Rose bushes that are not pruned can grow into large tangled messes with small and inferior blooms. The following should allow you to grow an attractive well shaped and sized bush with large lovely blooms.
Here is a list of the proper techniques to guide through the pruning process.
• Soak your pruning shears in equal parts of water and keep them from touching or overlapping each other.
• Cut your healthy canes to be about one to four feet long, or whatever size that you prefer.
• Cut you roses properly so that they stay healthy. Cut so that the bud is facing outside of the bush and at a 45 degree angle that slopes inward so that you can keep promoting the outward growth.
• Using the proper tools is also very important. You need a good set of pruning shears, the type that have one side for cutting and one side for supporting.
The shears must be sharp, otherwise they can tear your canes instead of cutting them. For older larger canes you will also need a good sharp fine toothed curved cutting saw that is lubricated.
It is also a good idea to have some type of pruning paint or sealer to seal larger cuts. Do not forget good heavy canvas or leather gloves that can protect your hands.
When pruning, remove all suckers as these grow from the root stock which is different from the grafted bush and may eventually take over and kill the bush.
Cut out all week, spindly and deformed canes, and if possible cut out canes growing toward the center of the bush. If canes cross each other remove the weaker one.
Proper shaping makes for a lovelier bush and allows proper air circulation which makes for a healthier plant.
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