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I tried to take a couple, but the macro on my camera turned everything hot pink and purple, (probably becasue Shelly dropped it at the firehouse in May, and cracked the whole thing) If I can salvage anything, I’ll put them up, otherwise i’ll head over later in the week with the other camera and reshoot, I might have some old pics I can photoshop instructions on though, I’ll see if that helps…I’m sorry!!! (grumbles about people who drop my camera)
Yeah, I wanted to scream!!
Eagle~ I have some that I commendeered (sp?) my brother to take untill I can take some, but I have to photoshop the words on them, and I have to go to EMT class right now, so I’ll do it when I get home, promise!
Okay, these are a start…I have to take better ones…this is my climbing rose, but the same principle applies to minis. *DISCLAIMER~ this is how *I* prune my roses, I have been doing it this way for several years, and I usually get a triple blooming season. This is not the only way to do it.*
I was being literal when I typed instructions on these, please don’t think I’m being condesending!
I’ll take better ones soon, or if you need anything else, or have any questions, ask away!
Do you do this with all the branches with a 5-leaflet, or just the ones that have dead blooms on the end? Also, do you also prune about 1/4″ from the first 5-leaflet?
eaglefeather831 wrote:Do you do this with all the branches with a 5-leaflet, or just the ones that have dead blooms on the end? Also, do you also prune about 1/4″ from the first 5-leaflet?
During blooming season I usually just do the ones with dead blooms, but it can be done on all of them, I don’t recommend it, because there should always be some new growth, unless you have a crazy long stem and it grows faster than the rest, those I nip. If it’s an outdoor rose (planted in the ground all the time) when I winterize everything gets cut much lower. (winterizing is a diffrent technique all together) And yes, about a 1/4 inch is fine, right under the last thorn on the stem, (if there are any) try not to leave a thorn on the stubby cut end.
If you prune it too much, you’ll kill it. Since your bush is so young, I would minimize the pruning on it and see how the bush responds. Once the bush gets stronger, you can prune it more.
purpledragonclaw wrote:If you prune it too much, you’ll kill it. Since your bush is so young, I would minimize the pruning on it and see how the bush responds. Once the bush gets stronger, you can prune it more.
I second that wholeheartedly
Did you get a little clipper happy? lol…you should take a picture so we can see, I’m sure it’s fine…and growing season isn’t over yet, It’ll probably bounce back!
My mini rose bush is rockin! My 4 regular bushes are dieing… two are already dead and the other two are following…
I am thinking its either the crab grass has choked them out or they got bugs in the roots…
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