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Summer prune; How late can I leave it!!!
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Posted by GarryK Melb,Aust (gobluesyay@hotmail.com) on Sun, Feb 27, 05 at 7:05
| Ok, now I know I should have chopped them back a little by now but at the moment nearly all my roses are bloomin their heads off and it doesn't seem right to tuck into them. I'm just wondering how long I can leave it until I REALLY have to cut them back to get another re-bloom later in the season. I know types of roses will differ and I'm not talking about the non recurrent climbers. Would middle of March be way too late because that's when these ones look like they'll last until??. Obviously the wet and relatively cold season has probably played a part in this...(Not complaining but!!)
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RE: Summer prune; How late can I leave it!!!
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| Thanks Garry - I also need to know the answer to this question. Right now is the best blooming I have had (apart from the once bloomers) and they are all putting up these strong straight limbs - are these basal shoots? My 6 Graham Thomases are loaded with blooms - I am trying to train these roses up a series of sloping pillars that begins from where they are planted but these ?? basal shoots are heading up vertically upright and are so strong and dominant looking - several of them on each plant. Thought I might get out there tomorrow and put some string on them and try to gently pull them towards the pillars. Is this right? Should I prune off the smaller horizontal branches that are heading in a different direction to my pillar? |
RE: Summer prune; How late can I leave it!!!
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I'd just keep deadheading. Cut about the length you would to pick the roses for a vase, and don't bother with the big summer prune.
Treat roses as you like, just because "the book" says something doesn't mean you have to do it.
Train GT as oyu want, trim as you want.
the only time I reckon you need to go the whole hog is if you really really want a show say for a home wedding.
Allow 6o days ahead, and give them a good prune - feed them and worry about it for the next 59 days.. hee hee
enjoy them if they are blooming.. |
RE: Summer prune; How late can I leave it!!!
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| there are twelve months of the year you can prune...take your pick.....if they are flowering their heads off....i wouldn't have thought that this would be one of them........longer answer......if you have ideal conditions......18c nights and 27c days and say 60% RH mr lincoln for eg will be about43-45 days from pick to pick......sooooo...if you hack everything back say in winter...thats why we get a "spring flush"....if you go by the "experts"...and prune after spring...you may get a summer flush...and so on and so on every 8 weeks or so....another idea is to prune or "top" say 20% of a rose bush every week...starting around august when the first shoots are 10-20cm long...this will spread the flush out over the season....you will have a rose in all stages....and blooms all the time....the downside is that you need to make the time to do it! |
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