Edition 28th November, 2024

28th Nov 2024

Hello Dear Rose Friends,Where has this year gone? It’s already the first day of summer this weekend and Christmas is seriously around the corner … best you take a look at our special offers and do a bit of Christmas shopping at www.rosesalesonline.com.au this weekend.

These offers will be available until 9am next Thursday, 5th December and we’ll do our absolute best to accommodate your special requests regarding posting orders in time for Christmas – let us know in the comments section of your order.

Please note we’ll post our last roses on WEDNESDAY, 18TH DECEMBER, 2024 to ensure the plants arrive in perfect condition for Christmas gifting.

After Christmas, we’ll re-commence posting on Monday, 6th January, 2025.

EARWIGS ON ROSES …

Hi Graham and Diana, for the first time in 30 years I have earwigs in my Iceberg roses! How do I get rid of them and why do you think they have decided to visit? J

Kindest Regards,
Jill

My response …

Well Jill, it’s been one of those seasons I guess! We’ve had lots of customers with various issues on their roses … our only issue here is we’ve experienced freezing cold mornings – thankfully, it’s warming up now!

Earwigs … folks put part filled beer bottles around the base of plants so the earwigs go in for a swig and drown … only solution I have other than that is to clear around the edges of your garden beds where they are hiding … sorry I cannot be more helpful.

Please don’t use anything lethal … oh, and if it’s standard roses, you can smear a layer of petroleum jelly around the base of the roses – earwigs won’t walk through the jelly!

Gra

WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?

I regularly visit Yea and the roses at the Hospital are amazing so when I received an email from Peter, here’s what I recommended –

Hi Graham, I’m one of the gardeners at Yea Hospital. A few of the older roses are showing a variation in their leaves. Variegated yellow leaves in patches, the plant looks quite healthy but the flowers aren't as big as previous years. I've attached a photo.

It this because of a lack of water? We've had a dry Spring

Hi Peter … please get Yates Trace Elements powder and apply as per directions. Obviously, not during hot midday weather but that, along with applications of seaweed solution will solve this problem. It’s not mosaic virus!!!

Chlorotic foliage can happen during spring when the roses push growth very quickly and they run out of puff … I also recommend you fork the ground about 30cms away from the main stem of each rose – jiggle the fork back and forth around each bush about four different locations and pour seaweed solution with added fertilizer – I would highly recommend our new products, Fair Dinkum Seaweed Gold and Bloom Boom – available at Mitre 10 and larger garden centres … extremely good!!! Please let us see pictures in a few weeks …

HAVE A GIGGLE ...
Q. A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday. How was that possible?
A. Friday was the name of his horse!!!!! Gotcha!

SUMMER ROSE CARE SEMINAR …

There’s still time to book your place for this Saturday, 30^th November, 2024 commencing at 10.30am – 12.30pm when Graham will teach you all there is to know about Summer Rose Care. $50 per person or $75 per couple/family. Book your place at www.rosesalesonline.com.au and bring your pruning gear for us to check and sharpen if necessary and a picnic lunch if you would like to hang around and chat for a while.

HAVE A GIGGLE ...
Q. It starts out tall but the longer it stands, the shorter it grows. What is it?
A. A candle.

We trust you’ll spend your $$’s in our store www.rosesalesonline.com.au during this weekend of online sales.

Meantime, be sure to keep all water receptacles filled for the birds and enjoy a happy time in your flowering rose garden this week … this magpie was thrilled to enjoy cooling off when it was 36 degrees last weekend ...

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