Question About Shortening Canes of Bare Root Roses
alameda/zone 8/East Texas
12 years ago
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I am thinking about putting some bare root roses right in the ground
Comments (5)I plant bare roots right into the ground all the time. I planted 5 or 6 this spring and they're all doing great. If it's not going to go into the 90s or higher you don't really need to shade them. Just plant them and keep them well watered and they should be fine. If you really feel you need to shade them just put a lawn chair over them during the hottest part of the day. That white new growth will either green up or die back. It's growth that happened in the dark, either in storage or during shipping and usually it's weak growth to begin with. I normally take it right off and don't let the plant waste energy on it. It will grow back stronger and healthier canes quickly....See MoreWho sells bare root, own root roses?
Comments (12)Dingo, I have studied the Edmunds and Austin catalogs, but the own root, bare root rose availability, though seen by me, did not register. I believe the deep rooted assumption, since I have been growing roses for just short of 50 years, that bare root roses are always grafted roses, kicked in. Own root container grown roses are still a wonder to me, yet alone own root, bare root roses! Thank you for reinforcing a new concept to me. Rifis, thank you for bringing this to my attention, I did read that and thought it was possibly a misprint. Since the bareroots are primarily grafted on vigorous rootstocks, I thought own root roses were not husky enough to take the fall harvesting, cleaning, and winter cold storage as a, say multiflora rootstock rose can, and be sold as bare root roses, just like grafted roses. Now my question is, "Do they perform as well as container grown roses?"...See MoreHow to plant own root ,bare root rose ?
Comments (5)What I do is soak overnight in plain water. Then as I am finishing digging the hole and preparing my amendmnts, I soak with SuperThrive for 15-20 minutes, at the rate of 1.5 teaspoon per 5 gallons of water, which is recommended specifically for this purpose. Both of these soaks are up to the top of roots or bottom of cane material. One year I soaked overnight, then planted. The next year I soaked roughly 48 hours in a dark garage because the day after delivery was hot and sunny, so I wanted to delay planting to the following day which was cool and cloudy. This year I soaked roughly 48 hours (again in dark garage) because I had appointments the day after delivery. If I remember correctly, the first time I ordered bare-root, I posted questions similar to yours, and someone posted that he or she had soaked in water for almost a week due to scheduling issues. Do you use a soil mound to "sweat" the canes for a week or so after planting? Mine are in their soil mounds and starting to put out little leaves right now. [I have never bought bare-root grafted, so can't directly answer your question as to how own-root versus grafted compare or contrast.]...See MoreBareRoot with a Very Thick Cut Cane - Munstead Wood
Comments (11)LOL Shelila. If I knew, I wouldn't be asking.....which does not bring back a question that was recently posted with some of the same participants in this thread. So on a budded rose, one post said they only bud in on place. -- I was under the impression they bud in 2 to 3 places--. Kinda of like the pics of this new delivery you see here. As one can see, there are clearly 2 defined sides where canes are coming out of . Are we still saying they only bud in 1 place ? So I'm revisiting the questions, since we have a nice new clear pic of what a BR budded rose looks like fresh... So whaddya u guys say. - On budded roses, do they only bud one per graft - as per one of the responses I read - On budded roses, if I'm lucky, are we saying there -may- be more canes coming from the bottom up , aside from the established canes/framework you see in the pic....See Morealameda/zone 8/East Texas
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