I'm a complete novice at this. I put a new climbing rose (Bridge of
Sighs) into my garden about three weeks ago. It's in a fairly sunny
spot, a corner facing south east. I put some rotted manure into the
soil and I've been watering it just about every day since and I've
given it a dose of Miracle Gro as well. However, the upper shoots have
gone droopy like my house plants do when I forget to water them. I
think I've been giving it plenty of water, could there be something
else I'm doing wrong?

On 6/5/05 9:35 am, in article
, "Martin Pentreath"
wrote:

I'm a complete novice at this. I put a new climbing rose (Bridge of
Sighs) into my garden about three weeks ago. It's in a fairly sunny
spot, a corner facing south east. I put some rotted manure into the
soil and I've been watering it just about every day since and I've
given it a dose of Miracle Gro as well. However, the upper shoots have
gone droopy like my house plants do when I forget to water them. I
think I've been giving it plenty of water, could there be something
else I'm doing wrong?

Too much water, perhaps! How much manure and how well rotted? And what type
- horse, cow, chicken? It IS possible to 'burn' the roots of plants with
too much.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)

On 6/5/05 9:35, in article
, "Martin Pentreath"
wrote:

I'm a complete novice at this. I put a new climbing rose (Bridge of
Sighs) into my garden about three weeks ago. It's in a fairly sunny
spot, a corner facing south east. I put some rotted manure into the
soil and I've been watering it just about every day since and I've
given it a dose of Miracle Gro as well. However, the upper shoots have
gone droopy like my house plants do when I forget to water them. I
think I've been giving it plenty of water, could there be something
else I'm doing wrong?

I'd leave it alone for a while. I hope the manure was really very
well-rotted because otherwise, that can cause problems. Do you mean that
you put the rose's roots right on top of the manure or did you dig the
manure into the soil so that it was well mixed up, and *then* plant the
rose?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)