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Domestic News
October 5, 1877
Buchanan County Bulletin
Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa
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Gardening advice on pruning and caring for rose bushes to promote blooming, including pinching shoots, removing faded flowers, mulching in dry conditions, and specific needs for Hybrid Perpetuals or Noisettes compared to Teas, Bengals, or Bourbons.
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Keeping the Roses In Bloom,
As soon as they have formed their first flowers in the open ground, pinch off the end of the first shoot, and as soon as the rose is fully opened, pick it off. No rose should be left to fade upon the bush, as when so left it exhausts the plant in the formation of seed. As the plant grows, pinch back the ends of the shoots when they have grown six inches, and rub out all puny shoots, thus keeping the plants in a rounded, open bush form. If strong shoots alone are left to grow, they will soon control the strength of the plant, and the flowers will be few and often of imperfect form.
Should the season be hot or dry, a mulch of fine, fresh grass or sawdust, or moss from the woods, should be placed all over the soil, three inches deep, and at night watered thoroughly, not sprinkled, but wet like a day's rain. The Hybrid Perpetuals or Noisettes require this pruning or pinching back more promptly than the Teas, Bengals, or Bourbons.
As soon as they have formed their first flowers in the open ground, pinch off the end of the first shoot, and as soon as the rose is fully opened, pick it off. No rose should be left to fade upon the bush, as when so left it exhausts the plant in the formation of seed. As the plant grows, pinch back the ends of the shoots when they have grown six inches, and rub out all puny shoots, thus keeping the plants in a rounded, open bush form. If strong shoots alone are left to grow, they will soon control the strength of the plant, and the flowers will be few and often of imperfect form.
Should the season be hot or dry, a mulch of fine, fresh grass or sawdust, or moss from the woods, should be placed all over the soil, three inches deep, and at night watered thoroughly, not sprinkled, but wet like a day's rain. The Hybrid Perpetuals or Noisettes require this pruning or pinching back more promptly than the Teas, Bengals, or Bourbons.
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Agriculture
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Rose Pruning
Rose Care
Mulching Roses
Hybrid Perpetuals
Garden Advice
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Advice on maintaining rose bushes: pinch off shoot ends after first flowers form, remove fully opened roses to prevent seed formation, pinch back shoots at six inches, remove weak shoots for rounded form, mulch with grass, sawdust, or moss in hot/dry weather and water deeply at night; Hybrid Perpetuals or Noisettes need more prompt pruning than Teas, Bengals, or Bourbons.