You ned to tie the main stems to the arch so you can see the structure and stop it all flapping around in strong winds. Use garden twine, not wires, and tie stems loosely with a figure of 8 looping round the frame and then crossing before looping round the stems. This allows room for growth and a bit of movement but keeps it all stable.
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Thanks for the replies fols, apparently we will have another month of cold winter weather! So will maybe wait a couple more weeks then prune. Meant to say the Roses are just plants in the flower bed, not climbers etc
You ned to tie the main stems to the arch so you can see the structure and stop it all flapping around in strong winds. Use garden twine, not wires, and tie stems loosely with a figure of 8 looping round the frame and then crossing before looping round the stems. This allows room for growth and a bit of movement but keeps it all stable.
I use this stuff - I think it's called Flexi-tie. It's a stretchy plasic which has some give in it to allow for stem growth. It's a dark brown which 'disappears' visually, and doesn't rot like garden twine. Re-usable too!
You have to prune them definately in order to control the growing. Roses should not be neglected as they require a lot of care and dedication. You can check out one of my articles, where I explain how to grow roses from scratch. Click here to see it.
don't pussy foot about roses look beautifull but most are as hardy as a true yorkshireman prune em hard and they will still love you i've done it for the past 30odd years
Surely pruning roses now is a big mistake, at least with the frost about they are best left till it get's a lot warmer leastwise when there's no frost about, to me thinking it through logically if you prune now and there's a good hard frost it will kill the new growth, at least if they are left for a while when the frost's nip it will only be on already dead wood, I gave mine the prune in October to prevent the winter rock and haven't touched them yet, the ends are all dead thanks to the frost's but plenty of new growth below which I don't want killed by the frost so come end of April or even earlier I shall prune them
You prune roses now so the shoots grow and the buds form and you get a shape into the bush-we always get frosts this time of year-there is no need to delay at all-did mine weeks ago- zero damage
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No, should I be? Was worried that I might slice through the foilage, or break it.
You ned to tie the main stems to the arch so you can see the structure and stop it all flapping around in strong winds. Use garden twine, not wires, and tie stems loosely with a figure of 8 looping round the frame and then crossing before looping round the stems. This allows room for growth and a bit of movement but keeps it all stable.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Okay thankyou very much obelixx, shall be doing that very soon! How much do you think my roses should grow this year?
Thanks for the replies fols, apparently we will have another month of cold winter weather! So will maybe wait a couple more weeks then prune. Meant to say the Roses are just plants in the flower bed, not climbers etc
Thanks again
I use this stuff - I think it's called Flexi-tie. It's a stretchy plasic which has some give in it to allow for stem growth. It's a dark brown which 'disappears' visually, and doesn't rot like garden twine. Re-usable too!
You have to prune them definately in order to control the growing. Roses should not be neglected as they require a lot of care and dedication. You can check out one of my articles, where I explain how to grow roses from scratch. Click here to see it.
don't pussy foot about roses look beautifull but most are as hardy as a true yorkshireman prune em hard and they will still love you i've done it for the past 30odd years
Surely pruning roses now is a big mistake, at least with the frost about they are best left till it get's a lot warmer leastwise when there's no frost about, to me thinking it through logically if you prune now and there's a good hard frost it will kill the new growth, at least if they are left for a while when the frost's nip it will only be on already dead wood, I gave mine the prune in October to prevent the winter rock and haven't touched them yet, the ends are all dead thanks to the frost's but plenty of new growth below which I don't want killed by the frost so come end of April or even earlier I shall prune them
You prune roses now so the shoots grow and the buds form and you get a shape into the bush-we always get frosts this time of year-there is no need to delay at all-did mine weeks ago- zero damage
Leaving it is more of a mistake