December/January probably will be the best time to move your climbers. Especially since fall does not want to seem to cool down much this year
Yes, cut them back to about knee height so they are easier for you to move. Then dig them out, keeping as much as the roots intact with the soil as possible. If you loose a significant amount of the root ball, I would cut the canes back to about one foot.
Bayer Systemic is the best for thrips if you don't like them on your roses. However the bad thing is, you also kill all the good bugs, like the green lace wings which eat the thrips. I choose not to use any pesticides in my garden, but I don't show roses, so I let mother nature deal it's hand. Thrips generally show up worst on the lighter/white roses. So if you chose darker colors and shades you will not notice the thrips so much. Nor are the attracted as much to the darker colored roses. Weird huh!?
Alan
