Help with wilted rose!
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Comments (5)When planting, water the soil around the rose as you plant to settle it and fill any voids. Don't tamp or pack the soil. Water morning so any wet leaves can dry. Water draining during the night could be leaving the plants with less moisture than may be desirable. It needs to be available during the heat of the day when evaporation from the leaves is the greatest and loss of feeder roots when planting means moisture cannot be replaced so the foliage wilts. As stated above, losing soil from the roots when planting causes tiny feeder roots to fall away, leaving the plant with no means to take up moisture. These feeder roots grow back quickly but until they do, your plant will show signs of water distress. Fertilizers applied when planting can burn newly emerging feeder roots so fertilizers should not be applied until after the first bloom or the bush is growing well. A little aged horse manure or an organic slow release fertilizer is fine but it should not be in direct contact with the roots. Mix it well with the soil in the bottom of the hole before planting so the roots can grow into it. If these were own root plants they should be planted no more than an inch deeper than they were in the pot. Feeder roots grow in the top six inches of soil. Larger deeper roots are anchor roots. Grafted bare root roses should be planted so the graft knob is 4 inches or more below the soil surface to protect it from winter freeze. E-mail me for instructions on planting a potted bush to avoid soil loss and transplant stress. Overwatering is easy to do if you have poor draing clay and extremely difficult if you have well draining sandy soil. Digging a hole in clay and adding new soil or over amending what's there can create a bathtub that holds water. If this was done, you should make sure you are not overwatering and drowning the roots. Roots need oxygen just as we do. Water pulls it down to the roots but water setting on the roots can prevent them from using it. When I plant I settle the soil around the bush with water and don't tamp or compact the soil. I let it be as loose as possible without leaving voids. Rain and watering will settle the soil as much as it needs to be....See MoreProblems with David Austin roses wilting in the sun...HELP
Comments (13)Hi there. To respond to wanttogarden, if your plants are new this year, I wouldn't worry about it. The root system probably just hasn't caught up with the amount of green growth that has gone on above ground. The roots will really take off this fall, and next year you shouldn't have this problem. With me, the plants are older but still have the problem of the flowers wilting in the sun (the green growth does not wilt), and I was advised to stop using 100% organic fertilizer exclusively. When something is labeled organic, it cannot have any mined minerals in it, so 100% organic foods are lacking in many important minerals. This can affect flower development over time. I have switched to Rose Tone which gets a good percentage of the NPK from organic sources (although not all) but also has a complete range of minerals included as well. In addition to amending my sandy soil a bit, I am going to see if this helps. Let me know if you have any questions....See MorePortulaca (Moss Rose) is wilting
Comments (2)Change to a drier substrate. The Portulaca in some climates these plants behave as annual or seasonal good take cuttings and get new plants to renew...See MoreHelp with wilting bareroot rose
Comments (18)Professional researchers were noticing amending of planting holes for woody plants was not beneficial by 1969. With university level trials also showing that the same kinds of plants in amended holes were establishing less readily than those planted in holes without amendments, in the same plots. No controls = no basis for comparison. Those who "know" their plants do better because they have larded the planting hole back-fill with goodies are mistaken. Organic material belongs on top of the soil, as mulch, when one is talking about anything other than small rooted, high humus level adapted kinds like annual flowers and vegetables. Amended back-fill surrounded by unaltered soil results in problems with how water enters and exists planting holes. The resulting reduction in growth during the early stages after planting may often not be apparent without, again, control plants providing a basis for comparison....See MoreMischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
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