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training a climber
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I recently planted a climbing rose in the front of our house and I was hoping to get some advice on the proper way to train it. I recently took one of the stems and tried to (gently) pull it towards the trellis I would like it to grow up. The stem ended up bending in a way that didn't feel very healthy and I think I might have damaged it. What is the proper way to do this? Thanks, Sonia |
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training a climber
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ups.com... Hi, I recently planted a climbing rose in the front of our house and I was hoping to get some advice on the proper way to train it. I recently took one of the stems and tried to (gently) pull it towards the trellis I would like it to grow up. The stem ended up bending in a way that didn't feel very healthy and I think I might have damaged it. What is the proper way to do this? Thanks, Sonia First, all climbing roses are not the same. You really need to know which class of rose it is. Having the name helps. Second, it's hard to describe in words how to train a climber. It's a lot easier to look at a diagram. I would suggest you check out articles on training at the American Rose Society website: www.ars.org or buy one of the inexpensive Ortho books on roses found at bookstores, home improvement stores, and the like. They have lots of very useful illustrations. Even a used copy will have the information you want. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 USA |
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training a climber
Sonia asked:
I recently planted a climbing rose in the front of our house and I was hoping to get some advice on the proper way to train it. I recently took one of the stems and tried to (gently) pull it towards the trellis I would like it to grow up. The stem ended up bending in a way that didn't feel very healthy and I think I might have damaged it. What is the proper way to do this? If the stem doesn't break or crack, then there is no problem, go for it. IF this makes the leaves face in the wrong direction, don't worry, they will turn and face the light eventually. As Gail has mentioned, different varieties will have different characteristics. Some will have stiff canes and some will have flexible ones. Some will throw out 4 foot new shoots and others 12 foot ones. The best way to train a climber is to attach the longest and largest canes to some sort of structure using some sort of string or plastic ties. The best time to do this is in the winter when you can see the structure of the plant easily and the leaves are dropped. If you pay attention over the years, you can make it grow wherever you would like. Most climbers will throw out long canes or side shoots in the mid to late part of the season. Do not cut any of these off until after you have trained the rose in the winter. This gives you more options of which canes to favor for growing in the direction you want the plant to go. The biggest problem most people have with their climbers is overpruning. The rose won't climb if you keep cutting off the long canes. It seems obvious, but to most folks it is not. I don't even touch a climber with the pruners for at least 3 years after planting. Climbing roses are not natural climbing plants, they are just particular rose varieties that produce long canes. They must be attached by you to the structure. I myself grow about 50 climbers in my yard and I use plastic 'wire ties' to attach them to the structures I build. I build the structures out of steel 'concrete reinforcement bar' or 'rebar'. It is inexpensive and can easily be attached to itself by simply bending flexible steel wire made for the purpose. Good luck, Bob Bauer http://www.rose-roses.com/ |
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