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Rose Bush Problem
I'm having a problem with a rose bush I brought back in February. We got 2
from B&Q, potted them in a bigger pot, and kept them inside until the frosts were over, then in March we moved them out to the front garden, where we took them out the pots, and planted them. One has grown pretty big now, and has 4 big roses on it. The other has a few small new shoots but isn't much bigger than when we planted it. And yet they are less than 3ft from each other, so the soil shouldn't be that different, they both get the same amount of water and sun light, and we feed them once a week. What could be wrong with it? Is there anyway I can improve its growth? I'm not sure what type it is, I will try and find the old container at home later, if it hasn't been thrown out. Ben |
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Rose Bush Problem
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:08:39 +0100, "Ben Blackmore"
wrote: I'm having a problem with a rose bush I brought back in February. We got 2 from B&Q, potted them in a bigger pot, and kept them inside until the frosts were over, then in March we moved them out to the front garden, where we took them out the pots, and planted them. One has grown pretty big now, and has 4 big roses on it. The other has a few small new shoots but isn't much bigger than when we planted it. And yet they are less than 3ft from each other, so the soil shouldn't be that different, they both get the same amount of water and sun light, and we feed them once a week. What could be wrong with it? Is there anyway I can improve its growth? I'm not sure what type it is, I will try and find the old container at home later, if it hasn't been thrown out. Bare rooted prepacks by any chance? If so, some plants will be in worse condition than others (none will be in good condition) There isn't anything you can do to improve the poor one, if it's still alive now it will improve slowly, might take a couple of seasons to catch up. ATM it will have a very poor root system and that is the only route through which it can get nutrients, there's a limit to how much those poor roots can transport. Any attempt at force feeding will most likely result in further root death so just leave it alone for the time being. Rod Weed my email address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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Rose Bush Problem
"Rod" wrote in message
... On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:08:39 +0100, "Ben Blackmore" wrote: I'm having a problem with a rose bush I brought back in February. We got 2 from B&Q, potted them in a bigger pot, and kept them inside until the frosts were over, then in March we moved them out to the front garden, where we took them out the pots, and planted them. One has grown pretty big now, and has 4 big roses on it. The other has a few small new shoots but isn't much bigger than when we planted it. And yet they are less than 3ft from each other, so the soil shouldn't be that different, they both get the same amount of water and sun light, and we feed them once a week. What could be wrong with it? Is there anyway I can improve its growth? I'm not sure what type it is, I will try and find the old container at home later, if it hasn't been thrown out. Bare rooted prepacks by any chance? If so, some plants will be in worse condition than others (none will be in good condition) There isn't anything you can do to improve the poor one, if it's still alive now it will improve slowly, might take a couple of seasons to catch up. ATM it will have a very poor root system and that is the only route through which it can get nutrients, there's a limit to how much those poor roots can transport. Any attempt at force feeding will most likely result in further root death so just leave it alone for the time being. Rod Weed my email address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html I wouldn't say the roots were bare, it came in a fairly large red plant pot, so there was soil in with the roots, we then moved it into another larger pot until we were ready to plant it. Ben |
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