I Have A Potted Plant

[emmie]

and stupidly don't know whether to water it from the
top or put water in the tray. I am no good with plants.
they are nice little roses by the way..

[emmie]

anyone know, as the poor thing will perish before it;s had a chance to flower

[dannyk13]

In the tray and keep adding water, a little at a time, until it stops sucking it up.

[dannyk13]

I am assuming that the pot has holes in its base.

[emmie]

i haven't looked, will check, hold on a mo.....

[emmie]

has little holes at base of plastic pot...

[dannyk13]

Then it's ok to water as I suggested.

[emmie]

danny, thanks...

[woofgang]

keep it in the coolest daylight bright spot you have. Miniature roses have the same requirements as the big ones do. They hate heated houses.

[emmie]

will do

[jourdain2]

I was given some mini roses for my birthday in August. They were fine outside until end of Sept., but now live in the cold conservatory - and they are still flowering! The trough they arrived in has no holes in the bottom so I water carefully from above - at the edge. I've been gradually reducing the water in the hope of persuading them to hibernate!
Any ideas out there? They will need a dormant period.

[emmie]

jourdain, no where to put these except in the living room as i live in a flat..

[calmck]

You will also need to prune them back to where new shoots are forming in the spring

[woofgang]

they will go dormant when they feel like it. If they are still growing and you reduce water it will kill them. I would also transplant them into a pot or pots with drainage.

[jourdain2]

Thanks for that, woof, will do.

[TonyV]

I always water house plants by dunking them in a washing up bowl filled with tepid water till they are totally soaked then let them drain on the draining board. Occasionally give them afeed with baby bio.

[TonyV]

My spider plants for one approve of my treatment and just potted up some babies, waiting for them to root until I cut them of off "mother" plants. Also keep plants root bound which helps to improve flowering.

[jourdain2]

Also taken on board TonyV :)

[Theland]

I want one of those potted plants, where you break off a leaf, roll it and smoke it ;/]

[jourdain2]

In knew someone in France who got the seeds off the internet and had an orchard-full! (His wife suffered a lot of pain, but that wasn't all he used them for. Dead now, unfortunately, so can't be harmed by disclosure.

[TonyV]

Theland you talking about tobacco or something more illegal