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How do I keep my roses alive?
Hello.
I recently planted a Don Juan climbing rose plant in my back yard. I was wondering what is suggested in order to get the plant established and on it's way to a healthy life. I live in Texas, and the summers tend to get a bit hot if that makes any difference...... Appreciate the help....... =will= |
How do I keep my roses alive?
will wrote: Hello. I recently planted a Don Juan climbing rose plant in my back yard. I was wondering what is suggested in order to get the plant established and on it's way to a healthy life. I live in Texas, and the summers tend to get a bit hot if that makes any difference...... Texas is a wonderful place to grow roses - they love the heat! I hope you planted it in a well amended planting hole in full sun with good air circulation. Roses are heavy feeders, so fertilize regularly with a rose fertilizer and water often and deeply. Watch for insect damage or signs of disease and take appropriate early actions to control. 'Don Juan' is a great, bright red climber - allow it to develop long canes which should be trained as close to horizontal as possible. The lateral shoots which emerge from these canes will provide your flowers. Very little pruning of climbers is required for the first few years. Enjoy! pam - gardengal |
How do I keep my roses alive?
Roses don't mind heat, but right now before they get to hot, a good shovel full
of steer manure around their base with a slow soaking that day will not hurt them at all. Then I'd use the Ortho Rose Guard rose food around them. -- In This Universe The Night was Falling,The Shadows were lenghtening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the Stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again. Arthur C. Clarke "The City & The Stars" SIAR www.starlords.org Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Bishop's Car Fund http://www.bishopcarfund.Netfirms.com/ Starlord's Personal Page http://starlord-personal.netfirms.com "will" wrote in message ... Hello. I recently planted a Don Juan climbing rose plant in my back yard. I was wondering what is suggested in order to get the plant established and on it's way to a healthy life. I live in Texas, and the summers tend to get a bit hot if that makes any difference...... Appreciate the help....... =will= |
How do I keep my roses alive?
"Starlord Roses don't mind heat, but right now before they get to hot, a good shovel full of steer manure around their base with a slow soaking that day will not hurt them at all. Then I'd use the Ortho Rose Guard rose food around them. Rose fertilizer and systemic combos (i.e, Ortho Rose Pride, Dexol Rose Guard, Bayer, etc.) tend to be some of the more toxic products on the market. Most contain disulfoton as the active ingredient for insect control. It is very highly toxic to all mammals through all means of exposure. I'd avoid using this product at all costs. Refer to EXTOXNET for addtional information: http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/pips/disulfot.htm pam - gardengal |
How do I keep my roses alive?
"Starlord reach.com" starlord@in* wrote in message
... Roses don't mind heat, but right now before they get to hot, a good shovel full of steer manure around their base with a slow soaking that day will not hurt them at all. Then I'd use the Ortho Rose Guard rose food around them. SIAR "will" wrote in message ... Hello. I recently planted a Don Juan climbing rose plant in my back yard. I was wondering what is suggested in order to get the plant established and on it's way to a healthy life. I live in Texas, and the summers tend to get a bit hot if that makes any difference...... Appreciate the help....... =will= I've gotten in the habit of spraying the foliage of my Don Juan and hybrid teas with full-strength Miracid solution every ten days. It works to keep black spot and other fungal diseases in check. The only times I have trouble with black spot is when I try to stretch that spraying time frame to a longer period when we have a dry spell. That doesn't work - ten days does! I do add humus to the soil every spring, but I also put a cup of alfalfa pellets (rabbit food) around the base of each rose each spring, cover with an inch and a half of mulch and add another cup in mid July. Since I've started doing that, the foliage has remained clean and a lush, dark green. Now I wish I could figure out a way to keep those miserable cucumber beetles and thrips from eating holes in the petals. BTW, Don Juan is a heavy spring bloomer for me with occasional blossoms during the heat of the summer and a minor burst of blooms when it cools in the fall. Is that usual? John (zone 6) |
How do I keep my roses alive?
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focusing on safe and natural gardening at http://www.emerysgardenstore.com and list several of the Dr.Earth products - you can read a little about it there. Burl By the way, we're close to launch and I'd welcome any feedback on the site! "Pam" wrote in message ... "Starlord Roses don't mind heat, but right now before they get to hot, a good shovel full of steer manure around their base with a slow soaking that day will not hurt them at all. Then I'd use the Ortho Rose Guard rose food around them. Rose fertilizer and systemic combos (i.e, Ortho Rose Pride, Dexol Rose Guard, Bayer, etc.) tend to be some of the more toxic products on the market. Most contain disulfoton as the active ingredient for insect control. It is very highly toxic to all mammals through all means of exposure. I'd avoid using this product at all costs. Refer to EXTOXNET for addtional information: http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/pips/disulfot.htm pam - gardengal |
How do I keep my roses alive?
