Hoang Ton , Where can I learn more about your fertilizing and disease care routines? It seems like you've unlocked the full potential of roses somehow! Could you please share your secrets with us?

Elena, Idon't do the spraying myself. I have a handyman who does it. As for fertilizing, I just use a slow release fertilizer (any, i switch around) and supplement with weekly fish fertilizer. Here's what he uses to spray:

Clear 3336F fungicide

0.5 to 1.5 Teaspoon per gallon for spray

Soil drench 0.5 - 1 teaspoon per gallon

Manzate ProStick T&O

1 tablespoon per gallon water

Insecticid: Abamectin 0.15ec add surfactant

1 teaspoon 2 gallons or 8 0z for 100 gallons

or 1/2 for 2 gallons for preventive.

Orthene Insecticide

(1.5 tsp per gallon)

Organic insecticide and fungicide:

1 pound garlic, 1 pound hot pepper, 1 pound ginger

1/5 gallon of alcohol 70%

all blend together and stain before use.

3 Tablespoons per gallon water

He rotates them.

It might look good now but in the summer it will look bad no matter if he sprays or not.

Thank you so much!

Hoang Ton I will ALWAYS love your videos and pics of Francis Meilland. He is an absolute stunner of a rose. Perfect in each and every stage. Just adore this rose! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for sharing Francis. Yours is incredible and a benchmark as to what he can look like.

Hoang

Your roses are perfect ! I work hard but am barely at your level .

My Francis Meilland is on Fortuniana and is huge , 8ft tall , blooms only at the top .

pink rose, mine is also on Fortuniana but it never got that tall, it also blooms at the top.

pink rose, haha i guess the hotter the zone the taller it gets, mine is zone 9a

Haha . Actually thinking of putting something else instead !

pink rose, if you Francis Meilland is like that, i can't imagine what your Princess Charlene de Monaco would be like, mine is about 8ft tall

I removd one Princess Charlene de Monaco already as it was too tall and blooming at top only . Then got a new one this year , couldnt forget the fragrance .like french perfume . But this time around l am hard pruning all octopus canes so it is more bushy .