Just listened to an excellent podcast titled “Growing Roses from Seed”. The guest, Jeff Droullard (aka The Rose Dude) addresses all facets in this hour long podcast. Definitely worth a listen. It was posted April 13 S14 E194
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That was very pleasant to listen to, thanks for sharing, @John_Vitale !
I noted that he mentions he continues to feed mother plants. I guess opinions on that differ. I’ve read that fertilizing could lead to hips dropping. I’ve also read that intentionally stressing the mother plants can actually induce more hip formation. Personally I keep them well watered, but don’t feed. Perhaps if the plant is a reliable enough hip setter, feeding would be good?
I guess like a lot of things in rose hybridizing, each person will have their own approach to it.
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