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Posted by rehabbingisgreen Z5 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 2, 09 at 14:31
| Has anyone made a tea rose a permanant indoor plant with much luck?
I have a Blue Moon that I brought in last winter because the winters here are just too cold. I kept her in the kitchen and to be fair there really isn't enough light there for a rose to be truly happy.
Regardless she grew new leaves and bloomed nicely indoors over the winter.
I put her outside over the summer and we had poor leaves and only two blooms the entire season. I believe this is due to the nights being so cool here. They are often in the upper 30's to lower 40's even in summer. I'm in the high desert.
So now that the weather has turned cool outside again I brought her back in. She dropped all the leaves and sprouted back out and is looking healthy again.
Is it possible to just give her a nice spot indoors and keep her inside or would it take a toll eventually?
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RE: Keep Tea rose as indoor plant?
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Blue Moon is a hybrid tea not a tea. They are two entirely different types of roses. Tea roses are tender and won't survive zone 5 winters. Hybrid teas, while tender can survive cold and with the proper protection, will survive below zero temps.
Roses are an outdoor plant and "normally" do not do well if grown indoors.
That said, some have good luck growing roses indoors. They have just the right combination of temperature, humidity, and light. If something is lacking, you'll find out eventually. If your Blue Moon thrives indoors, the conditions are good in your home. Good luck! |
RE: Keep Tea rose as indoor plant?
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My indoor rose growing skills still need alot of improving. What I do now is replace the old potting soil with the use of compost and such things like perlite ect... In all honesty I suggest you get a bag of potting soil with perlite and such already in it it will help alot to not have bugs climbing out of the pot in dead winter.
I set the repotted rose in an empty kitty litter box and watering on a three to four day cycle with recycling the water in the box, in 2 month cycles I use a 1/2 amount of organic fert required on 2 month schedule. Where I lack on this subject is: Getting an indoor grower is good air and temps. I get the temps. I get the air, but I can't get both in the dead of our cold and snowy winters
As you are getting new foilage indicates you are getting good lighting sounds like a good spot The best idea I use is to let it be outside as often and as long as possible for this idea I let the standing water in kitty box form a thin ice layer on top to say bring it in and let it rest two or more feet off the indoor floor in best sun lite window area. My lack of good air while inside sends powdery mildew to be an item I must warn you of, be on the ready for it. Yes the pest in the pots will freeze out if you get them, no shame though chances are as it was outside the eggs of em are in the pot they are perhaps fruit fly sized and quickly multiply in the nice indoor temps.
Hope this helps:
Best of luck
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RE: Keep Tea rose as indoor plant?
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I had good luck last winter with some Teas and Hybrid Teas in pots. They were in my basement from October until late April with a fan for air circulation, a four-tube full spectrum fluorescent fixture right above them (and I mean RIGHT above, suspended on chains)and weekly showers to keep away the spider mites, aphids and powdery mildew. Of all the care I gave them, I think the showers (and I DO mean that I lugged the pots into the shower stall and thoroughly washed them off each and every weekend) helped the most to keep them clean - pest and disease free. It took a while to come ahead on the aphids, but I was persistent and finally I had no more problem with them. The roses grew well and bloomed in winter for me. That said, it was a lot of work. None of my houseplants, including my collection of African Violets required so much physical effort.
I currently still have the (same) pots outdoors and am really on the fence about what to do with them - I'm thinking I'm not so eager to bring them indoors to grow this winter. I tried it, found out I can do it, and think maybe it's not worth it. (I'll probably end up slipping the pots into the root cellar instead to let them go dormant.) That's just me, feeling lazy and ambivalent this autumn.
If you do try to grow your rose indoors, I wish you very good luck with it - but be prepared for a challenge. :-) |
RE: Keep Tea rose as indoor plant?
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| "Found Rose of the Year 2009" in Sweden is an unknown tea that has been preserved for nearly 80 years by two families in the far north of Sweden, near the mountains. It was first probably given as a present to Anna Sofia who died in 1932 when her daughter Vera inherited it. Vera gave it to Bo at the end of the 60ies and he has kept it going and spreading it locally since then. It grows outside in summer, indoors in a pot in winter. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Old tea on the 65th parallel
RE: Keep Tea rose as indoor plant?
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| Oh, that is absolutely wonderful. Thank you! Jeri |
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