Thursday, June 24, 2010

Why doesn't my rose bush bloom?

I have a climbing rose bush and for some reason I don't have any blooms on it. It is growing quite well, but still no blooms. Last year it bloomed all the time. Any suggestions?Why doesn't my rose bush bloom?
I always save banana peelings %26amp; coffee grounds and put around the bottoms of the rose bushes and continue all thru summer and fall you will see a big difference in the blooming and the branches themselves.If you dont have coffee grounds you can also use tea bags but they need to be wet.Good luck with the blooms.Why doesn't my rose bush bloom?
check the ph of your soil, add some bone meal and a specific rose fertilizer.
roses are acidic plants. and the rose has already taken all the acid out of the soil. just sprincle some epsom salt around the base of the plant. that will make it bloom beautifuly. also if u are spraying the leaves of the plant stop. roses dont respond to it well. just water it on the base. just sprincle the epsom salt on it 1time a month.





good luck.
You need to fertilize.
fertilize with a mix of manure and compost.use only organic ferts.prune!prune!prune! one of the biggest mistakes is not pruning.cut each stem down to the next five leaf.as for climbing roses,(wild roses)a hard pruning can only help.dont take more than one third at a time.also a product by fox farms called tiger bloom work wonders.good luck
I'm assuming you fertilized it in the Spring- but maybe it was the wrong kind (try Miracle Grow for Roses- that works pretty good for me). Also make sure your bush is getting at least 5 hours of DIRECT sun every day (roses will grow in the shade- they just won't bloom). You also could have the odd bush- that for reasons all its own- blooms every other year (I've had a couple of THOSE- never could figure out why they did that). If you don't get any flowers next year- tear the bushes out %26amp; plant new ones. Don't give up!
it may depend on the climate of the region in which you are residing. i find roses flourish in very wet and temperate enviroments (England, for example) has your region been experiencing a drought?
roses need a few years to mature before they actually bud huge roses
Check the pH with any soil test kit. If the pH is too far off the plant will not be able to properly utilizes the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in your fertilizers.





Most roses grow well with a soil pH of 5.5 to 7, although a pH of 6.5 is ideal.If you find that the pH is too high there are several things you can do to lower the pH including adding coffee grinds as a topping to the soil. If you find your pH is too low you can use limestone.





Compost can also help as a top dressing it helps maintain a somewhat neutral pH (7.0 +/-).
Put a banana peel in the dirt around your rosebush and stand back and watch!!It's also great for tomatoes!!(Yes!! It really works!!)
I'll make your bush bloom .. haha im totally joking
Maybe it's sick. Maybe it needs more fertilizer and water. Or maybe it's out of season.
Is it well trimmed? If it still has old blooms hanging around, then it will prevent others from blooming (they need to be cut as they start to bloom). Also, how are they being watered? Only at ground level, I hope. Anything above that doesn't need it. How does the ';trunk'; look?





I hope your roses bloom soon. Good luck!
try some potassium rich fertalizer, potassium triggers flowering.
Use Espoma rose tone and water consistently.
Maybe you need to prune it? That always makes mine bloom, but I don't have climbers either.
too much shade? get a blooming flower fertilizer for it,

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