Blooms when they die off do you cut them or pull them off

[Sheila]

Do not now if blooms on roses should be snipped off after they die or
cut off. A neighbor once said that you shouldnt pull them as they go
dormant and will not bloom again? I live in So Ca and it is hot, but I do
water during the morning and use organic soil. It is late August right now
What do you recommend?

[The Helpful Gardener]

Unless the rose is one that features hips as a significant fall feature, I deadhead. Leaving hips is asking the plant to begin setting seed, a very stressful procedure that is best avoided if not necessary...

Scott

[Sheila]

What do you mean by hips or by deadheading? Does it mean snipping the
dead buds off? and does hips mean the bottom part of the dead rose?

Thank you.

[Brunkers]

Sheila,

Scott is talking about the left over rose hips that the flower physically fell off of, yeah the dead part of the rose, and it is actually better for the rose itself if you use your thumb and fore finger to "pop" off the hip. instead of using pruners.

Brunkers

[The Helpful Gardener]

Thanks Brunkers!

[almaler]

I always use pruners

[grandpasrose]

If you are removing a dead bloom, then you should be using pruners, and taking the cut to the next set of leaflets, or removing it from the cluster. If you have let the bloom reach the stage of hips, you are safe to use either your hands or pruners.
VAL

[The Helpful Gardener]

Indeed!

HG