Some roses not budding after deadheading? Why?
Sara B.
3 years ago
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Deadheading above a bud eye
Comments (6)I am under 5 ft. tall. My sister is about 5-ft., 7 ins. . . There are huge differences from one rose to another. The bud eye will always be tucked in to the place where the leaf joins the cane. But what if the stems are long, and there are very few leaves on them -- and thus, few bud eyes? 'International Herald Tribune' as an example, is like that. The rose puts up HUGE sprays, on nice straight stems, with very few bud eyes. If you cut to "the first bud eye" there's almost no cane left -- and what IS left, a meager stump, may well just never put out any more growth. So, with a rose like THAT, my final solution was to snip off, or snap off the dead blooms right up at the top of the cane, and let the rose decide what it wants to do. With the cane left intact, the plant takes advantage of the energy in what's there, and puts up more flowering canes. After a few years, it begins to produce canes with more bud eyes. Yippee! This is not conventional advice, but it works. Jeri...See MoreWhy do my rose buds hang sideways? (pics)
Comments (11)Being the Patricia of newspaper fame-I can say with certainty that is works. I have seen no sign for two years that is difinitly midge-I do get the occasional bent neck-it happens. I had a real serious mess in one large bed of 30-40 roses but I emphasize what Michael said, this a a dormant treatment. You must wait until all cycles are over for the year. Oh-I use woodchips not bark. Cant imagine it would make a difference. I do not remove old mulch-just slap some new stuff down on the old. I have some perennials and under plantings around the edge of that bed. I use no pesticides. I actually have a couple of containers of Diazanon that I keep to threaten with...never had to use them....See MoreRose of Sharon- lots of buds no blooms- deadhead?
Comments (4)Hi; I grow a Rose of Sharon, but am not an expert. Is this particular tree getting enough sun, and enough water? Also, based on what I've read on the the forums Mexicanhat suggested, they probably want monthly fertilizing to bloom to their best. I'd just do a search within those forums; RoS seems to get discussed extensively. Good luck! Lara...See MoreWhy did my rose of sharon buds fall off?
Comments (3)Too wet, too dry or some other environmental adversity. Including perhaps the onset of autumnal temperatures. This likes rich soil, many of them here - where there is a lot of them to observe, both at outlets and in plantings - have quite poor leaf color most of the time. And hibiscus in general aren't wild about acidic soil either, which is dominant in my area....See MoreKristine LeGault 8a pnw
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