On 28 Apr 2003 19:25:49 -0700, (Kevin Eberwein)
wrote:

Hi all. I'm new to roses and I seem to be having a problem. I bought
4 bare root roses and received one more from a friend for my new
house. I live near Raleigh, NC and planted the roses in the last
weekend of February after soaking them for 24 hours.

Next time, soak them longer. A week is good.



I got Ink Spots
from one nursery, Taboo, Stainless Steel, and Gina Lollobrigida from
another nursery, and a purple rose from Lowes. Ink Spots and the
purple rose seem to be doing much better than the other three.


You need to water your roses more. You should have been out there
watering the bare roots every day to make sure the canes did not dry
out until you saw the first growth. Thereafter, two deeeeeeeep
soakings a week might suffice. Meaning: water with a gentle stream
until runoff begins, then move to another bed and come back three or
four times.


Several of the canes have turned gray and a lot of leaves have turned
yellow and or brown. I sprayed with Ortho RosePride (.25% Acephate,
0.10% Resmethrin, 0.10% Triforine) last week and plan on spraying
every week or so.

You should not have used this stuff on your plants until you saw maybe
5-7 inches of strong new growth.


This spray is suppose to stop & prevent Black Spot,
Rust, and Mildew while also killing various insects. None of the
plants have produces roses, but all have some buds that have started
to form.

What is being sold here as Rose Pride (I am in Raleigh) is just the
fungicide. The combination insecticide/fungicide is called Orthenex.

But that is not your problem. Your roses are dehydrated. Give them
three times the water you think is sufficient, and they might survive.
They have to drain well.

That is all you have to do until they get bigger and stronger.

Next time, do not go near your bare roots with any chemicals at all
until they have 5-7 inches of robust new growth. And water more. No
fertilizing until much later.

Good luck.




I've put pictures of them on my web site at
http://eberwein.dyndns.org/roses for you to look at. Note that the
pictures range from 450K to 800K in size so they may take a long time
to view. Can anyone tell what the problem is by these pictures and my
description.

Thanks,
Kevin