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| Mikki |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 09:23:41 AM
Well thanks so much everyone. I finally got brave enough to trim my rosebush. Or should I say attack it? lol It probably feels as if it's been molested rofl. I don't know how it happened but I lost complete control, I cut some, then a little more, and before I knew it I looked like Edward Scissorhands. Oh well, it needed a real good trim.
~~Blessings, Mikki
I neglected to trim back my rosebush last year. My question is, can I safely trim it back now, before it starts blooming or would this hurt it. I've heard your only supposed to trim them back in the fall???
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Mar 28 2007 : 06:34:38 AM
I bet it'll be fine, Mikki. I'm usually TOO conservative about cutting back(just ask my dh-lol!). I hate to cut anything that's growing! But with rose bushes, a good pruning encourages bushing and stronger new growth. :D
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| Mikki |
Posted - Mar 27 2007 : 4:13:05 PM
Well thanks so much everyone. I finally got brave enough to trim my rosebush. Or should I say attack it? lol It probably feels as if it's been molested rofl. I don't know how it happened but I lost complete control, I cut some, then a little more, and before I knew it I looked like Edward Scissorhands. Oh well, it needed a real good trim.
~~Blessings, Mikki
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
http://strawberriesnapronstrings.blogspot.com/ |
| shelle |
Posted - Mar 27 2007 : 4:07:29 PM
I always trim mine in the spring as well. Never had a problem doing it that way.
Shelle
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| westernhorse51 |
Posted - Mar 27 2007 : 12:29:18 PM
I always trim mine in spring & it's always fine.
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| Rosemary |
Posted - Mar 27 2007 : 11:32:45 AM
Absolutely. Do it now! If you wait too much longer, the plant could suffer, but now's the perfect time, because you can usually tell the deadwood from what's still going strong. In fact, I'm going out right now to take care of the huge New Dawn climber outside my office. I trimmed it last November, but it needs much more, or it'll take over the town! |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 12:49:37 PM
I always trim my rose bushes in the spring. I'd wait a few weeks even though we are enjoying summer like weather at the moment.
Dawn in IL |
| Mikki |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 10:41:48 AM
Thank you Janice. I'm about an hour away from where you live in Austin.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
http://strawberriesnapronstrings.blogspot.com/ |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Mar 26 2007 : 09:36:08 AM
You can trim it in the spring, Mikki. I don't know how far up in Indiana you are, but there is still a possibility of frost for a while yet in this zone. If you trim them now, I wouldn't trim them back hard, just in case you get a late frost in the next few weeks and have to trim some frost kill later.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
