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Saturday, 28 July 2018   My Hybrid Tea Roses

planted a baby of these today , can not wait !

* she has many buds already lets see how long they take to bloom

* any advice on them flourishing feel free to dm ! 🥰

There are pretty easy ways on how to make your roses bloom well. Some important tips to remember:

1) The way you “prune” them. There is a ritual of deadheading old rose blooms with the purpose of shaping your rose bush and stimulating new blooms. There are a couple of deadheading methods out there, but my favourite is the 5-leaf junction one: cut the old blooms off down to the first 5-leaf junction with the cane at a slight angle leaving approximately 45 degree angle of an inch above that junction.

This video will explain the method to you. Spoiler: it’s not hard https://youtu.be/4e41SQEaUAY

2) Roses are binge eaters.

No, not the ghoulish ones, but they really love to suck the nutrition out of the soil, so you must fertilise your soil regularly to make them bloom in abundance. This is as well related to the first point above as the real reason why you have to deadhead them.

3) Put them under sunlight as much as possible (if you plant them in pots), or open space with direct exposure to sunlight. Well, basic elementary school biology has taught us all about that process called photosynthesis, hasn’t it?

4) Watch out for *suckers*.

Live up to their name. They really do suck dry all the nutrition that could leave the other parts of your plant undernourished. Rose bushes usually have 3-5 leaves junction, but if you see an abnormal stem growth that shoots off the main stem (usually quite from the surface of the soil), unnecessarily very thorny, has 7 leaves junction, and grows pretty fast, please for the love of God, get rid of them ASAP!

They won’t give you blooms, only bewilderment, so don’t waste your breath on hopes there. Just cut them off right away from the main stem, and save your plant.

5) Pay attention to minor problems like fungi on stems and black spots on the leaves that usually associated with humidity etc.

6) Water them early in the morning especially in the summer. Initially, I did it for personal reason without any ‘scientific justification'— it’s more about enjoying morning breeze outside. Yet, turns out it’s really a good method.

An excerpt from https://homeguides.sfgate.com/time-watering-flowers-71467.html

Early morning is generally touted as the best time to water plants and for good reason. During the early morning, the plants get a chance to dry off with the morning and afternoon sun, and breezes throughout the day. Being able to dry quickly helps prevent fungal diseases from spreading throughout the plant

That’s all. They are the measures I have practiced so far and they work well. If anyone else knows other tips, feel free to add! :)

I am torn between 2 worlds , now that i am learning about trimming roses 😫👒

Question .

So does this baby ^ growing at the center of my rose bush qualify as a *sucker* 😳 ?!