Clipping
Where do I clip roses ( for indoor vases) to insure more blooms.
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Clipping
On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:34:17 -0400, "Julie Webb"
wrote: Where do I clip roses ( for indoor vases) to insure more blooms. Hi Julie! Most people recommend cutting at the first five-leafed cluster, but I cut anywhere below that where the cut will improve the looks of the overall bush. I do not like my blooms above my head! (I assume you are taling about hybrid teas, which usually grow pretty tall, because they are usually the ones grown for cutting.) Actually, the five-leaf set thing applies to all kinds, I guess. Also, whether cutting for the vase or just deadheading to ensure rebloom on repeat bloomers, you are supposed to make a slanted cut, with the low end of the slant toward the middle of the plant, the high end pointing right at you, if you are looking down on it. Make sense? There are some who say that for deadheading, just snapping off the very head of the bloom makes for better rebloom. I cannot imagine this for hybrid teas, but can see it for shrubs and floribundas, maybe. I do it when I don't have my felcos with me. Tell us, what are you growing? |
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