[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Steve Sheard]

Dear Carol,
I will let a master gardener respond on the citrus. I am a Consulting Rosarian with ARS.
Roses.
During the summer (temperatures over 100F) fertilize your roses at half strength. Use any balanced fertizer - if the packet calls for 1 cup every 6 weeks - apply 1/2 cup every six weeks. In September, when we drop back below 100F you can go back to full strength. 
At present leave as much leaf on the bush as possible (even brown leaves), they need ALL the shade they can get to keep the stems from sunburn.
At the end of September give the bushes a light prune, no more than 25% of the bush, this will promote blooms for Thanksgiving and Xmas. The main pruning is done in January & February - we do classes every saturday in Jan & Feb at MCC rose garden where we have +7,000 bushes.
Visit http://www.roses4az-mevrs.org/ for more details on growing roses in the valley.
Regards
Steve Sheard
(Not a Master Gardener) 


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From: "lynreys2002 at yahoo.com" <lynreys2002 at yahoo.com>
To: arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 5:27:07 PM
Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


Carol L Reynolds
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lynreys2002 at yahoo.com

When is the best time to fertilize rose bushes?  To cut back your roses?

When should you fertilize citrus trees and best watering of citrus trees?

Thank you in advance for your responses.

Carol


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