Logansport Rose Society Meeting Schedule

¡	Assess winter damage by pulling protective soil/coverings back a bit.
¡	As plants begin to grow, remove the winter covering. (Time this with the flowering of the forsythia).
¡	Apply Epsom salts.
¡	Spray with dormant oil spray to help prevent black spot.
¡	Test pH; adjust as necessary.

¡	Plant bare-root roses as soon as soil is dry enough to work.
¡	Plant container roses.
¡	Transplant roses.
¡	Remove the tree roses and climbers that were laid down for winter.
¡	Tie up the climbers on their supports.
¡	Replant tree roses, staking them to keep them from being knocked over.
¡	As soon as plants begin to grow, apply fertilizer. Use a soluble fertilizer, following manufacturer’s directions or a granular 10-10-10 or 12-12-12. One handful around each plant or approximately ½ cup per bush depending on bush size. Water to soak in and wash the spills on the leaves.

¡	Prune hybrid tea type roses. (Prune out winter-damaged stems to a point just above a healthy outward-facing bud. Remove weak stems, leaving 2-3 healthy canes. Remove only broken or winter-damaged canes from bush or other hardy types. Climbers should not be pruned until after they bloom.
¡	Discourage deer with a bottle of Tabasco in a gallon of water, adding a little soap so spray stays on plant. Watch for aphids. Use insecticidal soap to control.
¡	Control weeds by hoeing or pulling them out. Once weeds are removed apply a pre-emergent herbicide to keep them out. Also try layers of newspaper and cover with mulch.
¡	Begin to keep a journal and a map of rose plants to help recall problems or plants that perform well.
¡	Roses need 1 inch of water per week. April rains should provide enough moisture. Water if necessary. Set up a rain gauge to more accurately measure water to the roses.

¡	Anticipate the new blooms. Miniature, polyanthas, and floribundas can start early
¡	Plant container roses
¡	Water if needed.
¡	Continue to fertilize; roses are heavy feeders.
¡	Set up a regular spray schedule. Now is the time to prevent blackspot. Select two or three fungicides and alternate to prevent resistance. Select a good insecticide to use and watch for aphids, mites, thrips, and caterpillars. Cane borers can be discouraged by covering cut stems with white glue
¡	Continue weed control.
¡	Apply summer mulch.
¡	Disbud some buds for larger flowers.

¡	Enjoy your roses. They are usually at their best this month.
¡	Make notes in your journal. Note the size and condition of flowers, disease problems, insect pests, size of plants, and blooming dates for each variety.
¡	Deadhead faded flowers for continuing flowering.
¡	Remove and replace plants not performing to your standards.
¡	Plant container roses and landscape roses.
¡	Continue monthly fertilizing.
¡	Water as needed. Look into automatic water systems.
¡	Disbud for larger flowers.
¡	Continue spray schedule.
¡	Roses need constant pruning to remove diseased stems and bare or spindly stems.

¡	Plant container and landscape roses.
¡	Continue monthly fertilizing.
¡	Water as needed.
¡	Continue spray schedule.
¡	Watch for Japanese beetles. Use Sevin to control these beetles. Be persistent as they are persistent. Do not use traps as they attract beetles to your garden. They may be picked off and destroyed.
¡	Disbud.
¡	Continue to deadhead faded flowers.
¡	Cut roses to enjoy indoors.

¡	Plant container and landscape roses. However, take extra care in watering and in mulching.
¡	Apply water as needed.
¡	Fertilize for the last time at the beginning of the month. Roses need to slow down and become dormant by wintertime.
¡	Continue spray schedule. Shorter days and cooler evenings with resulting heavy dew make diseases more troublesome especially blackspot and mildew.
¡	Prune long leafless canes to reasonable height to start over. Do not cut entire plant back.
¡	Deadhead faded flowers.
¡	Weed as needed. Seeds are forming for next season. Every weed you remove now means fewer weeds next year.

¡	Plan for winter (how will roses be protected and where will you get materials). Now is an excellent time to buy topsoil or mulch to use for winter.
¡	Landscape roses can be planted into the fall.
¡	Water as needed.
¡	Continue spray schedule.
¡	Weed as needed. Now is good time to control chickweed and dandelions.
¡	Stop deadheading roses.

¡	Enjoy the late blooms.
¡	Climbing roses, hybrid tea, tree roses will need winter protection. Collect materials to cover these plants (straw, soil, leaves, burlap). Soil from another area such as a vegetable garden may be used. Dig and pile close to rose garden. Cover with a tarp to keep dry until ready to winterize your roses.
¡	Wait until leaves have dropped before doing any heavy pruning
¡	Water if needed.
¡	Continue spraying as needed.
¡	Make notes in journal

¡	Clean up the garden. Rake dead leaves, old mulch, and other debris. Destroy or compost.
¡	Set out bait traps and construct so that other animals and birds cannot enter. Voles and mice often get in the winter covering.
¡	Do not cover until the ground freezes.

¡	When ground is frozen mound soil, apply mulch or leaves to protect roses from the freezing and thawing that occurs during winter. Snow is also a good at protecting the plants. Pile around the roses.
¡	Hybrid teas may be cut back to 18” to prevent wind damage or left for spring pruning.
¡	Climbers and tree roses need special protection. Remove canes from support, dig a trench to bury the canes and lay the canes down. When ground freezes, cover canes with soil, leaves or straw. Tree roses may be moved to an area of about 35 degrees or placed in a trench on their side and buried.
¡	Check stored plants to make sure they are not drying out.
¡	Buy a potted miniature rose or cut roses to enjoy during the holidays.
¡	Look forward to the rose catalogs in January.

¡	Study catalogs.
¡	Learn about different kinds of roses.
¡	Make a garden plan (roses have many requirements: full sun, well-drained soil and space).
¡	Inventory supplies and materials.
¡	Clean and sharpen tools.

¡	Continue with January jobs.
¡	On first bright, sunny day, walk around the garden and examine your roses.
¡	Make sure mulch is in place, check for rodent damage, and note extent of dieback on canes. Be prepared to order replacement roses.
¡	Order roses.

SOURCES:
Rose Care By Month, Better Homes & Garden, (www.bhg.com).
Month-By-Month Gardening in Indiana, James Z. Fizzell, Cool Springs Press Nashville, Tennessee 1999.
Susan Jordan - Gardener by Trial & Error (Mostly by error).

Any costs incurred for a speaker or other special expenses will be paid for by the society,
subject to prior arrangements with the treasurer.
Meal Cost:
Inntiquity ~ $12.00
Knights of Columbus ~ $12.00
Boondocker ~ $12.95
Reservations Appreciated, RSVP with Calling Committee.

Mtg: October 1,
Where: Inntiquity Inn
Committee:
L. Walthery
A. Cosby
P. & S. Walthery
C. & M. Hubenthal
Anniversary Focus: Blast from the Past; Visual/Oral History of the Rose Society