Is it just cutting off the dead flowers & is there a particular way to do it? And when are the blooms concidered dead?
2007-11-05 09:31:58 · 9 answers · asked by angellovesryan 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
General Pruning: Dead heading and maintainance
You do this to remove any dead or dying canes or spent flowers. You need to pick a set of five leaves, but not necessarily the first set. Pick a set of five that are pointing outward because that will be the direction of a new cane and flowers. If you choose one pointing inward then your canes can cross and will cause other problems. Cut the cane at an angle like this (/) about 1/4" above the five leaf set. It is okay to do this with each cane and especially if the cane is dying. It is also okay to do this throughout the growing season because it promotes new growth. Also, it is important to seal any pruned cane the size of a pencil or larger with white glue to protect the wound and promote faster healing.
Autumn Pruning:
Any time between the first freeze of Autumn and the last freeze of winter you can seriously prune your rose down to about 2 feet. This will create a fuller, lusher plant for the new season. Once again you will want to cut at an angle. However, instead of cutting above a five leaf set, this time you will want to cut right above a node which will resemble a small, reddish, slightly pointed bump on the cane. Like the five leaf set, make sure the node is pointing outward.
http://www.bayeradvanced.com/article/how-to-prune-hybrid-tea-roses.html?source=google
Video from Expert Village on how to prune a rose:
http://homegarden.expertvillage.com/videos/deadheading-roses.htm
2007-11-05 13:55:29 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The deadhead is the dead flower and rose hip. Just grab it at the stem and snap it off.
Roses should at least have the deadhead removed right after a flower dies to encourage additional blooms. Otherwise the energy in the plant goes toward the growth of the fruit (rose hip).
Ideally, you should prune the stem of a rose bush right after the flower dies. On the existing stem, go back toward the plant until you find a leaf with at least 5 leaflets (the leaves occur with 3, 5, or 7 leaflets). A leaf with 7 leaflets is better. But, cut the stem about 1 inch above the leaf. The bud at the base of the leaf will then grow into a new stem, which will develop a new flower.
Also, roses generally bloom in clumps at the end of one branch. To end up with single roses at the end of the stems, pinch or cut off all of the buds from the end of the stem except for the first bud to appear. By the time it blooms, you won't be able to tell that there was more than one bud on the stem. And, the single bloom will be that much bigger than if you let multiple buds bloom.
2007-11-05 09:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by Paul in San Diego 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As soon as a bloom starts to look wilty you can cut it off below the bloom and before the set of normal leaves. You deadhead for appearance and to stop the plant from putting energy into seeds, from spreading seeds where you do not want them, or to make it realize there was no seed yet, so it keeps trying to make seed by creating more flowers until it runs out of season or energy to try.
2007-11-05 10:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by Amy R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you clip the dead blooms off. If you aren't cutting the roses to use as cut flowers indoor, you leave them on the vine until the bloom is spent (the edges start getting brown or the petals get loose). Cut it just enough to get that piece of stem off--leave any branches or buds below it that could start another bloom.
I use garden clippers, but garden shears will work too. And wear gloves, especially if you have roses with thorns.
2007-11-05 09:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by arklatexrat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it involves grabbing the blossom of the flower and just pulling it off. usually deadheading starts around now
2007-11-05 09:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by captainpantsbc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed with Paul of San Diego except it is not one inch; it is about 1/4 of an inch; cut on a slant, with a very sharp rose knife, or scissors. Find a growth with five leaves, and then make your cut as described.
2007-11-05 10:15:02 · answer #6 · answered by hopflower 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
cutting off the dead flowers, the ones that have finished flowering, as this produces more new flowers.
2007-11-05 11:13:12 · answer #7 · answered by 'Er indoors!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flower is done with a full bloom (not have to be dried). Pinch it off with fingernails, clipper, scissors, etc..
2007-11-05 14:33:25 · answer #8 · answered by Carole Q 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
removing the dead and dried flower.
2007-11-05 09:34:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