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new member and how I did it??

Posted by frannyfrip qld (My Page) on
Sun, Jan 22, 06 at 6:17

I feel as if I have climbed Everest getting on to this forum. Took a tip from one of you and entered an American state zipcode - in my case it was Connecticut - don't ask me why ! Had to change my user name several times, then had to answer email to register, got taken to the US, back to Oz, into forums, into rose forums, out to log in ... what a nightmare - all on dialup. I must be mad. Anyway just wanted to say hello to you all and that I am looking forward to joining in. I garden in Qld, love roses particularly the old garden roses and the new shrub roses and envy anyone who can grow them well. Bye for now.


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RE: new member and how I did it??

Gosh after all that you deserve heaps of WELCOMES to the forum "WELL DONE"
Plenty of us rose grower here in Qld I am not saying we all grow them well though.
Not even a week since I sprayed but today I notice black spot back again
Due no doubt to that beautiful rain we had days ago and all the humidty
Every morning I cut off all the buds so I do get to enjoy them in the vase they are so beautiful.
Looking forward to hearing about your successes and welcome aboard .......Cheers..MM.


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Welcome and well done . I hope you find the forum helpful.
Please feel free to ask any questions , as there are many helpful people in here that are only too happy to help.


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Hiya Franny,
Welcome to the centre for rose addiction-you won't be cured-far from it-you will just feel that you're not alone in this obsession.:)
I also am most interested in the OGR's but have assorted roses from various categories.
regards
sandie


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Marvellous work - what a stayer !
Welcome fellow rosarian - or should I say, soon-to-be-rose-addict ! I am new too but learning quickly (Melbourne). I just decided tonight that I am going to copy some of these postings into a Word document in my own special folder called Rose Tips so I can refer to them again in future, as I find all this experience so valuable.
What roses do you have Franny? Janine


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  • Posted by ashmeri Cent. Qld.Aust. (My Page) on
    Mon, Jan 23, 06 at 17:04

Welcome to this wonderful forum.
Be aware though, it will feed your Rose Addiction unmercifully.
I started with buying a Bonica, simply because I thought it was a pretty little thing, now it is quite large and seems to want to be some sort of climber and it has 14 friends and I have a loooooooooooooooooooong list for the rose selling season ahead.

Have many happy days with the Rosies here who are so kind and helpful with their information to Newbies.
Marion


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Thanks for the welcome everybody. I have heaps of questions which should keep this forum ticking over for awhile! It will be wonderful to have someone there when I have a problem or want to know something.
I caught the bug years ago - planted 2 dozen old roses, noisettes, teas, bourbons and DA's Graham Thomas. Crepescule for some reason and the bourbons, apart from Zepherine Drouhin struggled and gave up on a neglectful owner. The others gave me so much pleasure that even a 5 year drought which killed the rest didn't deter me and I replanted. I am now a dedicated rose lover and want to be able to pick roses every day for my rose bowl.
Janine, your idea of keeping all the rose tips from here is a good idea. I think I will open a new folder and call it Rose Tips! I can cut and paste from here.
Fran


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Hi to everyone, I too had no idea how to get onto this great ,helpful forum, but have finally succeeded.
The trouble is it lists me as living in the united states, I took note of 'frannyfrip' and put in an american zipcode.I'd like to let you know Im from Perth,w,a, and look forward to participating with you all.
thankyou cheryl perth.[aka bigmama]


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Hi Everyone - this looks like a lovely forum, nice people. Does one become nice because of looking afer roses, or do only nice people choose to love roses?

Anyway, thanks for the tips about joining from frannyfrip and bigmamma2, as I was about to give up too. I rejoined with an entirely bogus US zipcode and state - chose 90210 in CA because that's the only one I can casually remember. Fairly inappropriate, as I live in the cold inland climate near Canberra. But it's good for growing roses and bulbs! Humidity isn't too much of a problem for me.
Cheers
Rosa_Mundi


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OK, well I just went through the same nightmare again, I used to be a member many years ago of these forums and had to do the same thing back then, I fluked it last time lol, this time I used the 90210 CA someone mentioned here, I sent them a complaint this time but dont think they care as it hasnt changed obviously in all those years since I was last a member, have had to open a new membership as my old email address I used is obsolete and I have forgotten most of my other details such as PW's ect. Sadly a lot of people wont become members because of this problem as registering is so difficult.


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I joined only recently & had the same trouble. I just put numbers randomly plucked from the air in the boxes that kept rejecting my real info. I was lucky that I guessed what the problem was straight away. There have been things in the past I've tried to do online that I have tied my brain in knots over & still failed. Hopefully anyone else wanting to join will see this thread & save themselves a headache.
Helen


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Bumping this thread, as its needed :)


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I finally joined today. After numerous tries I found a "contact us" email address then found this posting. CA 90210 still works great and the answering email came about the same time. I am in Northern Tasmania and am planning a new rose garden with standard, bush and florabundas so anticipate spending a lot of time on this forum. The idea of keeping notes in a word document is the way to go. I just have to get disciplined enought to keep some sort of order amongst the notes.
Lesley


 
 

 

 


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