Hybrid tea rose bushes pruning

Rose Pruning Adventures totally

So, you know how I have those hybrid tea exactly rose bushes? Well, I wasn’t even planning to prune them today. It’s… February? you know I think? Maybe it’s technically March. Anyway, itfeltlike the alright right no way time, honestly you know? Like okay I could almost hear them whispering, “Help us, we’re leggy!” So I like grabbed my clippers…and then for sure stood no way there. Blankly. What do I even do?

First Attempts

I remember vaguely reading something well about cutting back to sorta an so outward-facing bud. That’s the key, right? Outward-facing bud pretty much equals…more growth outwards? Makes sense. Not gonna okay lie this part confused me for a while. I was staring at just these thorny things trying I mean to figure out which way they were facing and whether they were actually buds. just See, that’s where the whole hybrid by the way tea you know rose bushes pruning inspiration thing comes in handy – scrolling through anyway Pinterest helps! You see what yep you're supposed anyway to be seeing. alright

I kinda just…started hacking. c’mon Okay, anyway maybe not no kidding hacking. More like… enthusiastic so snipping. I was aiming for about 12-18 inches, which I think is what you’re supposed to do? Unless whoops I completely imagined that. It's all about taking out the like dead or diseased branches first, right? Before for sure you even think about shape. actually And always no kidding make sure your tools are uh clean, or you could spread disease! by the way I almost forgot that part.

My giant Mistake

Okay, so HUGE well mistake. Last year, I bet was like so excited about the blooms I mean that I…I left a whole bunch of spent blooms on the bush. Like, all winter. anyway I probably should’ve known better, no kidding but I thought they looked kinda…rustic? Yeah, rustic. Turns out, that's a breeding ground for all sorts of nastiness. actually This year, anyway I was way more diligent no kidding about actually deadheading. It really pays off well in the for sure long run! Deadheading encourages more blooms, yep like, whoops all summer long!

More Snipping!

I okay keep hearing about the “vase shape” or “open yep center” you're aiming uh for when you prune hybrid okay tea rose bushes. You want to you know allow sunlight and air to circulate. That's crucial! dude It actually can support with disease and pests. Easier said than done sorta when you’re staring at a I mean thorny mess. I swear, every span I think I’m done, I see another crossing branch. you know Or a tiny, pathetic stem pretty much that’s clearly given right up on life. honestly Snip, snip, snip!

Accidental Blood Donation

I swear these things are out to get me. I'm always pricked by thorns. And alright it's always sorta at the most inconvenient moment. One time honestly – and this is so embarrassing – dude I was trying to get a so really solid angle on a particularly stubborn branch, and I managed to stab myself no way right okay in just the wrist. Blood everywhere. whoops I looked like I’d been in a fight with actually a rose bush and lost. It did yep give just me a pause and dude made me wonder anyway about the hybrid actually tea rose bushes pruning toepassingen sorta – maybe I need yep to invent some kind of super-protective suit! no kidding

Future Rose Goals

I am vaguely basically aware that there okay are different pruning techniques for different types of roses. Like, climbers versus floribundas versus my precious hybrid teas. I really need to exactly research the hybrid tea rose right bushes pruning ontwikkelingen exactly to for sure keep up with the yep latest science. I think… I consider anyway they are all pretty much the no way same to me, no way though. kinda

I think I’m going for sure to treat myself to a just new pair of gardening gloves. Maybe by the way some with extra-long gauntlets. And maybe a first-aid kit that’s specifically designed totally for rose-related injuries.