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EVERYTHING ROSES MONTHLY

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"No rose shall be pruned before it's time."
Moving a Rose Bush
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Spring Pruning Schedule

 A favor please.  If you have called and requested that I prune your Rose beds and I have not called you to schedule that visit by March 7, 2010, please call me back and help me to make sure that everyone is taken care of. 
 For my clients, that I regularly maintain their roses, this call will not be necessary.
I expect to have all of the pruning done by April 10, weather permitting.

 
Don't rush to prune!
 
Pruning 
This is the time of year that a lot of us are just chomping at the bit (thats the way grandpa said it) to do something in the garden.  My advice is to go ahead and get out there.  Pick up trash, redo your mulch, spray dormant oil, prepare new beds,  but ,
DON'T PRUNE. 
You  have plenty of time to prune later on when the weather will be much kinder to your newly prunned roses.  The two worse things you can do to your bushes this early in the Spring in GZ 6b or below is to prune or fertilize them.
 
Either of these jobs will cause the bushes to push out new growth that will freeze back before it gets warm for good.  Be paitent, I know that they are putting out new growth and may even get some leaves before you prune them but it's ok.  You gain nothing by pruning to early.  Here in GZ 6b I recommend that you prune sometime toward the end of March into early April. If you must prune before that time do not fertilize them until April 15.
It is time for:
The  last dormant spray for the spring.
Planning that new garden.
Preparing new beds.
Fixing irrigation problems.
Controlling those Voles and Gophers
Calling Roses inc to reserve your rose choices for this year
If we can be a help to you in any of these or other task around your Roses please do not hesitate to call Roses inc. Tulsa @ 918-455-7673
 
 
Announcement
  
After a very sharp learning curve I have finally got all of our past issues of the Everything Roses Monthly available to you from our Web page.  Click here and click on the far right box on the Join Our Newsletter Tab.  Scroll down and click on the issue you would like to review.
Greetings!

new Dawn/Don JuanI don't know about you but I am ready for Spring.  They keep saying on the news that the metrological winter is over but the temperatures are not reflecting it.  It is really hard for me to get in the swing of things when it is this cold outside.
In the last couple of weeks we have potted several thousand roses and a lot of them are beginning to break new basil canes and leaves.  The green house looks like spring with green everywhere and even blooms spread around on some of the over wintered plants.  We have over 500 varieties for this Spring  so we will have a very nice selection for you to pick from.  We will  open our season on April 1 but I would encourorge anyone who is after that variety that they just have got to have, reserve it early.  I hope to see you this Spring.
 
Sincerely,
Mark 
Mark Stelljes
Roses inc Tulsa.
 
Moving Roses in Spring
Early Spring is a great time to move bushes to a new location. 
If you have some rose bushes that need to be moved to a new location the end of March is a great time to do it. Just follow a few simple steps and they will reward you with an abundance of growth and blooms in their new location.
  1. Prune the bush to be moved prior to digging it up.  Leave no more than 12 inches of 4 to 6 canes and remove all of the rest.  This is also a good time for the 4 D's of Pruning.
  2. Dig the hole in the new location where the newly uprooted plant will go.  Make sure the hole is big enough to hold the root ball of the bush you are moving.  Do not put fertilizer in the hole. You must not leave the  root ball of the plant exposed to the sun, cold, or drying wind while you resize the hole.  If for some reason you must delay the planting of the newly uprooted bush be sure and cover it with a wet towel until it can be replanted.  Do not leave it out of the ground for more than an hour or so.
  3. When digging up the rose to be moved you must dig out from the canes of the rose as far as you can and still be able to move the uprooted plant.  I usually dig a circle around the bush at least 12 inches from the main stems.  Dig by pushing your shovel straight down to its hilt and repeat this action until a circle is made completely around the root.  Repeat this maneuver, but, this time push the shovel in at a  25 degree angle where it moves  under the roots.  The bush will now be ready to lift from the ground.
  4. Take the newly dug bush directly to the new location.  If you are moving more than one bush you should do them one at a time.  If that isn't possible, give me a call and I will make some suggestions that should help the process go well. 
  5. Place the root ball in the hole and add or remove soil so the bud union or root crown is at the proper height.  The bud union should be level with or just below ground level.  The root crown should set about 2 inches below the soil level. 
  6. Now fill the hole half full of soil.  Do not tamp the soil by any method.  Using a 5 gallon bucket of water prepared with 1 cup of Fert-i-lome Root Stimulator, pour half of the mixture over the soil you have added to the hole.
  7. Now finish filling the hole with soil to ground level.  Pour the remaining water mix into the hole.  
  8. Mound the remaining soil around the plant and your done.  If it does not rain weekly for the next two weeks it is a good idea to water the bush once weekly with 3 to 5 gallons of water.
 
 
About Roses inc Tulsa. 
Those of you who really read the news letter will see that I finally did and changed this script. 
Our Store hours are 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday until April 1 when we will move to our Spring Schedule of 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday closing at 4 p.m. on Thursday and open Sunday afternoon from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
 
Roses inc Tulsa.
13201 South 129 E Ave
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74011
918-455-7673