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Question about rose 'grades' and growing dormant rose
Comments (2)Or you can leave the soil hilled up over the canes after planting and let Mom Nature wash it off. The new canes and leaveswill grow through the hill of soil. To protect the bud union during unexpected (in your area) bitter cold, plant the graft 2-4 inches below the soil surface then hill the soil over the canes above that. I'm one who advises planting as soon as you can work the soil. Your dormant rose will stay dormant in the cold ground until the sun warms the soil, promoting roots and leaf out. Better to store it there than potted in a garage. Even though it's cold, water it well. This settles the soil and prevents the canes from drying out. I soak mine in diluted fish emulsion, then pour it in the hole and on the bush when I plant. Although the wax is suppose to prevent the canes from losing moisture, it's often colored green to make the bush look fresh and blemish free. Either way it'll melt off in the sun as the weather warms. You'll probably have some dieback due to harvest damage. A grade 1 1/2 is suppose to have at least two canes 3/8 inch in diameter or larger. It can have more. Because you bought yours so early it sounds as if you may have gotten a pretty nice grade 1 1/2, depending on how the roots look. Most bagged roses I've ever got had roots no more than a couple of inches long. That's one reason it's a 1 1/2 grade and hidden in a bag....See MoreRoses Rookie
Comments (7)It could be Don Juan or it could be the root stock coming up, Dr. Huey. It's hard to say from the pictures. If it reblooms through the season it's not Dr. Huey, he only blooms once in the spring. Unless the leaves are being decimated I wouldn't worry about a few chewed leaves. Just give it a good hard spray with the hose once in a while to knock the bugs off and it should be fine. If you like it where it is than just leave it alone. If it was there and blooming for ten years it's happy. If you want to move it to some where else I'd wait now until next spring when it's dormant and easier to move around. Yes, I think those two other canes coming up are suckers. BUT could there have been more than one rose planted there before? It could be something else struggling to come back after the city trampled them....See Morerookie question about rose companions
Comments (5)It is not wrong regarding aggressive spreaders, but the key is the word aggressive. I wouldn't use the larger forms of nepeta, use the smaller like Walkers Low. It is easy to shear it back if it is getting to big (I do this in my container garden beds) prior to it blooming to control size. I also will shear it back after it is done blooming no matter the size to promote repeat bloom. I wonder though since you already have problems with powdery mildew if you might want to evaluate and treat the conditions you can control before you plant anything more there. You could easily just place pretty pots of flowering annuals at the base for the color while you deal with the mildew. Crowded conditions and lack of air circulation around plants invites more mildew problems. It is hard to tell from your picture but it looks like simply pulling the garden further out away from the house might help. Here is a link that might be useful: Powdery mildew...See MoreQuestions from a rookie
Comments (6)Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to make one. You have to be a member of instructables to view the whole thing, but it's free to join. http://www.instructables.com/id/Building-your-own-Earth-Box/ This tutorial looks along the same lines, but you don't have to register to view it. http://www.josho.com/gardening.htm Tutorial with different methods, how to cut pvc pipe, planning a large scale garden with the containers, etc. Plus a Q&A. If you don't have an adobe pdf reader, visit adobe.com for the free download. http://www.seattleoil.com/Flyers/Earthbox.pdf Earthbox research has information and tips on using earthboxes. http://www.earthboxresearch.com/ As for veggies to garden this time of year. How about pumpkins? Depending on how long it take to mature, they would be ready around Halloween....See Moremichaelg
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