Ben is it hard to the touch? I’m having a hard time thinking of anything else that it could be besides gall.

The darn thing looks like a mushroom that exploded in growth in response to dead wood and high moisture. Something that I have only seen once in my gardening years. Would seem highly unlikely given where you live.

I just thought of what that looks like. Dog Vomit Mold

Thanks for the response, Patty. Yes, it is hard as a rock. I agree it looks digusting, my first thought was alien dog poop. I have had to retrieve it twice from the dumpster now ! (once to take a pic, then to feel it) Ick.

Thanks so much for the feedback, Valrose, glad to hear some of your plants were salvageable . That’s my decision right now...whether to try to keep the plant or remove it entirely. With the gall removed, the rest of the plant is really, really nice, so I’d hate to kill her off. But of course I wouldn’t want gall spreading to her neighbors. I actually have a ‘backup’ plant of Lady in Red sitting in a pot, Witherspoon sent me an extra plant by accident and didn’t want it back. So replacing her is actually rather easy.

Thank you for sharing your experience Valros. Good to have as many ideas for what to do as possible. I’ve never had gall out on my canes yet. But have had crown gall and root gall. Sometimes only find it when removing the plant for performance issues.

I’m not at all sure what I would with your rose Ben. That is a pretty large gall. According to this article it’s possible that the bacterium is not even present anymore. https://plantdiseasehandbook.tamu.edu/problems-treatments/problems-affecting-multiple-crops/crown-gall/

Thanks Patty, that was a good read. At one point the article states:

”Pruning off galls is not effective since the bacterium is systemic and gall tissue can reproduce itself. ”

oh dear. I’ve already experienced RRD, why do I have to have this, too? Throwing myself a little pity party.

Hey we all deserve a little pity party occasionally. Had them all here as well don’t forget midge and the other big nasties. I’m still growing roses not sure why sometimes.

Have you ever thought about the unthinkable. That someday we we’ll pass away. Then for most of us someone’s going to rip our little darlings out of the ground and plant grass!

I think about that all the time! If I were ever to sell my house, the new owner probably wouldn’t want 80+ roses to take care of. And who’d want a bulging pot ghetto , roses and pots of every shape size and color. My neighbor is selling his house, and he is ripping out all these nicely built raised vegetable beds, presumably because someone took a look at the house and made an unfavorable comment about the veggie garden. I always thought that was the best part of his whole house!

I always have just cut off galls on roses when I see them (not very often), using bleach on the cutting tool as above. 90% of the time those roses have lived another 10 to 20 to unlimited (still alive and thriving) number of years. We did lose one, but it hung on for 15 years. They have all kept blooming, growing, etc. If I saw one on a 5 month old rose, I would be incensed. I would contact the nursery - you could phrase it that you are concerned they may have other infected stock.

Jackie

Thanks so much for sharing your experience Jacqueline, very encouraging to hear your roses survived crown gall. It was a fresh Weeks rose purchased in a peat pot. I’m not looking for money back, I do think the local nursery would refund the money if I had the receipt and showed them the disease. But I’m just sad that it spent the last 5 months growing and blooming so well, and had just grown to the point where I could wrap it around an obelisk. I had spent some good effort wrapping it neatly around the structure when I spotted the crown gall :(

I too have pruned off a "tumor" and had the rose do just fine Ben.

Thanks Sheila! I’m so glad I posted this thread. I was almost set to remove the plant, but now with all these success stories, I’m inclined I’ll let it stay with some close monitoring.

Is anyone else having a problem with submitting a comment. There is a post by my keys further done.with a horrible case of rrd. When I submit an answer it disappears.

I see the post by user mykevs now that you mention it. I responded and so far my response seemed to stay on the thread. That one is most definitely advanced RRD, no question, ugh.

Yes me too on the sad RRD thread. It won't post.

I have never had gall ( thank goodness) so, how do you prune it off? Do you use a knife?

I remove the whole cane that it is on. I find everything above a gall on a cane dies anyway. If it is the only cane, then I remove the bush.

Ben I forgot to say that I’m sorry I used your post to ask my question.

No worries at all Patty, I’m thankful for your replies.