for your expertise, honesty and polite attitude. I am a hobbyist gardener who enjoyed cutting propagation of many types of plants including roses. I resented all those videos so much and was looking forward for some professional like you to expose all this nonsense, preventing more fellow-gardeners from disappointment. I really enjoy your channel. Keep up with the good work!