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Wind blew down trellis -- prune?
Last night we had a windstorm and I woke up this morning to find the
rose trellis over on its side in the garden. The trellis is an arch, about 7 feet in height. I never prune the climbing roses on the trellis for two reasons: a) they say not to prune climbing roses and b) I don't want to get on a ladder to prune them when they're up so high. But now they are conveniently lying on the ground, and I figure, if there's any time to prune them, it's now. Your rapid response appreciated, since I'll probably deal with this as soon as I finish drinking my tea and wash up with the breakfast dishes. Warm Regards, Claire Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Cpetersky |
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Wind blew down trellis -- prune?
Claire Petersky wrote:
Last night we had a windstorm and I woke up this morning to find the rose trellis over on its side in the garden. The trellis is an arch, about 7 feet in height. I never prune the climbing roses on the trellis for two reasons: a) they say not to prune climbing roses and b) I don't want to get on a ladder to prune them when they're up so high. But now they are conveniently lying on the ground, and I figure, if there's any time to prune them, it's now. Claire, this may be too late, but I hope not. The identify of your roses *is* important. Bewa some roses only flower on old wood, such as Cl. Peace and most ramblers. So I would prune such a rose very sparingly, really just removing hips and giving it a good deadheading. And some roses are reputed to like no more dead-heading than just snapping off the spent flower heads. So...the names of your roses do matter, and one-size-fits-all advice could lead to a year without blooms. Once-blooming roses are best pruned after the spring flush, not in the early spring. Assuming it is a repeat blooming modern rose, don't shorten the climbing canes (the really long basals), but *depending* of the way your rose grows, you can "prune" your climber each year by shorteing the laterals. How short depends on how your rose likes to grow and how much you need to restrain it. I generally cut back to nice stout wood, about pencil sized. If any of the basal/climbing canes is very old and if your rose has lots of growth, you can remove any old, unproductive canes you may find. Good luck. I've used 3/4-inch galvanized conduit pounded into the ground to secure garden structures. You pound them in and then strap them to your trellis with U-shaped brackets. You can cut the conduit to size using a hack saw. |
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