Spill the Beans Blog
Spill the Beans Blog
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Rose Deadheading
We are now well into October and most of our rose bushes are fading with dull leaves, fewer blossoms and dropping yellow, brown or black leaves. The roses are getting tired and are trying to go to seed. It is time to keep the garden clean as it closes...
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Rose Garden Corral – October 2024
The October Master Gardener's Rose Cycle chart (https://napamg.ucanr.edu/files/254549.pdf) has us continuing to deadhead and removing infected leaves that show yellowing, black spots, browning edges and/or have pests lurking among the blossoms and...
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Rose Garden Corral – September 2024
September in the Master Gardeners' Rose Cycle chart (https://napamg.ucanr.edu/files/254549.pdf) has us continuing deadheading and cleaning out any suckers that grow up from the root ball. They generally do not produce any blooms, but they deplete...
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Heat Stress in the Rose Garden Corral
It has been a great summer, the monster rainfall of this past winter and spring a distant memory, and the yard looks wonderful in May and June. You are pumped up about how well your gardening skills have developed. You are getting a sore shoulder from...
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Rose Garden Corral - August 2024
August in the Master Gardener's Rose Cycle chart (https://napamg.ucanr.edu/files/254549.pdf) indicates we have a lot of deadheading to do on our 50 bushes. In addition, ideally we should add some fresh mulch around the trunk out to the drip line of the...