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  • #16
    All hybrid tea roses for (hopefully) cutting...
    Pascali, Valencia, Elina and Just Joey.

    I know NOTHING about growing roses, please don't tell me these are terrible choices!

    I'm going to be planting them in a long thin bed, how much space should I leave between plants?
    He-Pep!

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    • #17
      Originally posted by bario1 View Post
      All hybrid tea roses for (hopefully) cutting...
      Pascali, Valencia, Elina and Just Joey.

      I know NOTHING about growing roses, please don't tell me these are terrible choices!

      I'm going to be planting them in a long thin bed, how much space should I leave between plants?
      The only one I am familiar with is Just Joey and it is fantastic you will not be disappointed. I am planning the start of my cut roses patch for next year and Just Joey is a definite. Would like a scented pale pink to go with it. I think I will be visiting Peter Beales in the summer to help me decide, just need to make sure I leave my purse at home.

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      • #18
        My roses arrived yesterday! Popped to the plot this morning on the way to work to stick them in a bucket of damp soil till I can get them planted out properly. They look like nice robust plants.
        He-Pep!

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        • #19
          Planted these out today in a nice sunny spot on the plot. Added manure and rootgrow just like in the D@vid Austin videos, so expecting great blooms!
          He-Pep!

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          • #20
            I have Just Joey in the garden as well.
            Vigorous grower and flowers right through the summer.
            I also have a lovely old rose called Ena Harkness.
            A deep wine colour with a fantastic scent but it has a weak stem so seems to droop a little.
            Well worth growing just for it's perfume.

            And when your back stops aching,
            And your hands begin to harden.
            You will find yourself a partner,
            In the glory of the garden.

            Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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            • #21
              I have been just reading through this thread and it reminded me of the stupid thing I did last September.
              I broke a branch of my En Harkness rose by accident.
              Not wanting to throw it away I separated it into two pieces and shoved them into an old metal watering can.
              They are both growing now and I can't get them out of the can.

              And when your back stops aching,
              And your hands begin to harden.
              You will find yourself a partner,
              In the glory of the garden.

              Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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              • #22
                I should be pruning, but will wait till next week so the frosts predicted don't do any damage, same with my apples.

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                • #23
                  I succumbed and bought 2 more roses last week - a yellow Céline Forestier to grow against the allotment shed and a pink Penelope for a the only uncovered fence in the garden. That's me sorted then - simply no room for any more

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                  • #24
                    Light pruning to remove crossing stuff and anything that looked weak or sickly, all looking quite strong, had a top dressing of FBB too and removed any encroaching weeds/grass.

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                    • #25
                      Quick cutting question: I understand the best stuff to use is this year's growth. I've got a rose out the front with wonderfully-scented flowers, and it needs pruning, some stalks of this years growth are already 18" long 1/4" thick. They are still green, but definitely self-supporting, not spindly. Will I have much chance of cutting them soon to try and root?

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                      • #26
                        No reason why not - best bet is to put a few in a slit trench in the ground somewhere shady and put plastic bags over them for a few weeks - with luck you may get a 50% strike rate.

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                        • #27
                          Will they be vigorous enough though, I thought the reason roses are grafted onto dog rose roots is to give a better shrub?

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by burnie View Post
                            Will they be vigorous enough though, I thought the reason roses are grafted onto dog rose roots is to give a better shrub?
                            Depends on the variety, how vigorous a plant you will get. I think the main reasons most roses are grafted/budded is convenience and predictability from the POV of the nursery. As they are selling their product they need to be able to do things in a v organised way and be able to predict roughly how well their plants will grow.

                            I've grown a few ramblers on their own roots OK and also the near species stuff like say "American Pillar" grows fine - if you tried it with a bush rose you might end up with something stronger than you really wanted I suppose - worst case scenario you can always give it onto someone as a present :-)

                            One upside is you don't have to worry about suckers :-)
                            Last edited by nickdub; 14-05-2018, 12:51 PM.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by nickdub View Post
                              No reason why not - best bet is to put a few in a slit trench in the ground somewhere shady and put plastic bags over them for a few weeks - with luck you may get a 50% strike rate.
                              Cheers Nick - what's the reason for putting them in the ground? I have a major garden pest (aged 3 1/4) who might well destroy them out of curiosity. I'd rather do them in the greenhouse if possible (I have some raspberry cane pots, so I can get them good and deep).

                              What are your views on rooting powder?

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by bikermike View Post
                                Cheers Nick - what's the reason for putting them in the ground? I have a major garden pest (aged 3 1/4) who might well destroy them out of curiosity. I'd rather do them in the greenhouse if possible (I have some raspberry cane pots, so I can get them good and deep).

                                What are your views on rooting powder?

                                No reason why pots won't work - I use the ground because I've got a number of buildings which provide North facing walls, so the soil there is more or less permanently damp - so its easy for me just to stick a few cuttings in, leave them for a year and then those that do root are a nice surprise :-)

                                I think hormone rooting powder is probably one for the experts - I tried it, and for me it seemed to make no noticeable difference. For the extra cost and the fact that I'm not sure its stores well, I'd rather just take a few more cuttings and accept a lower % are going to root OK - if you are running a commercial operation, then the cost/benefit will look entirely different.

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