Peace Rose plant issue puzzled
Hello everyone, I have a rose plant that have shown some symptoms that perhaps indicates that something is wrong. I bought the plant from home depot as bare root and potted in a 16 inch container. The plant started well and grew for about 2 months and gave me 4-5 nice blooms. I was growing this plant indoor under MH grow lights (400W). I then transferred the plant outdoor when the temperatures were fluctuating between 70s and 90s. Also, we had some heavy rainfall in Michigan. Almost after moving the plant outside, the leaves started to turn into red/bronze color and the plant stopped growing. The leaves started to dry up a few weeks later and started falling. I brought the plant back inside and new shoots started growing, but the plant still looks weak. The new shoots/leaves are also weak and sometimes fall off. The ph of the soil is about 7 and I do let the soil dry up (top 2 inch) before watering again. The soil has slow released fertilizer in it. Now, is this is a bug issue? Is it a disease? Is it heat shock? The pictures may shed some light. The last two photos are taken today to show how the plant shows the new growth.
Thank you for your help!
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mo haj
5 years agoRelated Discussions
Peace rose
Comments (50)Roses often have a final blooming cycle in the fall when the temps cool off a bit, so who knows what your rose will do during its first year of "recovery." Usually for Zone 6, last feeding for the year should be around Aug. 15, although some people push it to the end of the month. Given the way our weather has changed the past year--almost no winter at all last winter--I'm not sure what would be wise advice at this point in time. But I'd think with all that good new green growth on your plant, it has the capacity to feed itself very well now. Kate...See MorePeace Rose with no pink?
Comments (9)I'd plant it, and let it settle in a couple of months, and then have another look at the flowers as they bloom. A potted rose bought and placed on a shaded patio can produce flowers very different from what they would look like planted in a garden setting. My 'Peace' in a shaded situation would produce very pale yellow flowers. With sun it pinked up and yellow up considerably. The foliage of 'Peace' is quite recognizable, a leaf photo (in daylight) would be helpful. 'Peace' has leathery, thick foliage with bubble-shapes or small domes here and there on the leaves. If you want quality roses, the best time is late December, when the first of the roses harvested a few weeks earlier are available. A good garden center is a more reliable choice than a big-box store. Roses bought at this time of year have been sitting around since last autumn either refrigerated, bagged, or in pots waiting to be sold. Look for firm, fresh green canes (stems) without spots or injuries such as scrapes and cuts, which indicate rough handling. Avoid anything that looks dried out. Fresh is as important with plants as it is with food!...See MorePuzzled...
Comments (4)Strangely, I have found that transplanting weak roses has "inspired" them to start growing. The growth spurt took place the following season. I'm talking about roses with one or two pencil-thin canes which many would shovel prune. The new conditions were not better in any way. Replacement roses, which went into the old spots, grew well. This occurred with Mr. Lincoln, Peace and William Shakespeare 2000....See MoreIs this really Chicago Peace Rose? ?
Comments (31)You would hope so, mzstitch, but this is a chronic situation, complained about for years, across the country. It's also identical to what I have observed from lower priced, mass producers of nursery stock here in this area for the past thirty-plus years. When stock is produced at a price point, to be sold in mass at a cheap price, care in identification is one of the first things to go. I've posted about this a number of times, in many other threads before. There have been questions about whether a rose picked up at a big box store really was Fragrant Cloud or not, as it had no scent. Usually, they're not as Fragrant Cloud isn't as easily produced as Gypsy is and Gypsy doesn't smell compared to Fragrant Cloud. These producers are under tremendous pressure to pump out a reliable product. Those roses which pose production issues are frequently replaced with similar varieties which are easier to produce. For a nursery such as Week's, for a rose to be "commercial", it must result in a minimum of 60% Grade 1 plants using whatever the preferred method of production is. This was stated by Tom Carruth who used to be the breeder for Week's. For a mass producer of lower priced stock, this percentage must be higher as they don't have the "luxury" of selling their best plants for higher prices to mail order customers or higher end nurseries. Their product is available to mass merchants, in bulk, at mass quantity discounts. It must be something easily produced in quantity, easily pushed in to bud and bloom in whatever size container required for the price by the retailer, and provided at as low a cost as possible to keep the retail price "cheap". In those "selections", you often find Paradise substituted for Sterling Silver; Gypsy instead of Fragrant Cloud; a number of red HTs all labeled Mr. Lincoln; Queen Elizabeth as QE and several other pink HTs; an so forth. Whatever is easiest and cheapest to grow to the price point is labeled as the more commercial name. Care in identification is often non existent. Yes, you can find some identified correctly, but as this (and many other) thread demonstrates, mis identification is common and there is usually no one available to educate you any differently. Kim...See Moremo haj
5 years agomo haj
5 years agoHey Chris and folks,
That is what I was thinking. Even though the plant is inside, but I found some small bugs and a a few green aphids which I killed. I believe they came from the time that it was outside for a while. I also found Honeydew on the leaves, indicating that the aphids were causing damage on the leaves. I believe the plant weakening allowed the bugs to attach the plants and cause more damage. So I sprayed the plant last night with Organic insecticide. I believe that can kill some of the bugs and hopefully let the plant to recover and not show discolored leaves. I have attached another photo of the bug and the leaves. Looking forward to more suggestions!
Many Thanks
chris_in_wv (z6/7)
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rosecanadian
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