Monday, February 8, 2010

Do you know how can I cultivate rose?How can control pest?

I want gardening.I decided to cultivate rose.But I do not know how can I cultivate rose.Then I think that I may ask this question to my yahoo friend.May be one of my friend give me good information which is useful for me.Do you know how can I cultivate rose?How can control pest?
Companion planting is a great way to keep aphids off your roses. If you plant marigolds next to the roses, the marigolds attract an insect that likes to eat aphids.Do you know how can I cultivate rose?How can control pest?
Roses are very hardy and very easy to grow. They mostly like full sun but you can get some varieties which cope with a bit of shade. They don't need a lot of water. In Australia, 'black spot' causes the most problem for roses. It is a fungus that grows on the leaf and causes a black spot and discoloration and the leaves eventually drop off infecting the ground with the fungus so that new leaves emerging become infected.





I have some variety of roses that have never got black spot (they are climbing roses). I keep the base of the trunk trimmed so that the fungus cannot get up onto the leaves. When I see a leaf with black spot I remove it immediately and I have to confess, as much as I hate pesticides, I have resorted to using a spray that I got from the supermarket for some of my plants.





I have planted 'bare-rooted' - roses available in winter and just normal rose bushes that I have bought at other times of the year.





Once they have flowered, cut the dead flower heads off and you should get another round of flowers (sometimes even 3 lots). In autumn you can cut them back (remove the dead flowers at least) and you will get lots of new growth in spring.





A friend of mine takes cuttings, dips them in hormone powder and pots them and has very successfully propagated quite a few varieties. Good luck!

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