from Kentucky – Recently pruned and transplanted 6 Knockouts, starting to perk up. When do I feed them?

Question by rose m: from Kentucky – Recently pruned and transplanted 6 Knockouts, starting to perk up. When do I feed them?
I am watering the roses every other day.

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Answer by ammiejg24
I live in Ky also, I have about 30 rose bushes along the back of my house and I was told they can be fed about 2 weeks after that have been planted. But I was also told its not good to fertilize new rose bushes the first year so be sure just to feed them and dont not fertilize until next year.

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Question about digging up a rose plant?

Question by illinoismommy: Question about digging up a rose plant?
I have some rose vines in my yard, two, that are growing on trellis’ and are about 6 feet high. I’d like to move them and try to manage them a little better since they are out of control. They are dead now since it’s still cold. Can I use my hacksaw and slice them off at the roots, then dig up the roots and re plant them somewhere else in my yard? Or will they die from the extreme cut down and move? I’d like to start over with them and prune them much better this time…but they are substantial as they have been around for a long time…I live in zone 5 if that makes a difference. The ground is nice and soft now, so I a digging up everything haha!

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Answer by Assaulted victim in Eugene, OR
Hi, I am a Rose bush person. My name is Sonja Brooks. I deal with Rose’s every day in my yard.

Email me @ SweetRose6296@yahoo.com. I live in Eugene, OR.

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Hate to waste points with this question…but..Do plants feel pain when you prune them?

Question by chilicooker_mkb: Hate to waste points with this question…but..Do plants feel pain when you prune them?
Does the grass feel pain when you mow the lawn..or is it like a haircut? When you clean your plants leaves of dust…do they say ahhhhhh? That feels better. When you cut the thorns off of a rose bush..is that like de-clawing a cat? I have alot more to ask. This one is not about veggies..Does a lobster really “scream” when it’s dropped into boiling water? Some say yes and some say no. I love a good steak and lobster tails and any veggie you can name, but i still have these questions in my mind.

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Answer by Gary G
Yes, but since humans can’t here the Screams of Agony it’s OK!

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What is destroying my Rose bush?

Question by mom2blu: What is destroying my Rose bush?
I’m not sure the type of rose, it was here when we bought the house. Something is eating it alive though! I can barely see a leaf on it that isn’t eaten in at least a few places! Recently when I cut some for a simple centerpiece the water has lots of tinnnnnyyyy little green things. Not at all like actual bugs, but more like eggs or tiny caterpillars. I don’t see any regular bugs on it, so no visible adult aphids. A large part of the bush looks dead, though it was well pruned last year. The petals are falling off almost as soon as they grow, and whole buds are simply dying and falling apart.

What is destroying it? and what can I do about it? I read a mixture of dish soap and water can help, should I do that?

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Answer by gg
It is my guess that those are APHIDS.

Buy a box of ladybugs, and let them loose on your rose bush.
They eat all the aphids, then move on to another plant.

For a not-so-natural remedy, you can buy a powder for your roses that you sprinkle all over the plant (on the petals too), and it protects your plant. Check your garden center for the best one.

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My Knockout Roses are not blooming?

Question by Miel: My Knockout Roses are not blooming?
So I pruned them – even though I thought the wonderful thing about them was supposed to be they would not require it. I have 12 of them and some have some yellow leaves at base. We have had dry conditions here in MS but I kept them watered daily. We just had a good rain this past week. What can I give them to help them produce blooms? Aren’t they supposed to bloom throughout summer into fall?

Also, – any ideas as to what I can plant around them? What about Lantana? Which flowers would be good “companions”?

Thank you in advance! God bless you!

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Answer by ginkgo
There may be several reason why your Roses are not blooming. The first is they may need some rose fertilizer. The ideal time to trim roses and fertilize them is in March.

Another reason is maybe two things. How much are you watering them? The yellow leaves may symbolize over watering or a fungus. If they are newly planted, you can water them four times a week and they should be fine. Everyday is not necessary. If you are not watering them everyday, then it may be a fungus and this can be fixed with a fungicide you can buy at Lowes or Home Depot.

The last thing that Knock-Out Roses do is they do bloom from April to October, however, with any plant that does this, they have to have a breather. They will not bloom for a couple of weeks and get the bloom booster built up, then they will bloom again. Also during the heat of the summer they will not bloom as much. This is kind of how they keep there energy.

Hope this helps

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I have a rose bush with a bad case of black spot, is it a goner?

Question by Tink: I have a rose bush with a bad case of black spot, is it a goner?
I have a rose bush with a bad case of black spot, and its already lost most of the leaves on the bottom third of the bush – and the middle portion is pretty spotted right now….I would prefer not to spray with chemicals because they send me to the hospital….I have been spraying with sulfur which usually works great but its been a very rainy summer

What can I do to keep the bush? If I prune it hard to the ground, is it likely to come back? Or should I just rip it out and plant another rose?

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Answer by Freak
Are you watering the roots or the whole plant? Avoid getting the foliage wet fungus loves moisture. Spray a solution of 1 tsp. baking soda mixed in 1 qt. warm water in the early morning hours. Your still going to need the sulfur. I bet the weather might have something to do with your problem. If all else fails prune it and start over.

