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| Hi there, I'm new here, hope everyones good today. I have a question about my roses, they are absolutely gorgeous at the top. But the bottom as you can see look very empty... Am I doing something wrong ? I'm not very good at knowing what to do with roses, have read loads of forums how to prune, but rather scared to touch bottom. Can you guys let me know what to do please or are they supposed to be like this ? Thank you |
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| Hi Vicky, Your post isn't receiving responses because you placed it on the "Off Topic" conversations part of the forum where people talk about non-rose related topics like dentists and vacations. There is a main "Discussions" side of the rose forum for rose related questions. When you ask a question about roses, its helpful to say where you live (zone 6 midwest, zone 10 CA, etc) because a lot of rose advice is local. Also, describing how you care for your roses helps (type of fertilizer, fungicide spray, bug spray used). Looking at your photo, I think you have a hybrid tea rose and its mid-summer. In most areas of the US, HT roses drop the lower leaves unless sprayed bi-weekly with fungicide. Its normal. If you live in a hot climate (south Texas, CA, AZ) you can cut them back to about four feet tall in August and new canes (with foliage!) will grow for a nice fall flush of bloom. If you live in a cooler area, August pruning will cause new growth that is killed by the first frost. |
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