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Now the hoping begins
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seil z6b MI (
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Sun, Mar 10, 13 at 19:17
| Last weekend I watered the roses in the little greenhouses. I checked all the pots to see if there was anything that looked like it was sprouting and didn't find a single sign of growth. This week has been up into the 40s for several days and today we hit 65. Look what I found! This was more or less what I was expecting to see.
 But this is what I found!
 And not just on one or two but on several.
 
Now it's a matter of wait and see what the weather brings. If it doesn't get too cold I'll be OK. If it gets frigid I'll lose all of it. Either way they have to come out the beginning of April because there are plants, iris and raspberries, underneath that will be starting to come up. So the pots have to come off. |
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RE: Now the hoping begins
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| Congratulations, Seil! Looks as though you have some new roses to find room for! LOL! Kim |
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- Posted by TNY78 7a-East TN (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 10, 13 at 20:44
| yeah! Make sure to post pictures when they bloom! I need to go back and look for the thread where you talked abut growing roses from seed. As I was doing some light pruning today, I noticed all of the wasted hips on my roses, and couldn't help but think what they may have become! Tammy |
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Oh.....yum. I get sooooo excited when I find that!
My tree roses ( still in garage) have leafed and budded out all over the place! Still have inches of snow cover. Can not wait to see what's under it. Congratulations, Seil |
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- Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 10, 13 at 21:46
| Unfortunately these aren't my seedlings. These are the potted roses in winter storage. They're already starting to leaf out and it's too soon. I do have some seedlings starting though but those are inside in the basement under lights. |
RE: Now the hoping begins
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| That was the reason I gave up on storing pots of tender roses in the root cellar over winter. Even in complete darkness, they seem to have their own inner clock - and it wasn't set to the temperature schedule of my zone. No matter what the temps outdoors, they started growing way too early to be put out into the sun. All that early growth they pushed was wasted, every single year. I even tried to move them under the lights in the basement one year, but it's not the same as sunshine tempered by natural wind and the growth was too fragile and slim to hold up once they DID go outdoors. And then when I could finally put them outdoors safely during the day, there was the dance of in and out following the forecasts of freezing temps, which always goes on here for several weeks. That's hard to do when you work full time! I finally gave it up as just too much work. I do wish you luck though Seil! |
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- Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 11, 13 at 14:32
| These are outside so they do get regular sunlight. And once I pull them out of the storage wraps they're out for good no matter what. Luckily my patio is a very big expanse of concrete and stays warmer than any other part of the yard so they usually do OK. I don't do the in and out dance, lol! |
RE: Now the hoping begins
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| Oh, good for you! Then you have the best possible set up for protecting them where they belong - outside. That's great! :-) |
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- Posted by TNY78 7a-East TN (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 11, 13 at 23:00
| I just did a walk around my yard today (it was in the 60's!!! yeah!!!) and mine are looking a lot like yours :) Very excited to see some nice new leaves forming. We "should" be over the worst of winter down here, so hopefully we'll continue down this spring path! On a funny note, I checked out my 1g pots that are on the front porch in a protected area, and there was one that seems to be crawling off the front porch...a cane about 3 feet long has escaped into the bed in front of the porch...the rose: Ralph's Creeper!! LOL Never saw a rose so perfectly named! Tammy |
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- Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 12, 13 at 0:08
| Lol, an escappe, Tammy! Better plant that one where there's lots of room. |
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