22,153 Garden Web Discussions | Roses
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.
Since your not getting much sun right now anyway just leave it out to get as much as it can. IF it starts to get very hot and sunny and the rose is still struggling then you might want to give it shade in the hottest part of the day. If it looks healthy and growing well don't worry about it. Just leave it in the sun and keep it watered. That's a good healthy mix and your rose should be very happy with it without adding more fertilizer for some time. Disneyland is a really beautiful rose so sit back and enjoy it!
So i actually have 3 of these, 1 is sick....its leaves are limey-yellow compared with the other two. It has ivy growing around it unlike the other two but the ivy has always been
there and this is the first year it has changed color., it looks like maybe some kind of deficiency...any ideas?
Iron deficiency. Next to the foundation, the pH may be too high, preventing the rose from getting at the iron that is in the soil. Miracid in lieu of other fertilizers has lots of available iron and nitrogen that will help. I would buy some plain sulfur (at the garden center). 1/2 cup per square yard will lower the pH by about 1 point, but it takes a season to work.
My Ebb Tides (three) do the same thing, no matter their location in my garden The one in part shade is smaller, but the blooms fry just the same as the two in more sun. Frustratingly, ET doesn't do well in vases for me, and I love the way it looks and smells in the house. I have one Twilight Zone which keeps its color better in the heat, but doesn't do well in bouquets, and it just doesn't smell as good as ET, either. Diane
Thank you Karen. I am very tough with my roses. I only buy the healthiest plants from good rose nurseries. Anything that do not perform or provide enough olfactory satisfaction will get SP'd and replaced with better specimens.
Ebb Tide changes colour depending on sun and heat. In summer it ranges from light to bright pink to light purple. The fragrance is consistently good though. In my Summer it is only fragrant in the morning. In Winter it is fragrant from mid morning till late afternoon.
I was 4 yrs old and my Nana had a dark red climber going up the porch of her bunglow. The roses were quite prolific and every day I would grab a handfull of petals and put them in her mail box. I would ring the door and when my sweet Nana came to see who was there I would tell her the postman had come and she had mail. Believe it or not everytime she would act surprized!!!
Later on I found out her favorite rose was "Sterling Silver"...mine too!
Woo! Some beauties in this thread! Doris Day is super cute. I didn't grab her from brecks because I reasoned that I didn't need another yellow. Naturally though after seeing her I'm having some mild regrets. Lol
KarenPA,, Thanks for all the detailed info and pics. I was wanting Smokin' Hot and Miss Congeniality, but resisted and now glad that I did.
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