Hi

can't help with your problem as I've avoided roses due to my climate ,but recently found a potted incredibly healthy looking "Peace" hybrid tea .

Was curious as to what mix and how large a pot would be good??

Have no illusion that I can keep it through summer but not only healthy was only 8 bucks so I couldn't resist. Any suggestions?? Thanks gary

Why would you not prune roses the same in a container as in the ground?

u-u-m are you telling me prune the roses that are potted? I don't know the answer to this.... its a reasonable question.

Hi Gary... I'm curious about what you mean by your climate not being good for roses.

The reason I asked my question is because I usually grow roses in ground. But you might be surprised at how easy it is to keep a rose.. they are pretty sturdy.

But they seriously dislike high humidity, which is what Gary's Florida climate offers in abundance!

And I prune my containerized roses the same time I prune the inground ones - right around Valentine's Day (or when the forsythia is in bloom).

They sure don't like high humidity. I saw a rose garden in Hawaii and every leaf on every plant was completely black.

Hi

I'm in s. florida humidity ,high night temps ,usually too much rain and extremely poor soil . People do grow roses here but not teas and usually in dedicated beds . Have always stuck to tropicals but occasionaly I weaken and try to use a few temperates as winter annuals lol My plan for the rose was to grow in its sold pot but is a formed peat pot and roots were already appearing through the sides I repotted using a 3 gallon with a mix of fir bark fines and some black cow

So far I've lucked out with cool temps and moderate rain and it's growing like crazy and due to a strong cold front many bugs are asleep and humidity levels have dropped to around 50 percent

I feel the pot was not large enough and the mix a bit light ??

The above is the general mix I use for for winter annuals such as Pansy,Lobelia, Fuchsia, Thanks for the help!!! gary

i live south of houston tx, west of galveston, near the coast, we have lots of humidity but we also have lots of wind and the roses i've tried, old garden roses and old teas, not hybrid teas, see to like it here not sure how they would act without the wind though no problems with black spot or powdery mildew, what other problems should i be looking for??

Nope not correct...A rose is still a rose when its in a container. It still needs pruning :-)

I haven't had to prune my container roses yet and they're old garden roses. I have a few mini rose's that I can trim one stem on. I'm all organic so maybe they are growing slower. I wouldn't do those severe prunes because they are essentially pruned by the container size.