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Planted six rose climbers end of April, we had a late spring... they are doing fine and starting to show signs of flowering. except one which did not make it. We are one hundred miles north east of Toronto Canada not sure what zone that is since it was all changed here a few years ago. Was wondering how do I take care of the rest during the season. I water them once a week and give them rose food. Is there anything else I should be doing.. jak |
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... Planted six rose climbers end of April, we had a late spring... they are doing fine and starting to show signs of flowering. except one which did not make it. We are one hundred miles north east of Toronto Canada not sure what zone that is since it was all changed here a few years ago. Was wondering how do I take care of the rest during the season. I water them once a week and give them rose food. Is there anything else I should be doing.. jak You and I are in very different zones so I'd be hesitant to make recommendations, other than deadhead spent blooms regularly to promote blooming. That should stop when you get close to your first frost date which should be - in a few weeks?? :) Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 |
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 02:47:53 GMT, "Gail Futoran"
wrote: "J" wrote in message .. . Planted six rose climbers end of April, we had a late spring... they are doing fine and starting to show signs of flowering. except one which did not make it. We are one hundred miles north east of Toronto Canada not sure what zone that is since it was all changed here a few years ago. Was wondering how do I take care of the rest during the season. I water them once a week and give them rose food. Is there anything else I should be doing.. jak You and I are in very different zones so I'd be hesitant to make recommendations, other than deadhead spent blooms regularly to promote blooming. That should stop when you get close to your first frost date which should be - in a few weeks?? :) Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 ZONE 8, happy days is it hot down there, I might be in twilight Zone, :-) I will deadhead the spent blooms, thanks for help. what type of soil do you have, just curious. middle of September it starts to cool down up here, thanks jak |
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[snip] ZONE 8, happy days is it hot down there, I might be in twilight Zone, :-) Not too bad - we've had a relatively cool spring and summer - lots of rain. Lots of weeds. :) Temps in the 90s by afternoon, so I tend to come in from yardwork no later than 2 PM. I will deadhead the spent blooms, thanks for help. what type of soil do you have, just curious. The natural soil is a very fine clay. I amend holes for roses (most of my roses are in raised beds) with a locally produced concoction consisting of fine mulch, compost, orange sand. I found early on that makes a too light soil - dries out easily - so I learned to mix back in some of the clay for water retention. middle of September it starts to cool down up here, thanks jak If we're lucky, it might get a bit cool around here by late November, and that might last into February. In the 10 years I've lived here, my roses have gone totally dormant over the "winter" only a few times. Gail |
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J wrote:
Planted six rose climbers end of April, we had a late spring... they are doing fine and starting to show signs of flowering. except one which did not make it. We are one hundred miles north east of Toronto Canada not sure what zone that is since it was all changed here a few years ago. Was wondering how do I take care of the rest during the season. I water them once a week and give them rose food. Is there anything else I should be doing.. jak Hi Jak. I'm in Toronto. Are you on the lake, or inland? If inland, you might be zone 5 (Canadian system) which is zone 4 (US). If you're on Lake Ontario, you're probably a bit milder, and may be zone 6 (Canadian system). You can check out the latest maps he http://wms1.agr.gc.ca/cgi-bin/mappla...s&layer=cities Glad to hear you're seeing signs of flowers. It's been such a cool, damp spring that our roses are about a month behind where they should be. Keep doing what you're doing: water and food. Stop feeding them by the beginning of August so they will stop sending out tender new shoots: that will help them survive the winter. Deadhead. If you're cutting a stem or branch back, cut back to where the wood is fairly substantial (so you won't have thin canes that can't support the roses) and cut just above an outward facing eye. You'll see little bud eyes above just about every set of leaves. Come the end of August, stop deadheading. This helps to send a message to the rosebush to stop putting out new growth (it concentrates on rose hips instead). Again, this will help your bushes survive the winter. For winter, you should consider heaping up soil around the bushes to a depth of 12". If you've got hardy Explorer Series roses, they may not need this additional protection, but many roses will need some coddling at this time of year. Ideally (and here's the challenge) you want to heap the soil around it after the ground is frozen hard: the goal is to put soil around it to keep the bush in a frozen state until spring, and avoid freeze/thaw cycles, which tend to damage or kill roses. Wait to do a hard prune until spring, when you can investigate your roses and see what canes have winter kill and which ones are still alive. Hope this helps! ....pat. -- Pat and Ash http://www3.sympatico.ca/patash/ Pat blogs at http://patsgreenthumb.blogspot.com/ Ash blogs as Michael Court at http://conceptions.blogspot.com/ |
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J wrote:
Planted six rose climbers end of April, we had a late spring... they are doing fine and starting to show signs of flowering. except one which did not make it. We are one hundred miles north east of Toronto Canada not sure what zone that is since it was all changed here a few years ago. Was wondering how do I take care of the rest during the season. I water them once a week and give them rose food. Is there anything else I should be doing.. jak Hi Jak. I'm in Toronto. Are you on the lake, or inland? If inland, you might be zone 5 (Canadian system) which is zone 4 (US). If you're on Lake Ontario, you're probably a bit milder, and may be zone 6 (Canadian system). You can check out the latest maps he http://wms1.agr.gc.ca/cgi-bin/mappla...s&layer=cities Glad to hear you're seeing signs of flowers. It's been such a cool, damp spring that our roses are about a month behind where they should be. Keep doing what you're doing: water and food. Stop feeding them by the beginning of August so they will stop sending out tender new shoots: that will help them survive the winter. Deadhead. If you're cutting a stem or branch back, cut back to where the wood is fairly substantial (so you won't have thin canes that can't support the roses) and cut just above an outward facing eye. You'll see little bud eyes above just about every set of leaves. Come the end of August, stop deadheading. This helps to send a message to the rosebush to stop putting out new growth (it concentrates on rose hips instead). Again, this will help your bushes survive the winter. For winter, you should consider heaping up soil around the bushes to a depth of 12". If you've got hardy Explorer Series roses, they may not need this additional protection, but many roses will need some coddling at this time of year. Ideally (and here's the challenge) you want to heap the soil around it after the ground is frozen hard: the goal is to put soil around it to keep the bush in a frozen state until spring, and avoid freeze/thaw cycles, which tend to damage or kill roses. Wait to do a hard prune until spring, when you can investigate your roses and see what canes have winter kill and which ones are still alive. Hope this helps! ....pat. -- Pat and Ash http://www3.sympatico.ca/patash/ Pat blogs at http://patsgreenthumb.blogspot.com/ Ash blogs as Michael Court at http://conceptions.blogspot.com/ |
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