"will" wrote in message ... Hello. I recently planted a Don Juan climbing rose plant in my back yard. I was wondering what is suggested in order to get the plant established and on it's way to a healthy life. I live in Texas, and the summers tend to get a bit hot if that makes any difference...... Appreciate the help....... =will= Depending on which part of Texas you live in, Don Juan is subject to black spot, a fungal disease. BS exists in humid areas, so if you are located in West Texas, you may rarely experience the disease at all. If you are in East Texas, you'll need to formulate a strategy to deal with preventing the fungus from occuring, as you can't cure it once it's got a foot hold, but you can prevent it from starting in the first place. There are several alternatives to dealing with the disease, from using horticultural sulpher or baking soda and horticultural oil combined, to using Funginex found at your local Home Depot. Some work better than others depending on the harshness of the disease pressure in the climate, but all require weekly spraying to be effective. Educate yourself more about your choices by doing research on an garden chemicals you may decide to use at Extonet. www.extonet.com/ If you prepared the bed correctly with a lot of organic additions and are providing plenty of water and have him planted in a site that receives at least 6 hours of sun, he should grow moderately this year. Any first year climber spends most of that year putting down the roots needed to support it in later years. If the Don is from a reputable nursery and not one of the pitiful bagged waxed hackroots, then he may already have enough roots to support a moderate bloom this year, but nothing like he can produce in 3 years time. He will need to be tied to his support using something that won't cut into the canes and cause damage. Old pantyhose is a pretty good option, but don't use wire. Two "tricks" to maximizing any rose's growth are to have a soil sample taken and find out what your pH is and make the appropriate adjustments and to apply alfalfa meal as a fertilizer. The first isn't overnight, but it's absolutely necessary. Texas has a lot of alkaline soils and roses don't really like alkaline soils. They like moderately acidic soils about 6.5 as that is where they can take up the most nutrients. Adjust the pH so that they don't have to work so hard to take up the necessary nutrients and they have more energy left over with which to grow and bloom. As for the second trick, alfalfa has a growth hormone in in, triancontrol, which stimulates new cane production and new blooms. It can produce some amazing results--but only if the pH isn't completely out of whack. Sunflower MS 7b |
How do I keep my roses alive?
Now I wish I could figure out a way to keep those miserable cucumber beetles and thrips from eating holes in the petals. BTW, Don Juan is a heavy spring bloomer for me with occasional blossoms during the heat of the summer and a minor burst of blooms when it cools in the fall. Is that usual? John (zone 6) Try underplanting with Garlic & Marigold - I found that keeps the beetles off but not the Aphid M |
How do I keep my roses alive?
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 03:47:37 +0100, "Maryanne"
wrote: Now I wish I could figure out a way to keep those miserable cucumber beetles and thrips from eating holes in the petals. BTW, Don Juan is a heavy spring bloomer for me with occasional blossoms during the heat of the summer and a minor burst of blooms when it cools in the fall. Is that usual? John (zone 6) Try underplanting with Garlic & Marigold - I found that keeps the beetles off but not the Aphid M I have a thick row of garlic in front of my Don Juan. It dies off around late May due to the intense summer heat. The Don Juan still gets attacked by Jap beetles and aphids, so I'm left with using a rose systemic which is very effective. I have not found any (natural) methods that work well, unfortunately. |
How do I keep my roses alive?
Whereabouts are you - how hot is "intense heat" - garlic here grows happily
up to the high 90'sF if it gets regular water - not even a lot of it? "Phisherman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 03:47:37 +0100, "Maryanne" wrote: Now I wish I could figure out a way to keep those miserable cucumber beetles and thrips from eating holes in the petals. BTW, Don Juan is a heavy spring bloomer for me with occasional blossoms during the heat of the summer and a minor burst of blooms when it cools in the fall. Is that usual? John (zone 6) Try underplanting with Garlic & Marigold - I found that keeps the beetles off but not the Aphid M I have a thick row of garlic in front of my Don Juan. It dies off around late May due to the intense summer heat. The Don Juan still gets attacked by Jap beetles and aphids, so I'm left with using a rose systemic which is very effective. I have not found any (natural) methods that work well, unfortunately. |
How do I keep my roses alive?
Maybe our garlic (indigenous to SA) is a different plant? Mine certainly
dont die off - they just sotp flowring for a short while every now & then "Phisherman" wrote in message ... East Tennessee. Garlic comes up in January, then "dies off" in early summer. We can get sustaining temperatures in the upper 90's in early summer. The roses love it, though. I water the roses/garlic if we don't get at least 1" of rain per week, and keep a thick organic mulch over the area. The garlic is growing very well right now (day temp low 70's, evening mid 40's). Onions, garlic, leeks, etc prefer cool temperatures. On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 04:27:15 +0100, "Maryanne" wrote: Whereabouts are you - how hot is "intense heat" - garlic here grows happily up to the high 90'sF if it gets regular water - not even a lot of it? "Phisherman" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 03:47:37 +0100, "Maryanne" wrote: Now I wish I could figure out a way to keep those miserable cucumber beetles and thrips from eating holes in the petals. BTW, Don Juan is a heavy spring bloomer for me with occasional blossoms during the heat of the summer and a minor burst of blooms when it cools in the fall. Is that usual? John (zone 6) Try underplanting with Garlic & Marigold - I found that keeps the beetles off but not the Aphid M I have a thick row of garlic in front of my Don Juan. It dies off around late May due to the intense summer heat. The Don Juan still gets attacked by Jap beetles and aphids, so I'm left with using a rose systemic which is very effective. I have not found any (natural) methods that work well, unfortunately. |
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