My rose got rust from a rusty trellis
Laurel Zito
12 years ago
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Comments (23)LOVE Rusty, Quackers and Screech! I've always so enjoyed those metal animal sculptures! I've always wanted to learn to weld....I just need to DO IT and learn myself. I'd love to make creations like these guys.....I wish I would have known that in my teens so my Grandpa could have taught me....HE was a welding teacher in Coronado back during WW II and taught my Grandma---that is how they met. Love, Jules...See MoreMy hollyhocks turned all rusty and
Comments (2)There's a saying that goes like this: "If you grow hollyhocks, you will have rust." Rust is a common disease with hollyhocks. You can spray on a regular schedule, or you can minimize the problem with other tactics. The plant should be in full, all day sun. It should have excellent air circulation (no fence behind it). And you can hide the lower leaves (they're damaged first) by planting them behind a different low-growing plant....See MoreAdvice about Roses and a Rose Trellis
Comments (23)Don Juan is a climbing rose that grows typically at least 10-12' tall & 8' wide. You're concerned that the Knockouts will eventually grow too big for the space, so just checking in with Don Juan's eventual size. Since you plan to train the long canes horizontally, the height will be reduced by adding to the width. Jackson & Perkins recommends planting 8' apart for solid coverage. ( http://tinyurl.com/mr5r7a8 ) Click on "plant description" at that link for further details. So I'm with kippy & brittie here that you wouldn't need more than 2 for your 15' fence. Though you're thinking of trellis to space the roses away from the fence, consider the suggestions of boncrow & kippy for espaliering using the fence. Eyebolts of appropriate length can be screwed to the fence to hold horizontal runs of wire, or blocks of wood or whatever can be attached to the fence at right angles to project from it to hold shorter eyebolts for the same purpose. (And light to medium weight trellis can be attached in the same manner from the fence.) This is the simplest, least expensive & most unobtrusive method. Canes are lightly tied to the wires with soft material, as you probably saw in the videos, in a figure 8. Check out kona's photos - 3rd & 4th down on the left in the link below - to see how this has been done. There are only two runs of wire. While you're there, check out all the photos of this lovely rose & the ways it's been grown. Here is a link that might be useful: Don Juan photos This post was edited by vasue on Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 19:38...See MoreNon-rusting concrete mesh for trellis?
Comments (6)I love my mesh panels that we use for sugar snap peas and other vining vegetables. It's the perfect height although one year my sugar snaps got over 6' tall. I plant about a 4" wide row so some of the outer plants don't get a good grab on the mesh. We add some twine to keep the plants from falling away from the mesh. The tomato cages made from a more flexible mesh are probably 30 years old. I don't notice the rust. The panels are held in place with steel posts and zip ties. They stay out all winter and we enjoy watching the birds sit on the fencing waiting for tasty insects to come by....See MoreBrighid
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