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Success with Opening Night!
Hello all,
I just wanted to post a follow up on the group about my rose experience. I posted a message a while back asking for help for a newbie. You can see the original at the following link: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...bdbb624a45be5c It has been quite an experience since then. There were pictures on that post of a very unhappy, freshly transplanted plant. Let's just say it got worse before it got better. I have had all kinds of pests on the plant including aphids aplenty, several kinds of destructive worms and the worst...japanese beetles. I had never even seen japanese beetles around here and the other day I found three happily munching huge holes in my leaves. I haven't done a whole lot other than to fertilize every two weeks with Miracle Gro Rose Food, keep the pests off, and keep it watered. The watering part has been really easy since we have had a lot of rain here this season. Oh, and I occasionally bury some banana peels around the plant as I read that they are "junk food for roses". So my reward is two beautiful blooms that just opened last week. They are so red that it is almost hard to look at them :-). I haven't every really had a green thumb so I am excited about these. I had three buds at one point but some nasty worm at halfway through the stem at the base of the third before I knew it. Below is a link to the picture of them: http://www.sirensongboutique.com/ima..._29_roses1.jpg As I said in my original post these were marked as "Hybrid Tea Rose - Opening Night Jacolber PP# 11265" on the tag. Thanks for everyone's help on that previous post and good luck rose growers! Adam |
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