michaelk@copper.UUCP (Michael Kersenbrock) (07/05/86)
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. -- Mike Kersenbrock Tektronix Software Development Products Aloha, Oregon