I have a climbing rose bush and for some reason I don't have any blooms on it. It is growing quite well, but still no blooms. Last year it bloomed all the time. Any suggestions?
2006-07-31 16:38:04 · 18 answers · asked by Troubled1 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I always save banana peelings & coffee grounds and put around the bottoms of the rose bushes and continue all thru summer and fall you will see a big difference in the blooming and the branches themselves.If you dont have coffee grounds you can also use tea bags but they need to be wet.Good luck with the blooms.
2006-07-31 18:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by sweetygrandma 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm assuming you fertilized it in the Spring- but maybe it was the wrong kind (try Miracle Grow for Roses- that works pretty good for me). Also make sure your bush is getting at least 5 hours of DIRECT sun every day (roses will grow in the shade- they just won't bloom). You also could have the odd bush- that for reasons all its own- blooms every other year (I've had a couple of THOSE- never could figure out why they did that). If you don't get any flowers next year- tear the bushes out & plant new ones. Don't give up!
2006-07-31 16:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it well trimmed? If it still has old blooms hanging around, then it will prevent others from blooming (they need to be cut as they start to bloom). Also, how are they being watered? Only at ground level, I hope. Anything above that doesn't need it. How does the "trunk" look?
I hope your roses bloom soon. Good luck!
2006-07-31 16:44:53 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the pH with any soil test kit. If the pH is too far off the plant will not be able to properly utilizes the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in your fertilizers.
Most roses grow well with a soil pH of 5.5 to 7, although a pH of 6.5 is ideal.If you find that the pH is too high there are several things you can do to lower the pH including adding coffee grinds as a topping to the soil. If you find your pH is too low you can use limestone.
Compost can also help as a top dressing it helps maintain a somewhat neutral pH (7.0 +/-).
2006-07-31 18:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by Gores_IceAge_Meltdown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fertilize with a mix of manure and compost.use only organic ferts.prune!prune!prune! one of the biggest mistakes is not pruning.cut each stem down to the next five leaf.as for climbing roses,(wild roses)a hard pruning can only help.dont take more than one third at a time.also a product by fox farms called tiger bloom work wonders.good luck
2006-07-31 17:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by jitterbugjims 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roses are acidic plants. and the rose has already taken all the acid out of the soil. just sprincle some epsom salt around the base of the plant. that will make it bloom beautifuly. also if u are spraying the leaves of the plant stop. roses dont respond to it well. just water it on the base. just sprincle the epsom salt on it 1time a month.
good luck.
2006-07-31 16:45:16 · answer #6 · answered by lee m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a rose bush that I transplanted 5 years ago. It has great new growth, but never blooms. Any suggestions?
2016-11-08 02:34:40 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll make your bush bloom .. haha im totally joking
2006-07-31 16:41:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you need to prune it? That always makes mine bloom, but I don't have climbers either.
2006-07-31 16:43:12 · answer #9 · answered by MOVING 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much shade? get a blooming flower fertilizer for it,
2006-07-31 17:30:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