need advice on rose photography.
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Rose beginner needs advice on container roses
Comments (19)I have 18 roses in containers. My climber is in a 15 gallon plastic container and the rest are hybrid tea roses in 5 and 6 gallon containers (5 gallon plastic and what I am calling 6 gallon are terra cotta pots that are bigger than 5 gallons but not by much - they could be 7 gallons). My roses started bare root (with 2 exceptions - 1 pulled from the ground and 1 purchased already potted) 6 years ago. Obviously it's better to have a bigger pot, but I haven't had major problems with this size pot. I have changed the soil once so far just to keep it fresh. I fertilize every other week at 1/2 strength with liquid fertilizer similar to Miracle Gro and once per month I fertilize with fish emulsion and an organic slow-acting fertilizer like alfalfa meal, blood meal, or Grow More. I never apply all of this on the same day, so that usually means a schedule similar to: Wednesday Week 1 Organic granular fertilizer Saturday Week 1 Weak liquid fertilizer Saturday Week 2 Weak liquid fertilizer Wednesday Week 2 Spray fungicide Saturday Week 3 Weak liquid fertilizer Wednesday Week 3 Fish emulsion Saturday Week 4 Weak liquid fertilizer Wednesday Week 4 Spray fungicide (I try to do the nasty things like spray chemicals and smelly fish emulsion during the week so that my neighbors and I don't have to deal with it when we are BBQing and the like on the weekends.) I spray for insects when they become a problem, except that I do proactively spray all of my buds with spinosad because thrips are the bane of my existence. For instance, I don't think I sprayed an insecticide at all last year. Most years I end up spraying maybe twice. I don't want to kill the praying mantis and hover flies that I get. Fungicide is a different story and I spray every other week (the week I do not fertilize). I use Immunox alternated with Mancozeb/Banner Maxx. When I do use an insecticide I use one mixed with yet a different fungicide just to switch it up. That's about it. Here in CA I usually prune in January, although I pruned in February this year. We usually get 3 flushes per year, although I had 4 this year with the mild weather. The biggest challenge I face growing roses in containers is keeping them watered. A rose in the ground can withstand even the fiercest heat for a few days between waterings. My container roses need to be watered every day when the temperature is above 90 degrees and when it's 100+ sometimes I water them twice if they look sad when I get home from work. If I miss a day the roses don't die, but the new growth gets crispy and the flowers I work so hard for burn up. Luckily, this is usually just for a couple of weeks in July or August. Otherwise, I water 2-3x per week. Right now with the rain I am watering just 1x to supplement Mother Nature....See More2009 International Rose Photography Show
Comments (3)No, Jeri, for those attending the conference, you can save the postage by hand delivering the photos on Thursday, November 12. We would need you to make an advance reservation for the entries by October 29, as set forth in the rules and regulations. This is so that we will know approximately how many photos to expect, to allow us to prepare logistically. Cliff...See MoreGrow roses in containers, and need advice for soil
Comments (44)This seems like the perfect thread for information about roses and 511 mix. I decided to put all my roses in 20in x 20in air pots with 511 mix. All of them were bare root. So far, it hasn't been great. the bareroots have taken more time than usual to start growing. They also show signs of needing more water. My mix seems to be water repellent and I have had to start watering earlier this year in order to keep the roses from dying off. After a couple of rains and waterings, the pots seem to be holding onto water a little better, and my roses are starting to wake up. But I can still tell the soil is dry when I stick my finger in the top of it. I guess that means it's draining well, but it's not retaining water. This made me worry about summer. So I decided to take some smaller 5gallon air pots and double the peat moss in the recipe to 512. It still drained really fast, but I don't know if that is better for the larger pots or not. So I took another pot and increased the mix to 513. After filling it with water, it behaved much more like the potting mix I normally use (miracle gro potting mix). This morning, I could tell it was retaining water. We had an 80 degree full sun day today, so I'm going to see how it handled it when I get home from work. Thought I'd share this for others who might be interested in this. Everyone's experience has already been very helpful!...See Moreadvice for gardenias and roses needed - thanks!
Comments (10)Gardenias like more acidic conditions - Miracle Gro Miracid is a good fertilizer. Also, pose your question under "discussions" - I think there is a forum for gardenias, you should get good information there. I have an old gardenia given to me by a friend - they used to call them "cape jasmines" years ago. It is huge and covered with blooms yearly. However, after "Snowmageddon" in February........I dont know. Has brown leaves all over.....as does the smaller one I have planted. Hope it lives, it was beautiful. I have seen gardenias in my area grow, thrive and bloom with no care and I know they werent fertilized. But I have definitely read they, along with azaleas, lean toward acidic PH.....read about the Miracid fertilizer, and google fertilizers for azaleas. Good luck!...See Moreberndoodle
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