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Pruning Video - Round-up Video - Mercury News Video

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Deadheading Tutorial: (You must have a high speed internet connection)
This tutorial will guide you through deadheading techniques used in a display garden such as the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. There are many examples of different situations you may encounter in the garden.

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A Video of the Pruning Day on January 12, 2008:

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Prune High for More Roses

Myth: Roses need to be pruned hard

Fact: If roses are pruned too hard, they will suffer, possibly die.

Fact: In our mild climate, a good rule of thumb is to only remove the
top 1/3. Think of the canes as storehouses of energy. By pruning too
hard (reducing height by more than half) a rose does not have those
reserves to produce strong new growth. Some varieties, such as those
with "Peace" in their heritage, cannot tolerate hard pruning. The
purpose of pruning is to rejuvenate the rose bush, not massacre it.
Remove dead, dying, spindly growth, and reduce the height of the bush
by no more than one third or one half. The San Jose Municipal Rose
Garden is a Display Garden for the AARS, and "lighter" pruning enables
the rosebush to produce more blooms.

This video will demonstrate the proper pruning method we utilized in the garden this year:

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Damage caused by ROUND-UP in the Rose Garden

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