23.7.09
Activities: Today we spent almost the entire day pruning roses. In the morning we were at the Botanical Gardens with Anne. In the afternoon we were at the Univeristy Rose garden next the Aquatic centre with Roy.
Both Anne and Roy showed us much the same way how to prune back rose bushes.
The first step was to remove any dead, dying, defective or diseased material. Next was to thin out any branches that might be either crossing over or coming out over the path (so the branches wouldnt get in the way of people walking past). Once this had been done we needed to keep only the main branches that would be around the outside of the plant. Also some of the tips were pruned back to a triple bud so one bud could be the new lateral and the others would fruit. You could pick which bud so the lateral would grow where you wanted it to.
PPE: Gloves, safety glasses
Tools: secuateers
OH&S: Secuateers, prickles
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