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13 JUL 03 by
Tina
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I bought a house three years ago that is full of flower gardens. I have really tried to work with the roses, which were left unattended for 2 or 3 summers. I have some rose bushes that have no buds on them at all. I cut them back in early spring, they have nice leaf formation and height but no buds.
My second question is - I have climbing roses, I cut one of them back in the spring, I am not sure if I should have done that or not? And if so, how far back do you cut them?
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The roses that are not blooming sounds like you have lost the top part of your graft so all that is left is the rootstock which will grow lkie mad but will not bloom unless you leave the canes uncut for the next seasons flowering. Climbing roses should have the oldest cane(s) cut back to the ground when that cane is three to four years old. Younger canes should be left alone, in place, unless damaged or, if need be, to cut back side shoots to within three buds of the main cane.
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6 JUL 03 by
Anonymous-797
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I have a climbing rose bush that blooms like mad in the spring then suddenly stops and doesn't bloom again until the next year. Any ideas why?
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Many climbing roses only bloom once. They have a large flush of flowers and then they make new wood for the next years blooms.
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It may be a variety that only blooms once per season. If you did not buy it that way you may have lost the top of your graft so all you have left is rootstock, which will only bloom once.
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why is my climbing rose growing "BLIND"
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Because climbers are so vigorous, many spend a couple of years, sometime even three, just making canes and leaves at the expense of flowers. It will bloom when it is has finished making greenery.
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You may have a problem with Rose Midges, or you may have lost the top cultivated variety of your grafted plant so all you have is understock, or you may be pruning your plant way too short in the spring. On that last point, a climbing rose blooms on last seasons growth so to prune it like a Hybrid Tea ( down to 8 to 12 inches ) in the spring, will in effect cut off all your bloom wood for the season.
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I just started growing roses last year and planted 50 bare plants in late winter. I had loads of large blooms on most of the plants all summer last year. We had about a month of extra rain this year but still got a nice first blooming. Now I am getting the second blooming of the year and the flowers are small. Do I need to feed them more or maybe just do some in season pruning.
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The one situation that roses will not tolerate and will react to, is wet roots. That is probably what has happened to your plants . I would just continue your routine and they will come back again. Pruning them will activate them into producing new growth which will put even more stress on the roots. It is the frail feeder roots that have got damaged.
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It may be that you need to do some more fertilizing. Roses are heavy feeders and heavy rain will wash alot of nitrogen out of your soil since nitrogen is water soluable. You can fertilize with as much as 1 pound of nitrogen per 1000 square feet, once a month through the growing season, and see if that helps, but do a soil test to check on the other nutrients, just to be sure.
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