Roses

You can dry the banana skins and keep them in a jar ready to use. You can then lay the dried blackened skin on the surface of the soil where it won’t be noticeable.

I agree with Patsy .
Her advice is sound !

I've noticed that over the last two years that some of my plants are doing strange things - it must be due to the blisteringly hot summers .

I have roses in pots ,which I've raised from cuttings from pruning .
They are doing well and producing healthy new shoots .
They've had a feed and some compost replaced - I'd prune now , but they don't need it until the Autumn or next Spring otherwise they'd get a pruning .

They will need repotting and I've saved some old pots from David Austin as they are deep and accommodate the roots then I'll transfer them to bigger pots if I don't plant them out in the garden .

I have some tired bananas and they are about to be put in the liquidiser to provide a tonic for plants .
I also use old tea bags and coffee grounds from the cafe as I can't drink coffee -much as I love it !

Great ideas thanks. I’ve not heard about the banana skin went off to find more and I’m happy to see the banana skin doesn’t lay on top of the soil!

I know someone who has a rambling rose in a wooden half barrel tub and it grows all over their garage.

Bush roses should really be pruned every year, February is best, to about 8” to encourage vigorous new growth. A liquid feed is good or a banana skin.

Lollin Plant saucers on wheels are a game-changer! Still better to have two people to move the pot as they can be unstable, but the wheels make life much easier.

Thank you for the Helpful replies. I have been wanting to pot another rose rather than plant it in the garden and I was wondering if I really need a bigger pot that will become difficult to move.

The pot my rose is in is a square ceramic one, 15 inches high and wide.
I planted it with rose compost and a handful of bonemeal. Each year I take off the top inch or so of compost and replace it with fresh. It has been happy in it for 5+ years.

I keep it raised off the ground in the Winter, in a saucer in the Summer and I move it around the garden so it is in a sunny place for Spring - Autumn and sheltered for Winter.

Today I found two greenfly on a leaf - though it was a bit early in the year for these to be active, but was merciless and squashed them anyway.

I would use a very large pot for a rose Lollin, situated in a sunny position, with rich compost, drainage holes and feed/water religiously.

I started growing a rose in a pot for the first time last summer. I I wonder if it’s big enough so I’d be really interested to know how large a pot gardeners are using?

Good luck, lixy. My rose has always been a creature of habit, not a great flowerer but the few it produces are gorgeous. The others did the expected thing and lost their leaves as usual and are now sprouting fresh growth but this other one is acting like it’s a plastic plant, no sign of loss of old leaves or new growth. All very odd. I’ll wait a bit longer too, for the same reason and go in with the secateurs. Thanks again.

Similar here with my one and only rose bush, also in a container. It has new growth already too! I'm going to do as Patsy70 advises but had decided that I would prune it next week as we have had a couple of cold nights this week.
I moved it to a sheltered place last Autumn but I'll move it to a very sheltered corner for a while - no frost in the forecast but you never know!

I would agree with Pats70

Thank you.

Personally, I would prune it, scrape the top couple of inches off the compost, feed & water, then top up with fresh compost.