Jemian, I am struggling with the roses I try to raise. Loost 4 bushes last year that never really got started. SO this year I bought different kinds. Two of the bushes are hedge like and I thin kthey will grow just fine. I bought two other climbing roses and I’m already worried about them. The small buds seem to die beofre opening up. Should I just prune them off before planting?
Plant them, water them in good and at the same time, prune. My roses are struggling with the neglect and starvation. So, I’m overfeeding them initially and pruning and weeding. All at once. I’m watering like crazy. In about 2o minutes I’m going to dust the remaining leaves with sevin. Tonight, I’m going to liberally distribute epsom salts to stimulate foliage growth and water it in as well.
Friday morning, I’m going to fertilize again. I’ll water it in very thoroughly. BTW, I’m watering twice a day, at the same time watching the soil and making sure it is draining. My thought is to keep the soil moist but not soggy. I’ll fertilize twice next week and then go to a once-a-week schedule.
Since last September I lost three bushes and the others are struggling with the neglect. There is not the healthy foliage I’d like to see.
I don’t know if what I’m doing is correct. I’m just playing it by ear.
You are correct about the student. I thought they had come illegally. But on the other hand, they need to return and work to improve Armenia or immigrate legally. And the young man can return on a student visa. He’ll have no trouble with the TOEFL.