OH did some of our roses yesterday by just snapping off the flowers with his thumb. It looked dreadful with all those little stalks sticking up and likely to get dieback so I went round with the secateurs and trimmed back to a leaf node.
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How strange.....I was dead heading my roses last night (at 10 o'clock when I had nothing better to do!!) and wondered exactly the same, now I know, thanks for asking Chris
Chris you are right just pinch them them that all you need to do.
cutting back to the bud is usually done November or early march to encourage healthy new growth.
Last year i took a cutting from an old English rose Jacues Cartier three cuttings have been grown in pots in a greenhouse since last year all have grown and flowering all about 18 inches high, one i am training to make a standard at present i have potted it on this morning has a stem 18 inches high with a good bushy top and its the first time i have tried with a rose cutting it seam to be working.
I do either, depending on whether I happen to have the secateurs in my pocket and see no difference in the number of blooms produced. Trimming back to a leaf node does make them look neater though.
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Chris you are right just pinch them them that all you need to do.
cutting back to the bud is usually done November or early march to encourage healthy new growth.
Last year i took a cutting from an old English rose Jacues Cartier three cuttings have been grown in pots in a greenhouse since last year all have grown and flowering all about 18 inches high, one i am training to make a standard at present i have potted it on this morning has a stem 18 inches high with a good bushy top and its the first time i have tried with a rose cutting it seam to be working.
Orchid lady,
10 at night ? well you must love gardening, your get the neibours talking LOL
I do either, depending on whether I happen to have the secateurs in my pocket and see no difference in the number of blooms produced. Trimming back to a leaf node does make them look neater though.