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From: michaelk@copper.UUCP (Michael Kersenbrock)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Questions about Florabunda Roses
Message-ID: <456@copper.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Jul-86 03:00:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: copper.456
Posted: Sat Jul  5 03:00:00 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Jul-86 01:12:10 EDT
References: <17400001@hpfcms> <19229@rochester.ARPA>
Reply-To: michaelk@copper.UUCP (Michael Kersenbrock)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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In article <19229@rochester.ARPA> nemo@rochester.UUCP (Richard Newman-Wolfe) writes:
>In article <17400001@hpfcms> bill@hpfcms writes:
>>   * where do you cut off spent blooms?  at the closest junction, farther
>>     down, where?
>Doesn't appear to matter much as long as you are reasonable.

I'm not sure about florabunda roses specifically, but I read somewhere
that the place to cut the old rose flowers off is: above the first 5-leaf
leaf (whatever plantology word is appropriate for the rose). The
reason given was that there aren't buds at the 3-leaf leaves.  

Anyway, I don't know if this was a generalization for hybrid-teas (the
kind I have) or roses in general.  At very least it gives something objective
to use rather than being arbitrary (especially when you are deadheading
quite a few flowers).

Good luck.


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Mike Kersenbrock
Tektronix Software Development Products
Aloha, Oregon