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 JANUARY
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- Review past year.
- Check container roses in storage. They'll need water.
- If the ground is not frozen, move any bushes you want somewhere else.
- Continue preparing any new beds.
- Order bare-root roses for February delivery (mid-March for potted roses, such as minis).
- Prune OGR's & English roses.
- If you are really compulsive, sharpen your pruning tools.
- WEED
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 MARCH |
- Plant new roses.
- Finish moving roses.
- Finish pruning by mid-month.
- Repot container roses that have been in a pot for three or more years.
- Check supplies.
- Dress up the beds with a 2-3 inch layer of mulch.
- WEED
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 MAY
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- Middle of May, apply granular rose fertilizer.
- Continue weekly spray program for powdery mildew and blackspot.
- Second week of May, add water soluble fertilizer to spray material every other week, at ½ strength.
- Finger-prune and disbud.
- WEED
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 JULY
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- Watch for insect pests getting out of control.
- Water.
- Continue weekly spray program for blackspot.
- Visit some gardens.
- Share your roses.
- WEED
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 SEPTEMBER
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- Continue weekly spray program for powdery mildew.
- Clean up any fallen leaves from blackspot, spider mites or natural leafdrop.
- If you want to fertilize, use only a soluble fertilizer, such as MiracleGro or Peters, in your spray program.
- Water as needed (at least 1" per week).
- Prepare any new beds for next year's new roses.
- Stop cutting off faded blooms; just strip off the petals to deter botrytis.
- WEED
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 NOVEMBER
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- After first couple of hard frosts, cut canes down to about 5 feet.
- Clean up fallen leaves.
- Prune out dead wood/canes.
- Apply winter protection.
- Move container roses to protected area or bury pots up to the lip in the garden.
- Dig up bushes you no longer want (for Dig-Out or discard).
- It's OK to move bushes now, too.
- Write off for rose catalogs.
- GIVE IN TO WEEDS.
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 FEBRUARY
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- Start pruning mid- to late February.
- Attend some of the Society's events.
- Loosen up soil compacted by the rains.
- WEED
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 APRIL
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- First of April, granular fertilizer, ½ to one cup per bush. Repeat every six weeks.
- Sprinkle ½ cup of Alfalfa pellets around the base of each bush. Water, then scratch into the soil.
- Start weekly spray program for powdery mildew and blackspot.
- Watch for aphids. Squish, or spot spray with Insecticidal Soap, a Rose & Flower Insect Spray, or Orthene.
- Middle of the month, mix one tablespoon per gallon of Alaska Fish Fertilizer and ¼ cup per gallon Epsom Salts and pour around each bush, one gallon per bush.
- Finger-prune new shoots.
- Middle of the month, uncover new roses planted in March.
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 JUNE
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- Late June, apply granular fertilizer.
- If thrips are still a problem, continue to spray buds weekly (use a spinosad product or Orthene).
- Mid-June, apply epsom salts, ¼ cup per bush to encourage basal breaks.
- Mid-June, remove lower leaves on canes to discourage spider mites.
- Watch for spider mites; apply Insecticidal soap or Avid, if necessary (2 sprayings, one week apart).
- Continue weekly spray program for blackspot.
- Cut off faded blooms to encourage new ones.
- WEED.
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 AUGUST
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- Beginning of August, apply granular fertilizer (last application of the season).
- Water.
- Continue weekly spray program for blackspot.
- WEED
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 OCTOBER
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- Apply 0-10-10 fertilizer and gypsum (or lime, if needed).
- Stop spraying program.
- WEED
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 DECEMBER
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- Order roses for next year.
- Start thinking about holiday shopping.
- Strip leaves from bushes.
- IGNORE WEEDS.
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