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Comments (11)Cow manure is a bit on the sweet side, so if you've used very much of it on soil that (perhaps) might have started out a bit on the alkaline side, soil PH might be entering into the problem. Get a soil test through your county extension agent. They might not be free anymore (I don't know about that) but it will save a lot of time in the long run to know where you're starting from. They can tell you about nematodes too when they do that testing. Marigolds saved a rhododendron here from almost sure death, and they won't hurt anything to try, growing right along with the roses. But since your roses are growing on Fortuniana, that's probably not the main problem. If it's Rose Replant Disease - it might be - you could try the method recommended by Peter Beales' nursery: plant each rose in new soil in a big cardboard box buried in your ground. You're trying to separate your rose from the disasterous effects of whatever current soil components are killing your roses, much as you did when removing your roses from the soil and finding success in a pot. Punch multiple drainage holes in the bottoms of the boxes. By the time the cardboard totally disintegrates, the chemicals in the soil responsible for killing your roses will have dissipated, drained away. Maybe hide the top edges on the boxes by using lots of mulch there. For extra measure, you can probably help each rose by using mycorrhiza on the roots when you do the replanting. I read that a large public garden in France, where they were worried about Rose Replant Disease when redoing everything, got by with just using mycorrhiza on each rose to be replanted. You might even get by with just using mycorrhiza, but the box method plus mycorrhiza will almost surely work *if* Rose Replant Disease is a part of the problem there. I've used the mycorrhiza brand linked in an article in Organic Gardening: BioVam. The many different types of plants I've used it on have done quite well when getting established, even in the heat of summer, so I'd assume that the product did help some in providing additional sources of water and other nutrients when the plants were in danger of transplant shock. I don't know that the product David Austin or others sell wouldn't work great too, or perhaps might be even better. Anyway, I did do some comparison shopping and was very happy with what I bought. I talked to the vendor for a long time, and he was quite knowledgeable and helpful. If you decide to handle what might be Rose Replant Disease by letting the ground lay fallow, one year is not likely enough; they say at least two years is needed at the Peter Beales' nursery, and that three years' is more of a sure thing. Your amazing drainage there might shorten that timeline some, but probably not by that much. An alternate solution that some people in California use (for gophers there) is to purchase huge (20-25 gallon?) plastic pots or barrels, drill drainage holes in them, and plant your roses in the pots permanently buried in the ground. That seems more like an absolute final last resort to me, though. You might just get started by trying mycorrhiza on a couple of roses and see whether you could get by that way. If not, then try the box method along with mycorrhiza. Whatever you end up doing, a soil test would seem a wise way to begin. Good luck! Best wishes, Mary Here is a link that might be useful: Mycorrhiza I've used (BioVam)...See MoreNeed your help-"Thought" I transplanted a few rose plants but....
Comments (1)Your original roses have propagated themselves from roots left after transplanting. If your roses are grafted, the bushes will probably be the rootstock that was used by the grower--they usually are once blooming, small flowered vigorous plants that most people don't want as roses. If your roses were own-root, they are clones of the bushes you moved & you may wish to pot them up & plant them with the others....See MoreObelisks and other supports for your roses... please show yours..
Comments (70)oh gosh that's gorgeous...what a lovely summerhouse or whatever you use it for.. I'd love that, and the pergola too... I can see what you mean... I've never grown GJ as a climber so I'm not certain of her abilities to reach, but certainly the top of those posts should be attainable.. I'm not sure how much further she would go across the top.. Of course if that was mine I would get carried away.. and this is what I would do.. I see you have another post on the left close to the grass... I would remove about 18 inches of grass all along from left to right in front of the paved area, and right where that post is I would plant a 'Mme Alfred Carriere' rose or some other of one's choice.. I would infill the whole length of the strip with annuals or low perennials, whatever.. otherwise that post is going to waste and I'd want to make use of it with another rose... Love the boulders too......See MoreRose detectives I need your help
Comments (13)Trademark is for name use only. It can extend for a long time. For example, the Coca Cola name has been around a long time and is still trademarked. Patent is for the ownership of the plant material and asexual propagation. Two different costs associated with producing a trademarked and or patented plant. (As I understand it--this is just from my own browsing on the subject). I am guessing these growers have paid for patent use (or maybe they even get the lower grade, rejected starts at a discount as mentioned) and resell them without paying the trademark fees for the name use. I think White Mediland name is still under trademark. I see it listed with the R in a circle, which signifies a registered trademark. I am hoping one of my body bag roses is Julia Child. Anxiously waiting for them to flower. :D...See Moredianela7analabama
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