. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WHEN TO PLANT BOSES. When is the proper time to plant roses to make them bloom in the winter t I have been advised to wait until January and set out 1-year-old roots so that I would get roses next fall. What age of roots should I plant f Are own-root or grafted roses best for forcing t E. D.—Ga. For fall and winter blooming, rose growers plant in May and June, using young plants from 3-inch pots mostly. Plants benched in January should give abundant bloom during the summer months. Both own-root and grafted plants are benched, with the grafted stock
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. WHEN TO PLANT BOSES. When is the proper time to plant roses to make them bloom in the winter t I have been advised to wait until January and set out 1-year-old roots so that I would get roses next fall. What age of roots should I plant f Are own-root or grafted roses best for forcing t E. D.—Ga. For fall and winter blooming, rose growers plant in May and June, using young plants from 3-inch pots mostly. Plants benched in January should give abundant bloom during the summer months. Both own-root and grafted plants are benched, with the grafted stock in the majority. Most varieties prodifce a quicker and stronger growth when grafted on Manetti, but a few varieties do not seem to do as well on Manetti as on their own roots. A. F. J. B. ON ROSE BOOTS. I am sending you a rose plant under separate cover and wish to ask if you can tell me what the trouble is and how to get rid of it. Our roses are growing wonderfully and this is the only one affected, although last year we had several benches which acted this way. Do you think using young grafted stock will overcome this? We use only rain water from the roofs of our greenhouses for these plants. S.—S. D. The rose plant sent showed strong, vigorous growth. Though a little soft, the young foliage was of good size and healthy color. But the mature leaves were brown on the edge and partly shriveled. This condition has been noted several times where plants were growing in soil containing a consider- able amount of alkali or where the water used in watering the plants had alkali in it. In such cases, usually the plants on the south edge and any extra strong plant in the bench will show this effect first. If this should prove to be the case with these roses, I should sug- gest giving them an extra heavy water- ing occasionaly, as this will help to prevent the roots from absorbing the alkali contained in either the soil or the water. Of course, if only rain water is used in
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