Wow! Be safe everyone! Scary.

Carol

We just moved to inland GA in Jan. We lived a mile from the coast in S. FL for the last 20 years. We chose here partly because storms around the country are getting worse, with coastal areas most vulnerable. To my knowledge everyone I know is OK.

Teka,

Good choice . Living on coastlines is dangerous .

I have family members on Satellite Beach, haven't heard from them, I think they're still at the shelter, hope their house is Ok, not flooded. Living near water can be very dangerous...... may be they will move to inland for safety after this.

I saw people walking on the flooded streets on TV, they need to watch out alligators........

Stay safe everyone!

Certainly hope everyone stays safe!

I just posted on another thread. Roses very beat up & nearly uprooted. Still very, very windy here. Water has mostly subsided from my yard, but soil is super saturated. Much topsoil gone from around canes. Some are laying down; mature & 1st yr bands. Not sure how to proceed.

I had a lot of rain -flooded parts of yard where some roses were planted, but Praise the Lord nothing to the house. I have been picking up debris for 2 says. Lots and lots of palm fronds. As for my roses, I have lots of broken limbs and a sever case blackspot. I am watering the roses even though they were drowning, because of salt intrusion.... We will have to wait and see if they rebound

Holly and Sharon, I'm glad you are OK and hope your roses recover.

Nancy

Glad to hear you guys are safe, roses are hardy plants, as long as they aren't sitting in flood for a week or two. Your cars are ok, right? Seeing a lot of cars in the flooded streets.

After living in FL. for 48 years, when I retired in 2008, I packed everything up and moved up to the GA. mountains. No hurricanes up here. I don't miss Fl. at all.

Good for you Ken. Too much stress to face hurricanes over and over again. I can't do it.

I am 2 1/2 hours inland and we still have the effects of the hurricanes, just no salt water intrusion. I feel kinda depressed, thinking about how much blood, sweat, tears, time, energy and $ I put into the roses and how in 1 day, 4 years of work has been seriously undermined. I am really, really fortunate, though. In other parts of the state rivers have not yet crested, so the worst is yet to come. I might have a couple dozen uprooted rose bushes, but I am sleeping in an undamaged house.

You could always put mulch over exposed roots until the soil dries out. Then you could reuse the mulch later. I would think that you might be able to straighten some and replace soil after the ground isn't saturated. I would not leave exposed roots to dry up.

It could be worse, they could be all gone with the wind. The good thing is you can give them some care and they will be back to covered with a lot of blooms. The weather there is still warm/hot, good for roses. Add more soil, mulch to your rose bed. We got our 1st frost this morning, tomorrow morning will be another frost, growing season is almost done here, I wish I had a greenhouse.

Holly,

I planted 10 new gallon roses early last week a few days before hurricane Matthew ( I know stupid me , I dont follow the news much ) . I was super worried about them surviving . my other roses which I had planted last spring , I did not care much for . I thought if I lose any ,I will replace with a new variety .even though I worked hard for them ,I had seen them bloom and knew their pros & cons in my garden .

Did your new plantings do ok?

Yes they mostly did .but they appear loose even though they are staked .they are moving back & forth with the slightest wind .l think l will mound more soil around their canes to support them .

Still picking up debris here. A lot of stuff is battered and broken. We had a tree fall on a chicken coop..amazingly the chickens are ok. The door even broke off but they stayed in on the one side that wasnt smashed lol.

All my plants seem to have made it except this little group of 3 gal pots of antique roses. 3 just totally disappeared. I looked everywhere for them. They were more in the open than other stuff. The roots were rooted way into the ground whhch is why I didnt move them. Other 3 gals that were rooted in the ground are still fine. Its kinda crazy.

Pink rose, are you going to tamp down the soil mounds or just pat into place? Most of my roses are wobbly. I am torn between packing down some top soil to further stabilize and fearing if I do that, the waterlogging will be worse. Omgosh, mu ability to communicate clearly has also blown away!

Sultry jasmine, I am so glad your chickens are ok! Poor things must have been so frightened!

This sums up my experience with Mathew:

Holly ,

I will mound the soil and pack it down so the rose does not move .l will also rake in some plain kitty litter from walmart (clay ) to absorb the extra moisture.