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WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO PRUN ROSE BUSH?
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#1 of 3 posted
21 MAY 08 by
 jedmar
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It depends on what type of rose it is. If it is a more modern floribunda or hybrid tea (post 1950), you can prune in spring quite drastically, cutting the canes down to 2-3 eyes. The rose will then grow even stronger. If it an old garden rose or climber, it might be better not to prune at all, but just remove dead wood and give some shape. If you tell us what roses you have, I am sure you will receive more exact information from HMF members.
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I dont know how to pase a photo of the plant so you can tell me what kind it is
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#3 of 3 posted
26 MAY 08 by
Wendy C
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Peter where do you live? The colder the climate, the less you take off.
If your roses are currently growing this is what I would do. Prune out all of the dead and twiggy growth. Prune the main canes to the first set of leaves growing away from the center of the bush.
Do a less is more for now until you know what you are growing. And feed them.
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were do i clip roses
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8 MAR 08 by
Warski
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I have 16 roses near bloom right now in LA. CA, but I have three bushes (among them) that have put forth stalled growth - growth that has remained small and tuft-like on all the canes for three weeks now - without forming into stems or getting taller than 1 inch.
Today, thinking these odd tufts of green were blind shoots, I snapped them off and even pruned the canes back a bit. I've never seen blind shoots like this, but couldn't imagine this oddity to be anything other than that. I assumed, that since it is the tail end of bare root season here, I might have a chance at starting them off again. Has anyone ever experienced an event like that?
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Yep -- it sounds like it's a sign that either you or some neighbor of yours has been spraying with Roundup and some drifted into these plants. Glyphosate -- the active ingredient in roundup and the generic equivalents -- will do that every time.
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#2 of 4 posted
8 MAR 08 by
Warski
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Thank you! You're amazing! Without a moment's hesitation - you knew! Round-Up was used in my neighbor's yard and in that particular area, but I was told, he used it "sparingly". It did drift, didn't it?
Do you think I've done the right thing with my drastic pruning? Do you think there's a chance these three bushes might survive or have they been dammaged beyond repair? I would imagine, the intake was by foliar contact, not through the root system. I'd love to hear from you again about this.
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I am going to have to wish you luck on this. The times that this has happened to me, it took a whole season for the plant to begin growing again. I hope that some of the plant still has some growing areas on it. If not, perhaps its time to get a new plant (and send the bill to the neighbor).
Unfortunately, Round Up is very good at what it does.
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#4 of 4 posted
8 MAR 08 by
Warski
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Thank you. I'm very grateful.
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I recently bought a minature rose bush from a local garden centre and i was wondering when should i prune this rose bush and when i do prune it where abouts should i prune it on the stem?
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#1 of 2 posted
26 OCT 09 by
Yvonne
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Do I prune peonys? Yvonne
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#2 of 2 posted
7 NOV 09 by
jedmar
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Not like roses. If your peony is the shrub-type with woody stems, then you cut off the foliage before winter. With the herbaceous types, you can cut off stems and foliage before winter, or, if they have fungus, in autumn. It is usually better to do this as late as possible, to give the plant a chance to pull back nutrients into the roots.
Of course, dead stems and awkward-growing canes can be pruned late in the year.
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