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beccabunga · 24-06-2009, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Hogg

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:52:28 +0100, "Jon"
wrote:

I have two of the above roses that I purchased recently. I planted into
large pots to the depth there were in their pots with a small handful of
blood,fish and bone. I have also fed them with diluted liquid tomato feed
but I have noticed that the flower buds have started to droop over and the
stem behind the bud has thinned and turned brown, and the buds have died
off. I have cut the roses back and have continued watering and feeding them
as advised by the garden centre I purchased them from. Has anyone heard of
this before and what is it called? I have learned that these old roses only
flower once a year, so have given up hope for any more blooms this year. Any
advice or information would be greatly appreciated.

Don't know about the bud droop, but are you sure you're not
over-watering and over-feeding them. I don't grow roses but I wouldn't
expect to feed more than say once a month, and water maybe once or
twice a week depending on the weather and how much sun they get.

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Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

These old shrub roses are big plants, and I don't really feel they are suited to pot-growing. They are much better in the ground with good, old-fashioned manure. Our roses generally are given artificial feed twice a year - in March and in July, and are mulched with well-rotted manure in Spring.

I agree with Chris, I think you have over-fed and watered.