September Rose Growing
...one of a series, for a complete year!

September Rose Growing is often the start of a second (or even third) blooming on the Rose Growing Calendar. Time to start thinking about fall clean up and the impending dormancy. Still time to cut and arrange your blooms and start planning for those gorgeous rose hips.

Use this months rose growers guide to build your yearly rose growers calendar. Your rose beds will be glad you did!

Things To Do For September Rose Growing:

-Cooler temperatures can bring powdery mildew so continue with your spraying of fungicide and remove diseased leaves and dispose of them in the garbage - not the compost.

There's always the threat the disease spores won't be killed by the heat of the compost pile and will return to start the cycle over again. Debris clean up is very important at this time, so pick up those fallen petals and leaves and get rid of them.

-Water, if needed, and deadhead, removing faded or diseased blooms.

-You can also prune summer-only blooming O.G.R.'s unless they have hips you wish to keep.

Cut out dead or diseased wood to the ground and cut back longer canes if your rose is growing too large. You can also trim any broken shoots on other roses.

-If you have ordered new roses for fall planting (probably dry-rooted), prepare beds now. Double-dig and add extra humus. New beds should settle for at least 3 weeks before you plant your roses.

- Use no more granular fertilizer, but sulfate of potash, 0-0-50, can be sprinkled on the beds towards the end of the month - a handful per bush, and watered in well.

Hardening Off :

- Rose bushes should be gradually 'hardened off', to prepare them for winter. Leave the last blooms on the bush to set hips. This discourages the rose from making more blooms.

Leave as many leaves as possible as they supply the nutrients to the plant. Plants that go into winter healthy can better withstand the cold and rain of winter.

...and don't forget to photograph the fall blooms and the emerging rose hips.

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