I have a rose bush next to neighbours fence that’s got fat from recieving left over nutrients.
We are going to see if we can get another year out of fence, but not sure if we will.
This bush has got such big roots that its shattered a neighbouring paving slab.
Would like to somehow transplant it but not sure if possible? Gonna miss her if she has to go
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I get so nervous about moving established plants. I have 3 rose bushes that are at least 60 years old. Left from when my Gramps first planted them.
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Wasn’t familiar with roses in the growing sense before and scattered the seed pods about the garden in places I might like to see roses.
I see now they need a lot of training down low otherwise they grow like a vine.
They say growing from seed is harder than cuttings with roses but they just seem to shoot up, and I just scatter like nature I don’t plant them.
I’ve always give them a bit of cal mag when I’ve thought look like there having what looks like a calcium deficiancy in cannabis, works a charm but the other neighbour who got got me the rose cuttings as an apology also gave me rose feed that states it’s high in mg don’t say nothing about calcium though
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They will start from seed, but you will get a weaker, spindly version. Most roses are grafted onto a stronger stock. It’s just better to buy them. You’ll end up with a hardier, nicer bush.
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I guess I didn’t realize that. I have 8 rose bushes on the west side of the house. I never really knew all that much about them and how to take care of them. Last year they got hit with PM.and sucked. Year before they were throwing rose better than ever.
I think this year, I’m going to feed them and try and keep on top of any problems. It would help if they didn’t have such sharp thorns. I need to learn more.
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Pm is pretty common here especially on my roses. Most of the time I just leave it alone and still get mass flowers. Once in awhile I get a wild hair up my ass and break out the green cure. If you have black or rust looking spots on your leaves, just leave it alone until they go dormant and spray a 3 in 1 for roses. Easier that way. They will come back healthy. Yes. Do feed them with some rose food. Instead of fussing just throw down some time release fert now and you won’t have to mess with them much. Roses are pretty tough and can be easy. I honestly don’t mess with mine much.
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I did too, unfortunately they all died. Well, one is still alive and not so much kicking, but at least toeing a bit. Although it’s weird, I left a bit of the trunk of one of them and I keep getting new growth. I really just want to replace them, just don’t know what kind I want to plant. I really love them, but to really make it worthwhile, it seems like it requires way too much effort. I wish there was a species of roses that looked fabulous, grew well and required absolutely NO effort. And as soon as I accomplish that, weed is next. 
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I planted heirloom roses back when I had a farm. They were lovely, but demanding. Last year, at a different place, I needed to replace some crappy bushes and found double knockout roses reduced to $5 each at the local garden center since it was just past prime planting season. I spent an afternoon planting them and giving a little feed, but otherwise didn’t touch them until a year later when they got a little trim to reshape as some were bigger than others. I was surprised they didn’t need more attention. I don’t know if they looked “fabulous”, like some of my heirlooms, but they were quite lovely…
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I checked them out. I had never heard of them (was never really a flower guy until I started reading Meesch’s thread) but they sound great. I will have to see where I ca find them. When is the best time to plant them in zone 10? Any body?
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Rose time just passed here. February is best. Next year? Right before they come out of dormancy in Cali.
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My rose bushes in the front today. I do cut them all the way back in January but not much else…
Yep. Just cut them way back during dormancy. Do a 3 in 1 spray to kill any disease or fungus. When they wake up throw down some rose food. Remove spent blooms. That’s all I do. The solid pink bush is about 60 years old
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Blue delphinium #seed
Mixed Verbena #seed
Sweet William #seed
New lavender bush
Gladiolas got spikes ready to bloom
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What is a “3 in 1” spray?
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A pesticide, fungicide and herbicide. It’s literally called a 3 in 1 sold for roses at any garden center
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@WMoon518 I meant to tell you if the one rose stump you left had been cut really low, you are only getting stragglers out of the plant that they grafted the original rose bush to. If so, that plant is worthless and should be dug out. For some reason the real word for the graft stock just eludes me at the moment. Stoner brain fade.
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I tore out my butterfly bush today. It was shading out my alstromeria and 2 shasta daisy plants. One of the daisies is forming a flower!! It’s first! I had such a hard time germing and establishing those damn plants last year. Finally! The first flower spike on my glads started opening today and the catmint @MomOnTheRun sent me is getting little blooms! I’ll get some pics tomorrow.
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Absolutely not. That’s good shit meesh, you’re good peoples.
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It’s called good Karma.
On the roses, I figured that, being that everything that grows seems to be one thing, growing on something else. Nothing seems to be just what it is.
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Don’t be afraid to prune they really enjoy it, silicone at the same time or in general will create new shoots, in fact when I get past my mental block I will prune mine a lot more! Oh any kelp product may give similar results to the silicon I would think?
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