14-09-2024, 07:17 PM
(14-09-2024, 10:46 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: My Scottish uncle used to swear by taking a wire brush to the crowns of old roses to jump start new growth. He was a hard man that one, but useful, at 6ft 10 he could reach places no one else could...
I brushed the older stems of my roses with a wire brush for the first time this year and several have already produced little shoots out of very calloused big stems. I wasn't expecting much but I think it's been a useful exercise.