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Removing flower buds increases plant growth- does this work for roses?
I know that a way of getting small pelargonium plants to grow as big as
possible is to remove all flower buds until the plant is the size you want it to be and only then let it flower, that way the energy goes into the plant itself growing bigger. I have a rosa rugosa hedge that I need to grow taller ASAP. I'm wondering if removing all flower buds this year would help it to grow faster than it would otherwise. It seems logical- any ideas? Any rose experts know the answer to this one? -- VX (remove alcohol for email) |
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Removing flower buds increases plant growth- does this work for roses?
VX writes
I know that a way of getting small pelargonium plants to grow as big as possible is to remove all flower buds until the plant is the size you want it to be and only then let it flower, that way the energy goes into the plant itself growing bigger. I have a rosa rugosa hedge that I need to grow taller ASAP. I'm wondering if removing all flower buds this year would help it to grow faster than it would otherwise. It seems logical- any ideas? Any rose experts know the answer to this one? I would think not. Roses throw out tall upright shoots which don't flower in the first year, then in the second year these branches produce smaller flowering branches. So, whereas in the pelargonium, you are removing flower buds to allow the same 'branch' to grow instead of flower, in roses, the only benefit would be the energy diversion one, which I would not expect to be large. Your best would be feeding, but use a general purpose high nitrogen feed rather than a rose fertiliser designed to promote flower growth. On bush type roses, heavy pruning can generate strong shoots from the base. I don't think it works quite so well on rugosa. That said, I have a tall, thick, old rugosa hedge (about 7ft tall and 6 ft thick), and whenever I hack at that, I get a whole forest of new shoots from the base. -- Kay |
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Removing flower buds increases plant growth- does this work for roses?
I don't know anything about a rose hedge. I have never raised anything but
bush roses and roses that vine. I do know that on a bush rose if you remove the buds after their bloomes start fading, and you do it just above the first five leaf junction, you will cause it to grow taller and it will put on replacement blooms. Dwayne (from Kansas) "VX" wrote in message s.com... I know that a way of getting small pelargonium plants to grow as big as possible is to remove all flower buds until the plant is the size you want it to be and only then let it flower, that way the energy goes into the plant itself growing bigger. I have a rosa rugosa hedge that I need to grow taller ASAP. I'm wondering if removing all flower buds this year would help it to grow faster than it would otherwise. It seems logical- any ideas? Any rose experts know the answer to this one? -- VX (remove alcohol for email) |
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