Why is my rose bush dying?
Nicole Mackey
8 years ago
Sorry for the long post. I'm new to gardening and planted some rose bushes. My first is thriving but the second looks like it's dying. My husband added miracle gro moisture control to the soil when planting it thinking it would help since the gutter drains next to it. I think that it helped retain water though. So I dug it back up and did a mix of topsoil and the clay soil already there and dug a ditch deeper than the hole next to it and added rocks so that it would drain. Under the gutter drain I placed a bucket with holes, filled it with rocks and placed in the ground. What else can I do to save this bush?
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Nicole Mackey
8 years agoIf anything it's probably too much water. The soil is damp. How should I go about drying it out a little? I did fertilize it a couple weeks ago when I planted it. I'm not sure what plant mold would look like. I took a couple pics of the canes. The last pic is of the other rose bush I planted that seems to be doing well but there are spots on the canes.
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Comments (6)Why did you get them so early? Roses are not indoor plants. You should have waited until this spring when you could plant them outside. Indoor heated air is dry and pulls moisture out of the canes. That's why when planting bare root roses outdoors it's advised you hill soil over the canes until new growth appears. Unless you can move them to a greenhouse where they'll get humidity and the conditions are more like outdoors, I doubt they'll survive. Two months ago means you got them the first of December, way too early in your zone 5b. I suspect Palatine shipped them because they thought you were going to plant them outdoors. Normally they don't ship to zone 5b until spring unless requested to do so....See MoreAll my rose bushes slowly dying
Comments (6)Rose photos are not showing. Please try to post them again. I guessing here. Sounds like you are using one of the Bayer combo products. Many of us here do NOT recommend those 3-in-one products--often they give the rose much more than it needs. Certainly, if you were not having problems with fungus or with insects, your roses did not need an insecticide or a fungicide. And some posters have noted that the "feed" part--the fertilizer--might be too strong. I'm guessing your roses are suffering from too much nitrogen--nitrogen-burn. All you can do now is give them a good deep watering to try to wash away some of the effects of the nitrogen and then wait patiently for the rose to put out some new leaves. The other possibility that occurs to me is you have a severe spider mite problem. They are so small that you may not see them, but often there will be some telltale webs around parts of the roses. In that case, the cure is relatively easy. Use a stiff spray of water from your hose and give those roses a thorough shower, in particular spraying up underneath the leaves. Repeat this process one or more times every few days. After a week or so of such treatment, the spider mites should be gone (They hate water.). Good luck. Kate...See MoreAre my rose bushes dying?
Comments (3)Keep in mind that as the years go by, even plants that used to be in good area might have changed now that trees have grown more. In my area, roses keep their leaves over the winter, so I usually would prune in the early spring. I'm not sure if your last picture is the same as how you prune them in the fall -- in other words, removing the canes with all the leaves....See MoreHelp! Why are my Roses dying?
Comments (26)Not much you can do about Japanese Beetles. They are a plague in many rose gardens across the country. If you want to be overwhelmed with laments and advice about Japanese Beetles, just type Japanese Beetles into the search box at the top of the page. You'll get more threads on the topic than you will ever want to read--but helpful suggestions also. Basically, one either endures and waits til they go away (2 months later) or one goes utterly manic and conducts daily Japanese Beetle killing runs through he gardens (drowning them in a bucket of soapy water--New Dawn soap) every morning. Or you could move to a state like Kansas which is not overly troubled by them. Kate...See MoreNicole Mackey
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