A rose bush has sent up a bunch of vigorous shoots - is it better to cut them off or train them sideways?

A gardener friend's Lady Charlotte is growing well and blooms quite vigorously, but it has put up a bunch of vigorous shoots that stand a good deal taller than the ordinary flowering branches. So should these vigorous shoots be cut off or not?

First of all, when a rose puts up such vigorous shoots, they will certainly drain the nutrients delivered through the potting soil, and if the vigorous shoots keep growing upward, they basically will not bloom, or will produce only one flower, with no side buds either. So should they be cut or not?

Huahua thinks there is no need to rush to cut them - they can serve as good canes for training next year. If the plant is backed against a wall, you can simply fasten the canes to the wall and train them horizontally to both sides. Canes that have been trained horizontally have their apical dominance broken, nutrients are delivered more promptly, and gradually side buds will grow from the axillary buds below.

What you need to do at this point is replenish nutrients. It is best to use an organic fertilizer with a fairly rich and balanced content of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, diluted about 500 times, and pour it into the potting soil so the plant's roots can absorb enough nutrients and deliver them to every cane. At the same time, you can also apply it diluted 1000 times to the leaves; nutrients absorbed by the leaves make it easier for the plant to grow fast and produce buds quickly.

At the same time, if the canes are relatively weak, do not train them horizontally - the branches that grow out will be even thinner and weaker, and they will also drain extra nutrients without necessarily producing many flowers. Just cut them off directly at the base.

After training the rose canes horizontally, do not water too much - control it a little, do not water excessively, otherwise the roots cannot breathe properly, oxygen is insufficient, and nutrients cannot be delivered. Generally keep the soil slightly moist, and while watering, appropriately add a few drops of organic nutrient solution, rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, to promote bud formation, rooting, growth, and easy blooming in the rose.