johobbit wrote: I am not really a rose person, so can't help you much.... That pot does sound way too small, though, Wren, yikes. Google the answer?
lol, a bit too late.
My niece and I picked up three nice bucket style pots that weekend and replanted them. It was an interesting process; I had determined that trying to pull or cut the plants apart would cause too much shock, so we washed the dirt out in still water, and detangled them underwater, somewhat akin to hair. I thought maybe one of the three would survive past that initial week, but they're actually all still alive and blooming! I sent one home with K (the one she had really worked on) and kept the other two. One is struggling a bit, partially because one of my cats keeps nipping the leaves off it, and partially because it keeps getting this strange white sprinkle stuff on its leaves.
I've had some issues with aphids, but I thought that was pretty much solved...until it stormed this weekend, and a colony of ants thought it would be a great idea to move in to the rose pots! I checked, and found that while the aphids had abandoned the green areas of the plants, they were living in between the petals of the roses. I wouldn't mind them having their own little ecosystem, except ants are notorious for exploring and getting into other stuff, so that will have to stop. We're getting storm doors put on, though, so I think that will seal off their entrance and exit; then all I'll have to do is hunt down the ones that have moved in.
I'm torn right now on if I should continue having them indoors, where I can move them out on sunny days, or drop them in the ground and just rock over the area to try to provide warmth. They've probably quadrupled in size since we re-potted them (well, the healthiest has), but they're still very tiny.
In other news, the ginger that I planted at the wrong time of year because it randomly decided to sprout is still hanging on, despite the cold. It certainly is headstrong. The cats seem to be leaving it alone, though.