Thanks for the info. on compost. Now that I have that sorted, I have another
question re. rose-hips. I have lots of wild rose bushes around and about,
and of course the grouse finish off all the hips, which is good. But I have
an old, very large, rugosa smothered in hips and too close to the house, I
suppose, for the birds (unless I have very fussy birds g). Should I be
removing these hips for any reason I haven't thought of, i.e. disease, etc.?
.... Noddy

Nope, leave them on until you need to prune. Someone will get to them.

Jeff


"Noddy" wrote in message
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Thanks for the info. on compost. Now that I have that sorted, I have
another
question re. rose-hips. I have lots of wild rose bushes around and about,
and of course the grouse finish off all the hips, which is good. But I
have
an old, very large, rugosa smothered in hips and too close to the house, I
suppose, for the birds (unless I have very fussy birds g). Should I be
removing these hips for any reason I haven't thought of, i.e. disease,
etc.?
... Noddy

I always wondered about that, so thanks for clearing it up. It looks really
attractive as it is always quite smothered with hips. I've never pruned it
though, so I suppose they will eventually dry up and fall off. Does it
effect future flower production if they stay on? There are four to six large
berries clustered at the tip of each branch. Sorry, to ask such dumb
questions, but I've never seen this question in a rose book? ... Noddy



"Jeffrey L. Kline" wrote in message
...
Nope, leave them on until you need to prune. Someone will get to them.

Jeff

p.s. Please ignore the bit about future flower production. A really dumb
question. Logically they cannot influence the future flower production *on*
the plant...I was having a brain blip; it must be Monday. My way of thinking
was that if the production of rose-hips signals the plant to shut down for
winter, etc. I guess I was getting too complicated for my own good. Sorry
g ... Noddy.



"Noddy" wrote in message
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I always wondered about that, so thanks for clearing it up. It looks
really
attractive as it is always quite smothered with hips. I've never pruned
it
though, so I suppose they will eventually dry up and fall off. Does it
effect future flower production if they stay on? There are four to six
large
berries clustered at the tip of each branch. Sorry, to ask such dumb
questions, but I've never seen this question in a rose book? ... Noddy