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Where to prune?
I've been told different things for pruning off the old dead flowers. Where
is the correct place to prune them off? |
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Chuck wrote:
I've been told different things for pruning off the old dead flowers. Where is the correct place to prune them off? I don't know what everyone else might consider 'correct,' but my preferred way of deadheading a rose is snapping off the bloom at the abscission layer (where the stem is swollen just beneath the peduncle of the flower). This was taught to me by Mel Hulse, the Director of San Jose Heritage Rose Garden as a method prone to encourage more new flowering shoots than the old method of cutting back to the first five-leaflet leaf as standard practice dictates. I was told that this is a procedure that was found to produce greater flower production by England's Royal Horticultural Society. Here is a reference: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m.../article.jhtml The relevant passage is under 'Rose Tips' on the bottom of the first page. -- Radika California USDA 9 / Sunset 15 |
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Where to prune?
You will find a very useful article on pruning on the Bexrose Web Site at:-
http://home.btconnect.com/cadoss/bexrose Regards Martin Double Bexrose - Webmaster Email: Web Site: http://home.btconnect.com/cadoss/bexrose "Chuck" wrote in message ... I've been told different things for pruning off the old dead flowers. Where is the correct place to prune them off? |
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On Fri, 07 May 2004 23:20:21 -0700, Radika
wrote: Chuck wrote: I've been told different things for pruning off the old dead flowers. Where is the correct place to prune them off? I don't know what everyone else might consider 'correct,' but my preferred way of deadheading a rose is snapping off the bloom at the abscission layer (where the stem is swollen just beneath the peduncle of the flower). This was taught to me by Mel Hulse, the Director of San Jose Heritage Rose Garden as a method prone to encourage more new flowering shoots than the old method of cutting back to the first five-leaflet leaf as standard practice dictates. I was told that this is a procedure that was found to produce greater flower production by England's Royal Horticultural Society. Here is a reference: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m.../article.jhtml The relevant passage is under 'Rose Tips' on the bottom of the first page. The exception to this in my opinion, as I'm now finding out in my 3rd full season (so keep in mind that I'm a novice) is that for many hybrid teas, you *need* to take some of the stems back a bit, because you'll lose any decent shape to the plant and they can tend to legginess. My Mr. Lincoln is in need of some serious cane pruning right now. I'm guessing that this way of deadheading works well for bushy type plants like Baby Love (it's the method that I use on it - then at the end of the season, I trim it like I would a hedge). I'm also using it on climbers like Sombreuil and Old Blush. On my Aloha, I definitely take some stem with the blooms (because I use them a lot in arrangements that I take to work), although I'm not happy with my eye in terms of how to take them. When I bought my house, the bush was very round and well-shaped, not it's not so much. I think I need an expert to come in and do my winter pruning this year. And I wonder what this site means by "straight across" he "The Royal National Rose Society growers recommend cutting hybrid teas and floribunda shoots straight across with shears or a hedge trimmer. They believe this promotes more and stronger growth and possibly better flowering than traditional pruning and thinning techniques". I assume that this means just taking hedge clippers to shape the plant, not "lop it off in a straight line", right? |
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dave weil wrote:
The exception to this in my opinion, as I'm now finding out in my 3rd full season (so keep in mind that I'm a novice) is that for many hybrid teas, you *need* to take some of the stems back a bit, because you'll lose any decent shape to the plant and they can tend to legginess. My Mr. Lincoln is in need of some serious cane pruning right now. I will have to agree with you here - with my HTs, I don't always winter-prune, sometimes the only pruning they get is when I take off long-stemmed roses for the vase. Sometimes I prune them after they have finished their first flush. I was not thinking of those practices as deadheading when I wrote this last night, but thanks for making me stop and reconsider. Most of my roses are OGR bushy creatures, but I also have a fair number of HTs. For some reason, when I think of my roses I forget to think of the HTs! I'm guessing that this way of deadheading works well for bushy type Yes sir, that is really so. plants like Baby Love (it's the method that I use on it - then at the end of the season, I trim it like I would a hedge). I'm also using it on climbers like Sombreuil and Old Blush. Uh-Huh. In your climate and mine where the growing season is long, there are all manner of liberties we can take with how we prune and shape the bushes because even when we make mistakes, the rose will recover and teach us how to do it right the next time. On my Aloha, I definitely take some stem with the blooms (because I use them a lot in arrangements that I take to work), although I'm not happy with my eye in terms of how to take them. When I bought my house, the bush was very round and well-shaped, not it's not so much. I think I need an expert to come in and do my winter pruning this year. Ah! Where is the fun in that :-)! Seriously, I do remember feeling rather ill at ease with pruning, deadheading and everything in the first few years of growing my roses, and slowly, the roses themselves taught me how each individual likes to be treated. It may be uncomfortable for you now, but this will pass and you will have a tough time remembering why were ill at ease about pruning ever - one of these years, I promise. And I wonder what this site means by "straight across" he "The Royal National Rose Society growers recommend cutting hybrid teas and floribunda shoots straight across with shears or a hedge trimmer. They believe this promotes more and stronger growth and possibly better flowering than traditional pruning and thinning techniques". I assume that this means just taking hedge clippers to shape the plant, not "lop it off in a straight line", right? They do mean straight across - as in make the top all the same height. Amazing, isn't it? It really works too to the extent that I have tried it or seen it tried at the Heritage. I do something more in addition to certain rose bushes, like remove dead-wood and really inconveniently located branches, and the roses actually seem to like this treatment. Makes the pruning go faster too since I don't have to stand there and ponder each rose bush wondering where to make the cuts. -- Radika California USDA 9 / Sunset 15 |
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