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droopy leaves on roses?
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Posted by nynewbie (My Page) on Sat, Apr 19, 08 at 1:54
Hello!
I am a complete newbie, and recently ordered 2 roses (iceberg and clotilde soupert), which i received in early april.
The iceberg has new growth popping out everywhere, but half of the new leaves are droopy...
Clotilde soupert leaves were turning yellow and dropping for about a week or so after it arrived... now they seem to have stopped, although i don't see much new growth.
am i killing the plants or just inpatient? Both roses are in containers (rooftop) about 13" in diameter and height - the plants came in a 2 gallon pot...
do you guys have any pointers for me? i'd really appreciate any tips!
thanks!
judy |
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RE: droopy leaves on roses?
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| It sounds like they need more water..... Also, it's still kinda cold except for a couple of days last week. I think they'll be fine. I definitely don't think you're killing anything. |
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i think i was just impatient - there is new growth on both roses! :)
but some of the new growth on the iceberg still droops... i'll keep an eye out... hopefully they'll recover by themselves.
thanks! |
RE: droopy leaves on roses?
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| new plants don't have established root systems so you may need to water them a bit more than established roses. Its also been a little chilly |
RE: droopy leaves on roses?
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| I would like to recommend you try my grandmother's method of caring for roses which is to plant them over a whole FISH. Even in pots a fish can be a great thing for a rose bush. And some egg shells, coffee grounds and a banana peel or two would be good as well. Whatever the Fish Store has that is big and cheap is what I use. I have quite a few rose bushes. Some climbing, some upright. The oldest and largest came with my little house in Brooklyn, but I planted about 5 in the ground myself and I have three or four in large pots. They are all doing well. When I first get a rose bush I put a whole fish of some kind in the hole I dug for it, or it its new container. Each time I have NOT gone out and gotten a fish to put under a rose it doesn't do as well as the others!
The other thing I think helps my roses not get too much black spot or other rose related illnesses is NEEM OIL. I got it on line, but I think you can get it in a garden store. I dilute it with water and Dr. Bronner's soap and spray the plants one a week in the mornings, from Spring to Fall.
I'll get some pics of roses up as soon as they start blooming, in a few weeks.
Good Luck!
Audrey |
RE: droopy leaves on roses?
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thanks guys!
it's so weird, the clotilde soupert is really shooting up new growth all over the place, which makes me feel like I don't have a black thumb after all. :) But, the iceberg, which was planted at the same time, same sized pot, same everything, doesn't have half of the amount of new growth as the clotilde s. Then today, i found a bunch of green bugs on the new leaves of the clotilde s. - aphids!! But there were none on the iceberg. Is that normal? The containers are about a foot apart. Audrey, i don't know if i can do the fish - my dogs are so nosy and they already act very suspicious around the roses! hehehehe thanks!!! |
RE: droopy leaves on roses?
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| The Neem Oil might get rid of the aphids. I have had no cats or dogs ever dig up a fish. Of course you cover them really really well with soil! But I can understand you might not want to chance it! Best of luck with the aphids! |
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