Rose Leaves: To Strip – Or Not To Strip?

Now that we ’ve commence talking about pruning let ’s touch on a guinea pig you also try about a lot this metre of class . It ’s this .

After you prune should you strip off all the leaves ?

The idea behind this is those folio may carry some loiter fungus spores and you require to check that you get them out of the garden before next time of year comes in . Plus , as the novel leaves begin to emerge in bounce they will crusade the sometime leaves off go out a pot on the priming coat .

So yes , I would advise you take off the parting but rather than hand pick them one by one by one by one ; here is an idea to speed that along .

You may remember in anearlier postI talked about slaked lime and sulfur nebuliser and how it was great at treating disease if it got into the garden . In that Emily Post I cite when using this during growing time of year do so early in the morning , or on a cloudy day , because it will burn the leaves when the Lord’s Day comes out .

Then permit ’s harness this power for good .

After you prune , spray lime and atomic number 16 spray combined with a horticultural oil color at the dormant lastingness mix ( check the recording label ) . But this time when the sun is out ! It will take care of any likely lingering disease spore and at the same fourth dimension burn the old folio off . You are doing two jobs at once !

If there are any leaves bequeath you’re able to but clean them off by hired man .

Or do what someone on theRoses Are Plants , Too Forumsuggested and suck them off with a store vac .

Now , that ’s ingenuity !

felicitous RoseingPaul

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