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San Diego (Zone 10a)     Mark619 Jul 5, 2014 12:57 PM CST |
Hello new on here and having issues this season with small blooms!! Example... |
San Diego (Zone 10a) Mark619 Jul 5, 2014 12:58 PM CST |
Here's another... |
Name: Larry Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)         Seedfork Jul 5, 2014 1:08 PM CST |
Mark619 My first guess would be lack of fertilizer. |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a)         zuzu Jul 5, 2014 1:30 PM CST |
| The blooms on my roses are noticeably smaller after periods of intense heat or inadequate watering (or both of these combined, of course). The stress causes them to shut down and produce fewer and smaller blooms. More fertilizer won't help at these times. Stressed roses shouldn't be fertilized. Give them more water and more mulch instead. |
Name: Larry Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b) Seedfork Jul 5, 2014 2:51 PM CST |
The message said "this season", so I took that to mean that even early on this season as well as now this has been a problem, not just during the heat. Of course that was my assumption, and I normally get into trouble when I assume things. So we have to get more information and ask if this was a problem early on and have they been watering enough and in the San Diego area is heat stressing the plants? And we don't know if these roses have been fertilized at all, nor do we know if they have not been watered properly. So yes, zuzu could be 100 per cent correct, but still I suspect not enough fertilizer could also be the problem, that's my story and I am sticking to it(until Mark619 replies and blows my theory).  |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX      porkpal Jul 5, 2014 3:22 PM CST |
| Looking at the leaves makes me think I would try more water - and mulch if there isn't much. They appear a bit fried to me. Porkpal |
Name: Cindi Wichita, Kansas (Zone 7a)          CindiKS Jul 5, 2014 3:50 PM CST |
| That's how my daughter's roses look this year. She's in San Diego also, and they've had tremendous heat and very little rain, along with strict watering restrictions. Hers were huge last year, and for sure hers never get any fertilizer. Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
Name: Mike Long Beach, Ca.      Calsurf73 Jul 5, 2014 3:58 PM CST |
| Before you do anything that may cause them any more stress, it would be helpful to know which particular roses the ones in your photos are, how old they are, etc. Roses take a while to get established and produce decent sized blooms. If yours are newly planted (as in just this past year) you need to give them more time.I'm in the same climate zone as you and with this heat we're having mine aren't exactly at their best, either. Mine rarely produce normal sized blooms in the summer, but they do in the spring and fall when it isn't so hot. |
San Diego (Zone 10a) Mark619 Jul 5, 2014 4:41 PM CST |
CindiKS said:That's how my daughter's roses look this year. She's in San Diego also, and they've had tremendous heat and very little rain, along with strict watering restrictions. Might be the issue I'm having!! I have never used mulch at all... |
San Diego (Zone 10a) Mark619 Jul 5, 2014 4:42 PM CST |
Seedfork said:The message said "this season", so I took that to mean that even early on this season as well as now this has been a problem, not just during the heat. Of course that was my assumption, and I normally get into trouble when I assume things. So we have to get more information and ask if this was a problem early on and have they been watering enough and in the San Diego area is heat stressing the plants? And we don't know if these roses have been fertilized at all, nor do we know if they have not been watered properly. So yes, zuzu could be 100 per cent correct, but still I suspect not enough fertilizer could also be the problem, that's my story and I am sticking to it(until Mark619 replies and blows my theory). Thanks, you might be right..but them again this year is the first year I ever fertilize...I've never fertilized before and still had awesome blooms! |
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