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Does anyone have luck with them? I don't. :rolleyes: Flowers..yes..roses..no.

Jerry;777516 wrote: Does anyone have luck with them? I don't. :rolleyes: Flowers..yes..roses..no. Same here, I am quite green fingered but when it come to roses I have no luck at all!

I have a Mr. Lincoln rose bush, it is very large. By the end of summer, it reaches to the 2nd story of the house. It takes alot of pruning to trim it. Weeder would give the best advice on roses, she knows the most.

I think its easy, what is your problem with it , Jerry?

Sorry I have a brown thumb with flowers and roses :-1

What do you mean exactly by "luck"? They don't grow at all or they

do and get diseased or something?



Start with good root stock, there are different grades so get a

good quality one. Jackson and Perkins is a good brand. This time

of year depending on where you live you should find pretty good

selection of bare root. Get ones you think you'll like (some of the

tags have good info on mildew or disease resistance) and plant

in a sunny location with well drained soil. They really shouldn't

take much care until the following year when you'll prune them

back. A good rule of thumb is to leave 3 or 4 canes per rosebush,

a foot to a foot and a half in length. That's the scary part, I've

been doing it for 20 years or so and still every year I think I've

about killed them! (I never have, though!)



You can use regular rose food or go cheapo and try Epsom Salts

as some do... I tend do stick with good ol' fish emulsion, myself.



:-6

Geronimo;777530 wrote: I think its easy, what is your problem with it , Jerry?


You're a pro with roses, are ya, hun? You must talk to them, right? Like talk :-4 or something.

valerie;777547 wrote: What do you mean exactly by "luck"? They don't grow at all or they

do and get diseased or something?



Start with good root stock, there are different grades so get a

good quality one. Jackson and Perkins is a good brand. This time

of year depending on where you live you should find pretty good

selection of bare root. Get ones you think you'll like (some of the

tags have good info on mildew or disease resistance) and plant

in a sunny location with well drained soil. They really shouldn't

take much care until the following year when you'll prune them

back. A good rule of thumb is to leave 3 or 4 canes per rosebush,

a foot to a foot and a half in length. That's the scary part, I've

been doing it for 20 years or so and still every year I think I've

about killed them! (I never have, though!)



You can use regular rose food or go cheapo and try Epsom Salts

as some do... I tend do stick with good ol' fish emulsion, myself.



:-6 Thank you so much.

yes I do, love, and i caress them too, and smell them and like them, and they like growing cause i wish them too.. but if you fear they fail all the time, they fear too, to dont be good enough, and they died, cause they think thats what you want them to do. :-2 :-1

caress them and talk to them like you talk to little kids when they grow, and they shoudl give you plenty. :p

Geronimo;777578 wrote: yes I do, love, and i caress them too, and smell them and like them, and they like growing cause i wish them too.. but if you fear they fail all the time, they fear too, to dont be good enough, and they died, cause they think thats what you want them to do. :-2 :-1

caress them and talk to them like you talk to little kids when they grow, and they shoudl give you plenty. :p


Talk love to my roses..what will people think..me out there talking that way to my roses?

Come on, darlin..bloom for me, baby. :-4:wah: I had another one..but I won't say it. LOL

Why? what was it?

ask old gartner thats how they do you can always talk to them by thoguth and anyhow do oyu usualy got people watching you when you do gardening sweetheart?

I doubt so. and it loks better to talk to a rose than to talk to yourself with a wire from your mouth to your ear in a cell phone inside your pocket while walking in the streets or driving, right?

yout alk to yourself too and you got nor roses at the end, so..

Remember the saying,

To his last rose,

the old gardner cant say no,

to the last rose one cant refuse..... :-4

Geronimo;777601 wrote: Why? what was it?

ask old gartner thats how they do you can always talk to them by thoguth and anyhow do oyu usualy got people watching you when you do gardening sweetheart?

I doubt so. and it loks better to talk to a rose than to talk to yourself with a wire from your mouth to your ear in a cell phone inside your pocket while walking in the streets or driving, right?

yout alk to yourself too and you got nor roses at the end, so..

Remember the saying,

To his last rose,

the old gardner cant say no,

to the last rose one cant refuse..... :-4


I took one of my Grandmother's plants when she died. They gave me one. It looked half dead, hun. I took it home and loved it because it was her plant and man you should have seen it. It got so pretty and green. Almost didn't look real. Had it for a long time then it started to go. It was like she was still with me.

this is so sweet love, :-4

so you see that with a little love, you go a long way..



you should try it more often. plant them in memory of yoru grand ma, and care for them as she was with her own garden, and you will see what will happen..

beleive in miracles, and see your wishes being exhauced

lets go love..

Ok..see ya there.

thanks!

OK, back to the Roses

I find Roses fairly easy to grow

I have two beautiful red rose bushes that bloom twice a year - they trail & twist thru my White Iron Fence LOVE THEM..

Yes, I baby them - not much, but as far as plants go - they get my attention.

While in bloom they get everyones attention

They're beautiful & smell wonderful..

Patsy

Patsy Warnick;777875 wrote: OK, back to the Roses

I find Roses fairly easy to grow

I have two beautiful red rose bushes that bloom twice a year - they trail & twist thru my White Iron Fence LOVE THEM..

Yes, I baby them - not much, but as far as plants go - they get my attention.

While in bloom they get everyones attention

They're beautiful & smell wonderful..

Patsy Thanks !

that was so little sweetie!

Jerry;777884 wrote: Thanks !


we hear you! LOL

Jerry;777516 wrote: Does anyone have luck with them? I don't. :rolleyes: Flowers..yes..roses..no.


rose bushes must be handled completely different than other flowers.

cut the bush down every fall, right down to a foot off the ground, cover in cold weather.

when it starts to bloom, and that rose dies, you must go down that stock or one that has a bud.............there will be a leaf there, gently pull the leaf back, you will see a tiny tiny little dot, that is a new bud, cut your stem right there, just barely above the little tiny dot, you see, this promotes new blooms, but it must be done continually will all dying roses.

simple whenever a rose dies, cut it back to where you notice the dot.

mine bloom from May - October.

Plant them where they get plenty of light (they hate being under trees). Dig good, well rotted organic matter into the soil. Buy them bare root from a respectable grower. Plant them in winter. Water them well until they are established. You will get flowers