Mister Lincoln
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Comments (63)Hi Jim: I'm sorry that your son moves away ... nothing beats doing things with one's child. Mr. Lincoln was stingy at the rose park, tall bush with a few blooms. Acid-phosphatase is when roots secret acid to extract phosphorus from soil for blooming. Roses that can't do such, tend to have cleaner leaves, but stingy in blooms. My La Nia Rias Centifolia rose is an example ... always clean, zero B.S., no rose slugs either. But it hasn't bloomed for over a year. Why? It can't acid phosphatase. It can't secret acid to unlock nutrients from soil, so its leaves are alkaline ... fungi can't grow, and zero acids to attract pests. Jim, I like your idea of giving Mr. Lincoln Brewer's yeast. Brewer's Yeast has 18% potassium, 0% phosphorus, low iron (6%), but high in copper (50%) and decent in zinc (10%), also the anti-fungal mineral selenium is high at 90%, plus high in B vitamins. The last 2 times I gave stingy rose Eglantyne Brewer's Yeast ... it remained healthy, but bloomed lots for 2nd flush. No rose-slugs on Eglantyne either ... so the bitterness in brewer's yeast do repel insects. Lots of people give brewer's yeast to their pets to repel fleas. Years ago when I first started no-spray, I chewed on the young leaves of roses to see why some roses are disease-resistant. Knock-out's young leaf is terribly bitter ... no wonder I never see rose-slugs on that one, nor fungi. Pat Austin shiny leaves are yummy, least bitter and NOT sour either. I'm going to taste some leaves tomorrow, to see if the BS-magnet are sweet or acidic. My village's hard-well water, at pH 8.5, won the best-tasting water-contest in the region. My water is really sweet, I can squeeze plain lemon juice, and it still tastes good. What's missing in Brewer's Yeast is calcium ... I would supply gritty lime, less than 1 Tablespoon to balance Brewer's Yeast acidity at pH 5. If Brewer's Yeast doesn't work for Mr. Lincoln, then MG-soluble for roses might work, that has high NPK values, including phosphorus. MiracleGro soluble high in phosphorus at NPK 18-24-16 is risky, will be BS-prone. I already tested Pennington pellets NPK 4-6-6 with alfalfa, fish bone, and sulfate of potash .... great for blooming, but induced some B.S. since it's acidic, around pH 6. Even that doesn't work on Le Nia Rias ... so I might try MG-soluble with NPK 18-24-16. Here is a link that might be useful: Nutrients in Brewer's Yeast...See MoreMister Lincoln & Stuff
Comments (15)Lucky you to get such fine Mr. Lincoln roses. I used to have all 3 famous brothers from the Charles Mallerin X Chrysler Imperial cross. Now only Papa Meilland and Oklahoma are left. Mr Lincoln never liked our heat and when I got flowers, they were not deep red. But sometimes in the fall I got the kind of flowers he is famous for. Finally, I replaced with Firefighter which does not mind blooming in heat as much. I love seeing a great Mr. Lincoln rose picture though. Where he's happy, he's great. Do you have Chrysler Imperial? The fragrance reminds me very much of Mr. Lincoln who likely inherited it from C I. Mr Lincoln has those wonderful long buds!...See MoreMister Lincoln today
Comments (10)Hello Dan, those look really nice. Did you ever try bending those long stems so that you can get more blooms. Last winter I tied the long branches in a curve: And now I have so many blooms on that curved and bent branch. Hopefully I can send the photos of the results this weekend. This was from last season:...See MoreC’mon Mister Lincoln!
Comments (74)Shelby, that looks very healthy to me! I planted mine at the end of February so they've had a bit longer in the ground. Other than being a little bit taller than yours they look pretty much on par. My first flush ended about two weeks ago. Once the flowers were dropping petals I clipped the spent blooms about one or two 5-leaflets down and I'm getting a bunch of new growth from those areas. Currently have about 10 buds that will probably open up in the next week or two. If you haven't fertilized yet I would definitely suggest that you do so. I used Jobe's Organic Rose Food. First round of fertilizing was done Mother's Day Weekend and the second one was about a month later. They definitely seem to respond well to a good shot of food. Good luck, keep up the great work and enjoy those beautiful blooms!...See Morejim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
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13 days agoMoses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6