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--000000000000792fb5 Could you explain the 'charcoal' part of your email? The how & why? On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 12:27 PM David Simpson <david.sonsimp@gmail.com> wrote: > > The thorns arent too bad on my mf roses. Many canes are thornless, though it seems as they age their thorns develop. I'm not on a crusade to eliminate this plant, I see their value (beauty, habitat, biomass) and I know it would be more pain than pleasure to try and eradicate it even from my small property. Windsor is absolutely overrun with it, for better or worse. But I will be hacking away at them occasionally to manage edges and will continue to burn the material for charcoal. > > Dave in Currys Corner > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 11:41 AM David Webster, <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Dave S and All, >> >> I am not sure but I suspect flowering would depend more on condition and size of the root system than on top growth age and guess flowering possible by second year; guess only. >> >> A well established plant has a wealth of reserves in the root system so only sustained hacking will kill it. With this in mind it is more effective to cut shoots 4-5 buds above ground so new shoot growth will deplete root reserves and then brush these off before shoot extension slows, indicating possible export to the root. I suggest you keep an eye open for the thornless strain and keep these. They have tiny thorns only which are usually shed early in growth; quite unlike the large vicious thorns of some strains. If you do not have any thornless strain you could probably locate some nearby and get rooted plants in a month or so by layering new growth. >> >> Dave W. Kentville >> >> Based on memory, it has taken more than four years to kill one thorned rose which did not have much competition; it still keeps producing shoots which I brush off as needed. >> >> >> On 4/10/2019 10:26 AM, David Simpson wrote: >> >> Does mf rose flower on first year growth? I've been hacking away at the perimeter of my 1/2 acre lot. Lots of mf rose on the periphery, enough to produce 55gallons+ of charcoal and still have lots standing for birds, which many species clearly adore. Wondering how aggressively I can attack it with an eye to leaving enough for habitat benefits. >> >> Dave in Currys Corner >> >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 9:59 AM David Webster, <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> With snow cover limiting feeding choices since the snow Monday >>> night, Robins have nearly stripped the nearby Multiflora Roses >>> yesterday and this morning. >>> >>> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >>>
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