"Anne Chambers" wrote in message
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Sandra Bodycoat wrote:
Hi All

I have just read an article in the gardening section of Friday's paper in
regards to pruning roses, they state after pruning you should spray
roses&
ground with either copper or sulfur spray but not lime sulfur spray.
Why is this when Yates put out a product Lime Sulfur spray that states to
do
this, I am confused.
What is the difference in these sprays?
Yes I have been on google to find all this out& left confused.
Cheers
Sandra


Gardening Australia on ABC last night advocated lime sulphur for roses....

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Anne Chambers
South Australia

anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

I watched that segment (Sunday afternoon replay) and I thought she did a
lousy job. Just as she moves away at the end you see the roses she pruned.
To much spindly stuff for my liking but maybe that is me. My opinion is that
anything over knee height on bush roses or hybrid T's is to much. You don't
want roses that go to the heavens and you don't want to many buds on each
stem.

She would have been better showing a standard rose that was established not
the 2 year old specimen that I assume was in a pot. The stake she used for
the standard was laughable. Standards need a solid stake and sometimes more
than one.

I go pretty hard on my roses and on customers and make enough from repeat
work each year. I guess it gets down to a limited time slot in your segment.