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I Caved......
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Posted by
lesmc 6a (
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Wed, Mar 14, 12 at 21:13
| O.K., I caved...I gave in....I could not help myself...and I know better!! I started pruning today. My roses were totally leafed out..forsithia in full yellow bloom, 82 degrees and I just, caved. Time will tell. I have 150 roses and I just had too!! so, I don`t even take my own advise. I`m pathetic. But, it felt so...good.anyone else out there give in? Sorry, Karl !!!!......Lesley |
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- Posted by TNY78 7a-East TN (My Page) on
Wed, Mar 14, 12 at 21:50
| LOL...yes, I gave in last weekend too! Of course I'm in a warmer zone :) I keep trying to convince myself that this is just a warm spell...but I really think its here to stay! Tammy |
RE: I Caved......
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| Yes, I caved in today also. Some of my roses had 3 inches of new growth. Pulled the mounds away and found 6 inch white sprouts. |
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- Posted by seil z6b MI (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 15, 12 at 0:25
| I haven't pruned yet but I did take the leaves off the tops of the pots Tuesday. My district rose conference is this weekend and we're hosting it so I've been busy. Otherwise I know I'd be out there, lol! You can't fight Mother Nature and she seems to be saying it's spring so I guess we'll all just have to roll with it. By all predictions this warm weather isn't going away soon. So come Monday I'll be out there pruning too. |
RE: I Caved......
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| Guilty here also! Unless someone can figure out how to stop my roses from growing by leaps and bounds, they need to be pruned right now! I know in the past we've had hard overnight freezes in April, but postponing the pruning now will do nothing to protect the roses from a late freeze--so might as well go with nature and prune away. So much fun! Kate |
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- Posted by mori1 5/6 KS (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 15, 12 at 19:59
| Kate I prune my roses in the fall so I can focus on cutting down the pampass grass in the spring, all eight very large patches. |
RE: I Caved......
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| Yes, I pruned (and sprayed fungicide) last weekend, too. I feel sure we will have another freeze but felt like there was too much growth to ignore. |
RE: I Caved......
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| I was outside yesterday looking at roses and they are all leafed out with green stems. By pruning now (I like to keep mine small), will I be doing any damage? I would like to go outside tommorrow and cut them down. |
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