22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
Sara-Ann, I work back in the mail room. We print 9 papers for different towns here in N.E. GA. I only work Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 1/2 day. Some weeks can really get crazy. My home rose garden is my relaxation. Taking care of the garden at the office is simple.
Ken - Your situation is quite different than mine. We are one of the newspapers that have our paper printed elsewhere, pretty common for the smaller ones. I can definitely understand how your rose garden is your relaxation. Even with where I work being a small weekly, back in the old days it could get hectic. Modern technology has changed that by speeding up the process.
Vinegar is a herbicide! Oil and soap can burn foliage in hot weather. Please do not use these jackleg kitchen-pantry mixtures that you might see on the internet. In the eastern US, powdery mildew is usually not a severe problem and is easily controlled.
Probably your plants will recover just fine if you are patient and do not "help" them too much. Just water thoroughly every 4-7 days depending on the weather and when the soil surface is dry-ish. Put down a 2" layer of mulch.Don't fertilize until they are growing out happily, and then use less than the label recommends. Best wishes, and come back for advice any time.
If they have no leaves and it is hot, it would help to give them some shade for the heat of the day, not super pretty but a plastic chair over the plant is an easy way.
There are some home mixes that are probably fine on your roses, but if you find one you want to try, ask here first. Usually some one has already tired it and either knows it works or it doesn't. There are a lot of "organic" mixes posted out there but people often leave out big details on usage and side effects on different plants and how they effect the long term overall health of your garden.
Seems like many of the rose issues we have on my coast could be helped with a spray of water no need for other additives :)
I've taken rose hips from places like my doctor's office, shopping malls and motels. I'm careful not to damage the plants in the process, of course, but really the mow & blow guys are just going to hedge trim them off anyway. As for neighbor's roses I always ask first. 99% of the time their thrilled I wanted some of their roses! So for me I'd be likely to take some when they were ripe since you know the place is abandoned anyway. As long as you don't damage the plant no one will probably miss a few hips. .
lol, tigerloveroses, about your being in the dog house with your wife for buying all of those roses. Just because she hasn't caught the rose addiction yet doesn't mean there isn't hope that she will. ;) I do consider it a very fun blessing that earlier--before they closed for the summer--I got my fiance bitten by the rose bug by sweetly asking him to take me out to Northland Rosarium roses here in Spokane. He asked me and the very helpful staff there oodles of questions, bought me some of the roses I've really been wanting to grow, and one just for himself! It's all good. Best to you and your beloved!! :)
Fantastic! I hope it does well for you and lots of pretty babies. Please keep us posted!
BTW- I did a cross of Sugar moon x Betty Boop. The hip has started to swell and hasn't turned brown. Is this a sign it took? (my 1st try too)
PS- am i supposed to leave the foil on all season? I took it off after 3 days ....