Moving a Rose In July

Hi woo, thank you, Cherub. I'll do the scratch test and then make a decision from there

 

Well, I'm back from my "scratch" test and it is good news: fresh underneath So, I have chopped off the upper stems (which were brown as a nut and clearly not worth keeping) and as I was doing so, saw a little fresh green growth: just the one teeny piece, but that is amazing!

I don't think I've done any harm by cutting off the top parts and, hopefully, the big main root is recovering from the shock and putting its energy into doing what roses like to do: grow and bloom! Watch this space ...

 

Great news 'M'. It will have done it good to cut it back and hopefully that will give it the energy to put on new growth. Have you fed it at all?

 

Oh no ... Sheal is trying to send me out into "bug bite" territory again



Well, I fed the planting hole with BF&BM when I replanted it (I've since been told that is a long term, slow release feed though), so, if that is the case, the answer has to be a "no". I've kept it well watered, but, I only have a tomato feed and "Miracle Gro" to hand and I'm not certain which, if either, would be the better bet?

 

Noooooo! Don't go out there tonight, do it tomorrow evening. It wouldn't hurt just to give it one watering of feed just to give it a boost until the other fertiliser kicks in. You can use either of the above but personally I'd give it a dose of tomato food. You can feed just about anything with tomato food, wouldn't try it on the family though!

 

I've just transplanted three Roses from planters into a border and they are all fine at the moment.

Last year I pulled up the remainder of some roots of a mini Rose from the front garden (I'd pulled the plant out the year before but the roots then put out a shoot). I put it in a pot and it soon put on some growth and is now flowering. I must have left a piece of root in the ground because that has also put on some growth and I have a new plant in the border. Given how hard it's trying to live, I'm giving in and letting it grow. Here's the little fighter ...



I've always found Roses to be tough as old boots.

 

That's a delicate flower Merleworld.

 

Tiny as well Sheal.