22,151 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
Don't feel guilty, Donna, he was an interloper! But I know how you feel. I do the same thing when I shovel prune anything, even the Dr., lol! With my bad winters I figure anything that can survive deserves a chance. I'm getting better about it but I still look for good homes for my living cast offs.
The dark tips are just a little bit of die back from pruning and storage. If you look carefully you'll usually see that it has died back to the top bud eye on the cane. The rose can't grow from anything above that top bud eye so it stops feeding it and it dies off. Just snip it back to about a 1/4 inch above the bud eye and it should be fine.
Yes, that's grafted. Don't worry, just plant them a little deep to protect the graft from winter. They will still sprout and grow. Some people actually mound up soil around the canes to start with to keep them moist. The plants still sprout through the soil.
Cut off any white growth more than an inch long. These have grown in dark conditions. New proper shoots will take their place.
PS. Just saw that Seil above said the same thing. That should teach me to read previous posts before commenting.
I have planted over 130 bare root roses right into the garden this Spring, just planted 10 of them last night. It's not too hot yet in my zone 6a by the Great Lakes here, today's high is in the 70's, tomorrow will be 81. I water them every night after work, no problems at all. Good luck with yours! :-)
The name is quite funny! They could have named it Wine & Cheese.
Haven't grown it, but have seen it for sale, quite a dramatic rose. I'm not fond of red roses in general though with the exception of Mr. Lincoln, due to the fragrance.
Thanks to all who posted photos!
I saw two plants of Ketchup and Mustard in an open, no-spray garden home and absolutely everyone stopped to admire them. I took this shot of a ladybug (beetle). It wasn't the best example of a bloom, but that is why the ladybug was there. 
Better safe than spending another $20 or so for a clogged one. My neighbor was bragging he's had his two sprayers for 5 and 8 years, so now I gotta make sure I also maintain it. Does it have to be Dawn or any dishwashing liquid? Just curious.
I will use, rinse, add water and soap, spray, rinse again, hold upside down and nozzle facing down so no debris. And I also have those big safety pins that I'll just hook on to the hose part.
Thanks for all the tips!
I'm sorry you are having such a horrible experience.
To answer your initial question, try Harbor Freight. They have cheap camera systems that can be hooked up to a computer/laptop for continuous monitoring. You could also kill two birds with one stone by shopping home security systems. Many companies have systems that come with free installation and wifi cameras. This would solve your monitoring problem and also give you an added level of protection.
In regards to the greater issue, I would attempt communication above all else. Regardless of whether you catch him on camera or not, he will continue to be your neighbor. Right now he's angered at the supposed fact that you are running dirt into his pool. After a stint with the police he'll likely become more irate. Defuse the situation. Go and know on his door and tell him you'd like to start over (don't do this alone, of course). Ask him to show you where he thinks the dirt is coming from. Ask him what would be a reasonable solution. Once the dialogue has been established, ask him if he would be interested in hearing some of your concerns. Express that his trespassing has made you feel uncomfortable and that the last thing you want is ill feelings between the two of you. Express that had he approached you differently the first time that the situation could have been resolved a while ago. Keep your comments centered on how his actions made you feel, including his use of abusive language and aggressive tone.
I would do this because your neighbor is the last enemy you want to have. I say this now, mind you, but I know how difficult it is to be the adult in a situation like this. The pay-off, however, is peace of mind that no police officer or security system can afford you.
I apologize if my comments aggravate you and hope you see my suggestions as attempts to help.
Do you wet the leaves with the fertilizer? It looks like fertilizer burn, even if you don't wet the leaves it can build up in the soil if the plant is potted, especially if it does not have good drainage. I would stop fertilizing and water it thoroughly in order to dilute the fertilizer that may already be in there.
Since it has new growth on it I would let it be. Digging it out now and moving it will only set it back further. Besides that, in most parts of the country it's already getting too hot to really move things around much. Not that you can't move them but it's harder on them. This rose was already pretty stressed out so I wouldn't choose to stress it further. If by the early fall it has done some healthy growing then if you wanted to you could move it when temps cool down.
Yes, you can cut off the black parts. You can take off dead wood at any time of the year. It's dead and will not affect the growth of the rose. In a case like this I usually wait a bit until that new growth is taller and stronger so I don't accidentally break it off while I'm trying to get at the dead wood.
Pinching off the buds is meant to push the root ball growth faster. Since this plant has been planted for more than a year it really won't help it to pinch the buds. If you're planting a large potted rose, or even most bare root roses, they are usually at least one year old and probably two year old plants with fully developed root systems. They don't need to be pinched either. Where pinching the buds can really help is with small rooted cuttings and tiny band plants. By not allowing those small plants to bloom you force the rose to grow more roots to build a bigger plant that's better able to take any stress it may encounter. Once it's bigger, with more root ball, you can let it spend some energy on blooming instead of growing.
Thank you for taking the time to explain. I really appreciate these discussion boards. I have a couple struggling potted plants that only have one/two cane(s) producing growth and I pick the buds off since I really want to encourage more leaves/green. Lasting Love though, won't stop trying to give me 1/2" stem buds.
Gary, I know what you mean by bags of mulch being easier to use sometimes... We shovel the mulch out of the truck on to our front sidewalk then I have to wheelbarrow it out into the yard about 80ft -90ft away...
Bet your glad that job is done....
We have areas in our yard that can be mulched and other areas that can not because of it keeping the soil to wet... Our soil type varies...
When I brought the first 60 bags of bark mulch home, I stacked them in my two-car garage -- looked like a thousand bags -- until I got my garden ready for the mulch. Now that all of the mulch is in my garden, I even cleaned up my garage and it's spacious again. Now, I need another "project" (aka "chore") to tackle.
You might just have what are called blind shoots. That's when the terminal leaf set just ends and doesn't grow a bloom. Just snip the tips back from the end leaf set down to the next one and wait and see if the new growth produces a bloom.