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Either way works. What do you think happens to roots accidentally severed by shovels and underground critters? They get broken and damaged all the time. WE are the ones who are OCD about making sure anything damaged is removed, not Nature. If it's viable and not infected with a damaging pathogen, she simply has it continue doing its job. Kim

Dripworks helped me. I use 1/2 inch tubing run next to my pots then come ofc of it with 1/4 inch. I use bubblers in my pots or from lowes the mini sprinklers. Twice a day. One hour each time. My roses in pots were as tall as 10 foot tall (Mr Lincoln) and bloomed nonstop.

Thanks all! The ONLY kits available around here use only 1/4" tubing, which if I'm going to keep adding roses won't have enough capacity as a main line.
So ordered online a system with 1/2" mainline and 1/4" feed tubing. Should be all set. Thanks for the advice!

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I have never used it, but I do use a generic time release from my local fertilizer producer. As long as NPK is right for what you want to do, it should be fine. The product I use is much cheaper than Osmocote and works just as well.
This post was edited by floridarosez9 on Mon, Mar 4, 13 at 16:22

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Annie, Welcome to the Rose Forum.
There are lots of posters here like myself who did not read the exchange that hurt or offended some people--so we know nothing about it and are more than ready to take you at face value, starting right now! This is a public forum and anyone who likes to talk roses is more than welcome to participate. (Well, once in a while we get off into side issues, but mostly we talk roses.) I invite you to take some photos of your roses this summer and share them with us over on the Rose Gallery. Some of us really enjoy sharing rose pics and commenting on each others roses and gardens--and a clematis or daylily or iris has been known to sneak in there on occasion also--but mostly roses! Please do join us.
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Also, Kitty, I bought some of those big flexible 2 handled bucket things at *gasp* Big Lots.
I keep fertilizer, tools, use them for collecting pruned pieces etc.
The one I have the roses in is likely 20 gallons.
Also, they sent their roses bundled together and it made it really easy to get them into water.
No tape and all that stuff like with bands. I hate that part.
Always cut myself.

The white fence will be reflecting light, not necessarily heat. A dark fence would be converting light to heat (as does an asphalt parking lot). Your fence would be acting more like a bank of snow, or a glacier... preventing heat buildup.
Anyway, why not try some of the new Hybrid Bracteatas? Rosa Bracteata is from the Philippines, and while there are few modern roses bred from it, most of them are extremely heat tolerant. I think there are several in the apricot/orange/amber color range you specified.

You have all given me suggestions of roses that when I look them up I just say OOOH!! I want that one too!
lol!
love love love the pictures and description of Crepuscule and googling Hybrid Bracteatas is like opening pandoras box!
thank you all for being so helpful!

"when i saw it had brand new shoots coming from the roots."
If the rose was grafted, new shoots coming from the roots would be from the root stock, which is different from the original, "scion" rose.
What you want is new shoots coming not from the roots, but from the "bud union", which is a round, knobby thing above the roots. This applies to grafted roses. Do you know if the rose was grafted? Most are, but some are not.
The root stock most commonly used is 'Dr Huey'. 'Dr Huey' blooms only on growth that is at least one year old. This may explain why you didn't get any flowers. If you wait a year or two and don't trim or cut back any of the rose as it is now, you may get some 'Dr. Huey' flowers eventually. 'Dr. Huey' blooms only in spring for a few weeks, not over the whole growing season, like 'Double Knock Out'.

I wonder if your roses have botrytis blight.
Here's a snippet from the University of Minnesota Extension
..... Botrytis Blight is caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea. The disease causes flower buds to droop and remain closed. Buds turn brown and decay. Sometimes partially opened buds are attacked, and an entire flower may be covered by gray fungus.
Symptoms: A smooth, slightly sunken, grayish-black lesion may develop just below the flower head. The bud is destroyed. It frequently hangs over at or near the lesion. The fungus may also infect stub ends of stems from which flowers have been cut.
Disease Cycle: Botrytis is a gray fungus that generally lives on dying tissue. With the right conditions, any dead plant tissue can release thousands of Botrytis spores. Botrytis infection occurs when water remains on leaves or buds.
Control: Cut and destroy all infected blossoms as soon as they droop or die. To prevent large numbers of fungal spores, remove dead plant material on which spores are produced. Fungicide application may be necessary. A preventive spray program can include chemicals listed in table 1
Here is a link that might be useful: U of M rose diseases

I'm in zone 6b and it's no where near time to plant here yet. I have kept some plants that I got too soon potted in the basement under lights but that's a real tricky situation and you have to be totally vigilant about keeping them moist. They tend to dry out really quickly in the house, even in the basement. I
I have to admit that I'm one of those that left roses soaking in water for weeks...accidentally, honest, lol! They were fine and the water, though murky, was fine too but they were outside and it was mid-April, not March 1st.
You could also keep them in an unheated garage for a while if you have one. Make sure they stay moist in there as well though. They will stay dormant there until you can plant them.

I just got my roses in from Edmunds today. We are having cold weather here, supposed to get down to 29 tonight. I figured out a trick to help my potted bare root roses survive better. My Edmunds instructions stated on the first page to absolutely make sure the canes do not dry out - they referred the reader to a certain paragraph where they described how to do this in detail - so I know this is important to get the roses off to a good start.
My little trick is to get several sheets of newspaper and fold it to make a collar to go around the rose canes - after the rose is either potted or in the ground. I then staple the newspaper together so the collar stays intact. I can then fill the collar/rose canes with chopped leaves, good soil or compost. Then I wet the whole thing. I have also moistened wadded up newspaper and placed around the canes inside the collar. I have not lost a newly planted rose by doing this. I have also heard that to bring a bare root rose out of dormancy that a plastic grocery store bag is placed over it - forming a sort of greenhouse. I have tried this on roses that didnt want to break dormancy and it worked. Now, I treat all my bare root roses like this - it works just great. So if you pot your rose [you can probably get used black pots from your local nursery for free, Or maybe Lowes or Home Depot] keep the canes protected until much warmer weather comes. It makes a big difference [in my opinion - I am no expert, but this trick has worked well for me]

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This post was edited by leopoldee on Sat, Mar 2, 13 at 18:11


Pickering has it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Viking Queen at Pickering


The only reason I know of to plant the graft below ground is for winter protection. In your area that shouldn't be a big problem. I know that occasionally a grafted rose that is planted deep can go own root but that's not a guaranteed thing and takes years to happen. If it seems happy and healthy I'd let it be. Gentle Giant is a beauty and I'm sure you'll enjoy it!


We've had a snake slither up a porch railing and eat baby barn swallows nesting up under the eaves too.
One idea we use is to thread birdhouses onto 10 foot metal poles which are sunk into the flower beds to keep them away from squirrels. I don't think a snake could slither up, either.
There are so many trees here I think they're more decoration than useful birdhouses. In Alabama, though, the birds used them to nest in.
In this picture you can see the threading mechanism attaching the birdhouse onto the metal pole -

Since the premade grids are 14", do y'all think it would be OK to put two houses in one grid cube? With the little houses and the gourds there are going to end up being a number of birdhouses.