Suspicious basal break
jkellydallas
8 years ago
I know we all look at new red grow with a jaundiced eye, but I have a basal break that doesn't look right. It's kinda fluffy for being so close to the ground. It's JFK, and I'll be watching.
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Madame Anisette and basal break promotion
Comments (7)I find that if a rose leans to one side, the plant will likely produce a basal break to fill in the space opened by the branches no longer covering the center due to the lean. This is why I don't like to straight my plants when they start leaning. I have seen rose bushes in decline from lack of new basal cane and then they start leaning and they start producing new basal growth. I have never tried to intentionally cause a plant to lean in order to promote basal breaks. I'm not sure why leaning would promote basal breaks. Maybe the base of the plants is hotter due to lack of foliage and that is what stimulates the basal breaks. Branching occurs at leaf buds produced at the ends of stems, seldom in the middle. To encourage more branching stems climbers are trained horizontally or pegged. A basal break is much like a leaf bud produced at the base of the plant or just below the soil. These are just observations of a long time rose grower and not something that I have read....See MoreWest. Wa Z8 "Topping a Basal Break"
Comments (2)I'll wait, then. To encourage it to grow more to the side than the vertical, I've secured it gently to a slightly curved length of branch pruned from another shrub, but I may need to add a bit more curve - say a degree or two, and use a longer curved branch. Thank you....See MoreBasal Breaks from Grafted
Comments (7)My take, Sheila, ^^ on a1an’s question is that he doesn’t know if this is a new cane ( of the desired rose) arising from the bud union, or if the new growth is arising from the basal region of a pre-existing cane. He could tell now by excavating mulch and soil, but he’s not going to do so till early next year. He would like to see for himself that what we are all told happens ( brand new canes really can grow from the bud union) really does happen, as we here bury the bud union. It’s like Scooter Libby threw sand in our eyes. Of course the new growth he sees may be coming from a pre-existing cane. He wants us to predict, now, which it is....See MoreEncouraging Basal Breaks - Before or After 1st Flush
Comments (0)Shrubs are entering Year 4. Year 3 and Year 2 did get Alfalfa tea and or alfalfa worked around the base. More pellets worked around the base than -tea-. In doing some pruning I've noticed a *few* that are new stems that did not come from the grower. Some others, it seems like it's the same 3/4 Primary Stems that arrived from the grower, with a Y branching off of it so I have 6/7 Canes framework canes, but it's really :::3:::: main canes in total from the soil up. Any tips on encouraging basal breaks on -grafted stock-. Should I put Alfalfa down early spring or after the 1st flush. Once things are leafed out you don't notice it as much, for some shrubs where I have like 3 stems , I would prefer some more from -ground up-...See Moremichaelg
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