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Forensic Science for Rose Deaths?
In article , dave weil
wrote: On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 10:33:01 -0700, Cass wrote: In article , dave weil wrote: Have you ever done the mounding thing with bare roots? I'd think this would offer sufficient protection from wind and dryness. I've always had great luck with this method. Having saidthat, one should do what one is comfortable with and what works in their climate. I always mound bareroots. I mound in pots too, using the cardboard collars. But my yard isn't flat and it's very exposed. And it's March 1, not June 1. Big difference. One thing I *didn't* do that I always have done in the past is cutting the first buds. Usually with hybrid teas, you get one or two buds, but in this case, the first flush all happened at once and I got over 30 buds on the three plants. I figured that the plant knew what it was doing chuckle. You mean you disbud bareroots? Not me. I sometimes disbud OR's, tho, if they are very small and clothe themselves in buds. And I disbud plants that aren't doing well, if I notice. I'm guessing that I'm going to have one more flush before it's all over. The downside to such massive bud growth so early is that when we had a big rainstorm a couple of days ago, it caused weepy blooms the next day (because there just isn't the substance to the stems yet). "Yet. " Heh, just how many roses have your grown that get more substance in the stems as they get bigger? So far the count in my garden is approximately 0 to 259. |
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