New to roses. Just a few questions.
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Austin Sigstad
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A few Maintence questions and new planting?
Comments (3)I'm also Z8 but in the pacific northwest so planting and pruning may be different for you. Still, it seems early to be pruning and planting. Around here, people think I'm pushing it to prune on President's Day. I say, anytime from mid-Feb to mid-March. A rule of thumb: it's OK to prune when the forsythia blooms. You also have to take your soil type into account. If you are gardening on Georgia clay you want to be careful not to dig and plant when the soil is very wet, as you will compact the soil with possibly fatal consequences for your plant's roots. I garden on sand and gravel which has its own problems, but it drains well. (Too well.)...See MoreRose newbie...a few questions
Comments (9)Thanks for all the previous posts, I have tied the climber to the trellis and it is doing great with water and some fertilizer. I am so excited to see what kind of blooms it will produce. But now I have additional questions about different roses and hope that you may have more advice. There was one flower bed at my house along the garage...most likely not tended to for maybe a decade, seriously! I dug everything out...except 5 columbines & 2 roses. I'm guessing they are the hybrid tea type. They have just a few stems that grow upright and stand about 3 ft high. Like my climber there are no blooms this year...due to the remodeling last year they were not allowed to come up last year. So same care as mentioned above? Also, again due to remodeling....I have found two roses coming up in the back yard right out of the lawn. They are probably only 4-5 inches tall & the foliage has remained reddish. I vaguely remember there being roses back there, but forgot along the way and these were also covered all year...by a dumpster I think or something. We will be reworking our lawn this Aug/Sept and these need to be moved and of course I'd like to save them. What would be the smartest thing to do with them? Transplant directly to a new location or transplant first to pots? Any special care for the little guys?...See MoreA few questions from reading Right Rose Right Place
Comments (57)Thanks, Michael. I have remembered that you've mentioned that before for sandy soils and have been thinking about adding it into those beds. I think I read that someone has been using "nitrogen-enriched" kitty litter with good success. Do you know a reason why that's not a good idea? It seems like it would be a source of cheap nitrogen, anyway. Rosefolly, as I've looked at the nutrient availability chart related to pH there's something else that happens with boron at high pH. I think I understand that at low pH plants uptake too much boron but at high pH boron become inaccessible so you get a deficiency. But I don't quite understand because at pH 9 and above it looks like it uptakes well again. Here's a link to one of those pH nutrient-availability charts. Thanks for the birthday wishes! Here is a link that might be useful: pH nutrient chart This post was edited by harborrose on Thu, Sep 19, 13 at 20:34...See MoreNewbie to rose seeds!! a few questions!
Comments (3)Happy Holidays, Michael! 1. How long do they usually take till they usually have their first blooms? Six weeks to never. Some can flower within a month and a little more. Some never flower. Not all are able to flower. 2. I'm not so much concerned about color as that can be a left as a nice surprise but I would like highly fragrant roses, so should I only be growing rose seeds from fragrant varieties or is that also left to chance? Pretty much left to chance. Two highly scented roses can easily produce one without scent, and vice versa. There are many things which affect scent. An old article of mine on Help Me Find - Roses helps to shed some light on scent. There are likely more recent discoveries, but the basics are still there. 3. Could I winter sow seeds? It's my first year trying that with other seeds so I figure why not rose seeds? lol Winter is when you should sow rose seeds. Their germination slows to a virtual halt once temps rise much past about 70F. Some will continue germinating, but MOST will stop. If you live where winter is really severe, you may have to plant them indoors in a basement or greenhouse. I live in "The Land of Endless Summer" (Southern California) so my planting time is right now. Most of what will germinate this year must come up before the summer temps hit. A few continued germinating in the high heat this summer, but they are the exceptions rather than the rules. Good luck! Kim Here is a link that might be useful: Fragrance: Much Ado About Nothing?...See MoreKen (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b
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