I do the same thing but I enjoy deadheading...lol... Makes the bush look more Tidy, BUT, yep your right some Roses do not really need deadheaded and they do very well... :-)

When you deadhead a hybrid tea type, if you go down the stem to a large, vigorous five leaflet leaf, and the stem at that place is minimally pencil thick, the new shoot(s), will produce the best possible blooms for that subsequent flush.

Some hybrid teas produce such long stems, it's almost mandatory to go down quite a bit on the stem of a spent bloom to make the deadhead cut if you want to keep the bush from getting too leggy.

Floribunda and bush type roses, as long as they are mostly hip sterile, can be left un-deadheaded. In fact, some contemporary rose breeders' bushes are truly self cleaning, needing very little to no deadheading. Ping Lim's True Passion and True Love in particular, are great self cleaning roses for me.

Moses.

I started to get trigger thumb from all the deadheading I had been doing ! so last year I mostly stopped . The bushes were tidier and bloomed more before . Now they have old withering blooms along with new ones .

Pink Rose,

Trigger thumb, ouch, that's painful X 10!!! I had trigger finger on my left hand's middle finger some years back and it took a couple years for it to finally feel normal again. Excruciating pain doing cercertain movements made me try ever OTC cure/treatment, but it just took time to return to normal.....no idea what caused it. After it cleared up the adjacent ring finger became round two, but a little less severe. Everything's back to normal now.

I hope your trigger thumb is recovering or fully returned to normal!

Moses.

Use scissors or pruners to deadhead. I'm one month from 81 and I've never had trigger thumb. Sounds awful. I like to remove stems as well as the dead blooms, and cut back to a group of five leaves. Diane

I was deadheading roses with a twisting motion using my thumb & forefinger . Yes it was painful and my thumb eventually got stuck and I couldn't bend it . I had to get a cortisone shot in my palm to fix it . That's why I rarely deadhead now . Actually I got a new mechanical pruner from Amazon which has batteries but I am scared of it because it is very sharp .

My sister-in-law had a trigger thumb this past summer, she got a cortisone shot, and today her thumb is as good as new.

I have two of them, those workhorse llithium powered pruners....a little chunky and not as maneuverable as the manual pruners are, but boy do they cut lickity split. They are intimidating, and both of mine, once the trigger is depressed, watch out....no last minute changes are possible, and the cut cannot suddenly be halted in mid-cut. Your tool holding/operating hand is safe, but your free hand must be held well clear of the pruner. I've often thought that for safety's sake I should tie my free hand behind my back! 😁

Moses.

Moses

Good for your sister in law . Mine is OK but a little sensitive still .

When I use the powered pruner , I usually wear goat skin gloves to protect my hands ,( although I dont think they will help if I did something wrong) . And I try to hold the branch with my other hand way above the pruner . It is heavy and my hand gets tired quickly but I think it is maybe better than the regular pruner for my hand .

I have used super sharp ARS Japanese steel pruners for years. They cut beautifully, and the people I've recommended them to love them as well. Check Amazon for the ARS pruners, loppers, and pruning saws. I love Fiskars loppers as well. Diane

Diane

I have several Felco pruners which are supposed to be excellent . I will check the ARS pruners from Amazon .