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Mar 19, 2021 5:24 PM CST
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SoCal (Zone 10a)
What gloves would you recommend for dealing with thorny roses like Joseph's Coat?
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Mar 19, 2021 9:14 PM CST
Zone 9, Sunset Zone 9 (Zone 9b)
Roses
I like goatskin gloves for dealing with any of my gardening tasks. I also wear leather welding sleeves in the garden when pruning. They really help!
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Mar 19, 2021 9:49 PM CST
Santa Barbara, CA (Zone 9b)
I use standard leather gardening gloves for really gnarly pruning, and for yanking out a rose by its neck for replanting. I must admit though, that I tend to not use any gloves for regular pruning and deadheading. I like to feel the canes!
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Mar 20, 2021 8:00 AM CST
Name: seil
St Clair Shores, MI (Zone 6a)
Garden Photography Region: Michigan Roses
I rarely use gloves. I have diminished feeling in my hands and with gloves I can't feel anything and sometimes have had accidents as a result. I do wear long sleeves while pruning to protect my arms.
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Mar 20, 2021 9:47 AM CST
Name: Rosemary
Sacramento, CA (Zone 9b)
A couple of years ago, when I first joined, I found a recommendation for reasonably-priced goat-skin men's gloves with the long cuffs, and i found them perfect until they started wearing thin, and I recently wore a hole into them from so much use. Once the fingers wear through, they are still great for using when you tie climbers, cutting back the leather fingers. You can probably find the post if you do a search. For wicked thorns, like the sort you find on brambles, though, I prefer cowhide gloves, and they might work best for super thorny roses.
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Mar 20, 2021 1:22 PM CST
Name: Dennis Brown
The Big Island, Hawaii
Rose garden gloves by Euphoria. The leather is so supple that it seems you're not wearing gloves. They come in three sizes; the small size actually fit my small hands.
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Mar 23, 2021 5:30 PM CST
Name: David Tillyer
New York City (Zone 7b)
I have the scars to prove that I'm a klutz around thorny rose bushes. I learned a few years ago that you must protect your forearms as well as your
hands, fingers, and thumbs. I wear nice soft gloves that have great rawhide sleeves for my uppers. Works great.

Still sometimes I see a rose bush that's acting up and I grab the clippers, but not the sleeves, and there is blood.
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Mar 27, 2021 8:50 AM CST
Name: Mike Stewart
Lower Hudson Valley, New York (Zone 6b)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Photo Contest Winner 2020 Garden Photography Roses Bulbs Peonies
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I have multiple sets of gauntlet gloves and have tried many brands and types of leather over the years. Goat skin is the most thorn resistant. I use them on days like today, when I'm spring-pruning 100+ roses after a long winter, producing so many piles of canes that they have to be taken away in a truck. Exemplary Gardens brand gloves have really supple leather, and I have a nice pair of them. I have large hands, and even though the fingers are long enough, I find the hand portion of the glove doesn't quite go all the way up to my wrist. As a result, I also also have a pair of Mud brand gloves.

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Mar 27, 2021 7:07 PM CST
SW Ohio River Valley (Zone 6b)
A friend recently gifted me these after I wore them pruning his 40 roses. Wow! These may not be exactly where he got his from they were about $13 and exactly the same. Goatskin in many sizes. I'll have to look and see what size mine was but they were quite good and I have small hands. I think he said they were large which was shocking. they really worked inexpensive.
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