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Lady Banks Tea Rose in the Arizona Desert: What is a good fertilizing schedule?

Question by birdinhand55@sbcglobal.net: Lady Banks Tea Rose in the Arizona Desert: What is a good fertilizing schedule?
Hello gardening enthusiasts! I have in the ground, with morning to early mid day sun, a Lady Banks Tea Rose bush. I got it from the nursery about 27 months ago. It gets hot here in the Sonoran Desert, but I have heard there is a specimen in Tucson that has grown as large as a redwood tree (that may be stretching it a little; but I have heard it is huge; so they are supposed to do very well here.

But I have next to no experience with roses of any kind and I need some advice on

1) how and when to fertilize
2) how and when to prune.

I have the bush growing up on some lattice at present, but it isn’t very tall; maybe only 4 ft.

Hope to get some good advice.

Thanks to all of you who contribute advise. I will read every reply.

Walt

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Answer by rosepetal
Hi Walt, first of all, Lady Banks is not a Tea Rose, it is a climber. It blooms once a year in the Spring. So, if you need to control the size with pruning, you prune right after it flowers NOT in the winter as you would do with other roses. Fertilizing should be done on a regular schedule for best result, if you can, once a month with rose fertilizer, water regularly, more if it is very hot. During the winter months, fertilize with a 0-10-10 fertilizer, this is a fert. without nitrogen. That is important so you do not push green growth during the cold season. It’s a great rose and well worth the effort.

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questions on wild rose bushes?

Question by rose_faeri: questions on wild rose bushes?
theres a rosebush in my garden thats been there for about 2 and a half, 3 years, it’s called a pink knockout. In the past I never had much luck with getting it to bloom, so I figured I’d water it more, I figure if tomato plants produce more tomatos with more water, my rose bush would bloom more with more water, the soil does drain pretty well but can i overwater it? I dont prune it so i’ts grown wild, if that helps.
I dont have any intentions to trim it back and keep it “nice” looking, i like the way it looks when it’s allowed to grow as it pleases.

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Answer by Nick
It Is probably flowerless, most wild roses are.

try to by a rose bush at a local nursery.

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Is my miniature rose doing OK?

Question by Jingle: Is my miniature rose doing OK?
I have several questions about my Mini Rose, which since getting it about a month ago I’ve been really anxious over. I’m sort of bad with plants (I killed a bamboo plant eeh…)

But anyway, I think it was in bad shape when I got it because it had some pretty dead looking buds and some semi bug eaten leaves, but I pruned it and repotted it and put it in a window (it’s indoors or else my grandma would pick it, plus Im in San Antonio so most likely it would get scorched :CC) and kept the soil fairly moist and some stalks have emerged with some tiny flowers-to-be :D

but im still worried about most of the leaves and stems…

the parts that are thriving and heading towards blooming seem to have reddish leaves, and are growing very tall. Then theres parts that are growing new small to medium sized green leaves but they are staying very low and arent growing buds. some leaves get yellow at the tips, and there’s one big chunk that the stem is brown.
Is the brown chunk in trouble? Should I cut it? And is there any way to encourage these sections to grow taller and bud too?
Or are they a lost cause? They don’t seem to be making as much progress as the tall stems do (which have made very noticeable progress very quickly)

I’m not too sure how often to water it either, as I’ve heard varying things. if theres any way to tell from the soil (finger test or something) or just do it daily or every other day or something?

Also I’m worried about spider mites. If I can’t see them could they still be there? I havent seen any evidence yet but I just want to be sure.

ALSO. When do these normally bloom, in particular if theyre inside?

Thanks in advance!!

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Answer by aseachangea
Sometimes mini-roses are grafted, and I think this is what has happened to you. You have a half-whetever you bought and half-rootstock plant. You won’t be sure which stems to eradicate for sure until they bloom, but the vigorous stems are suspect. If this mini-rose is a self-rooted, then no big deal, just cut out the slow growing parts.

The brown chunk is in trouble.

Roses like lots of water, and mini-roses are especially vulnerable because their root systems are small.

Most modern roses bloom from midspring to autumn, some mini roses are old varieties as they have not been subject to as much rigorous breeding. Mini roses may just bloom for one or two seasons, there are one or two that bloom year round. No way to know for certain without checking the variety.

Spidermites are pretty obvious. They are these tiny bright orange thingies on the underside of leaves. On a normal sized rose you can spot them and treat before they harm the plant too much, harder for minis. Normally they can’t get to you if your plant is inside.

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how do i maintain a rose bush?

Question by skaborsk: how do i maintain a rose bush?
i recently bought a house that came with a big yard/garden and i’m still figuring out what plants i have growing here and how to maintain them. one of these plants is a little rose bush. i have no experience whith roses and no idea what kind it is. here is what it looks like right now-

do i have to prune it? fertilize it? any suggestions?
thanks so much!
*my house is in upstate ny, if that helps

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Answer by briggs451
You don’t say where you are so I can only be general in what I tell you. It looks to me like it’s mostly last year’s growth and should be cut back rather hard. If it were mine (which it isn’t, I know) I would remove all but about three or four of the heaviest stems, and then cut them, the remaining stems, down to where they are about 3 feet tall.

Some composted manure works really good on Roses. Try some.

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