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Can any of you tell me why a rose bush I buy with spectacular blooms will then produce an entirely different bloom the next season? Usually much less attractive. What can I do to prevent this?
Also, has anyone really produced avocados from a supermarket seed plant?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I once bought a vining yellow rose. It was against red brick and it was really pretty. The next year when it came back it came back as a red rose vine. Turns out it was a hybrid, and had been grafted onto a red rose root. I had to move it to a better spot where it stood out better
Livinlife
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Feb 18, 2019
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Because it's growing from the root stock, roses are grafted. The good part is on top of the graft, the sucker growth (from the the bottom, below the graft) all needs to be removed and roses need to be pruned every year. Google is your friend.
CaroleKay
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Feb 18, 2019
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I don't like roses, so I can't help you there. I have grown an avacodo tree from the pit before, but it never produce a fruit, this was a very long time ago and I think it died.
joantheloon
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Feb 18, 2019
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DON'T LIKE ROSES?!?!?
Is it the thorns? Prima donna image? The fact that, as hybrids, none of the garden varieties grow true to form from seeds?
I am not criticizing, just curious, as I have been hooked on roses since I was a 5th grader some 41 years ago. I do sometimes struggle with the thought that roses are not exactly the poster child for eco-friendly gardening, lol.
@MikeInBatonRouge I don't like the way they smell or look. I love wildflowers the best, that's just who I am
I have grown an avocado tree from supermarket Avocados. I had one that lived for several years, got to about 5 feet tall. Then I moved, and moved. I don't know if it would ever produce fruit, as far north as I live and as cold as it gets, it can't be planted outside. But it was a very cool experiment.
HippieChick58
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Feb 18, 2019
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Thank you. I also had one that grew inside to about 4 feet. No fruit though. I've got several (6) started now, which is quite easy, but really want to grow one able to produce that delicious fruit.
I've got an avocado tree right now that I grew from a seed and its about 8 ft. now. It's 3 years old but has never given fruit.
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