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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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