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removing wax from rose plants??
Hello all
Just bought a climbing rose and it had been dipped in wax prior to packaging/shipping and I was wondering if I should remove the wax-and if so HOW? Any thoughts? MICK |
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removing wax from rose plants??
Just leave it.
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removing wax from rose plants??
leave it. it prevents desiccation. Ingrid
(Mick709) wrote: Hello all Just bought a climbing rose and it had been dipped in wax prior to packaging/shipping and I was wondering if I should remove the wax-and if so HOW? Any thoughts? MICK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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removing wax from rose plants??
"Mick709" wrote in message ... Hello all Just bought a climbing rose and it had been dipped in wax prior to packaging/shipping and I was wondering if I should remove the wax-and if so HOW? Any thoughts? MICK I'm going to copy an artical I wrote for my local rose society and let you think about what to do with the rose you bought. Waxed Roses: Why You Shouldn't Lots of areas of the country are going to be getting in bodybagged puppymill roses soon. You know the ones I'm talking about. They sit there in 12" long tubes tied with wire and twine and the canes have been dipped into hot parrafin. They have pretty pictures and sexy names. They are shipped across country by people who you wouldn't trust to have a foam lined box of rocks arrive intact. They sit in the hot sun and drying wind with no one moistening them down. THey're brought inside the stores way too early and start developing pale rubbery shoots in the warmth. You fall for those doctored pictures and sexy names and plonk the rose into a hole in the ground where it promptly either dies or struggles all season. Then, you give up on roses because they are "hard to grow" Many of these roses, despite being called #1 grade, bear little resemblence to the #1 bare root roses that you can get mail order from reputable nurseries like Edmunds Roses or other quality nurseries. Those 12" sawdust and plastic tubes never contain enough roots. They've been severely chopped. If the rose has 5 or 6 good sized canes and only 2 anchor roots 3" long, what do you think will happen when they can't supply enough water and nutrients to all of that newly emerging foliage. Most mail order bare roots will have roots at least 8" long, and many will have them much longer. Roots are the most important aspect of getting any rose off to a proper start. Make sure that you don't start garden life with a handicapped rose. Then, there's that wax. It's supposed to seal in the moisture so that when they sit in the hot and drying sun for weeks on end they don't actually die like normal roses would. Well, the green parrafin that is used does have a low melting temperature, but it's still not kind to living tissue to be dipped in it. It also hides lots of cane imperfections that a knowledgeable buyer might note and refuse to buy the rose. In hot climates, the wax can actually cook the canes if the foliage doesn't develop enough to shade the rose properly. Good bare root roses are never dipped in hot wax. They are stored in climate and humidity controlled refrigerators. They don't dry out, and they aren't handled like playground footballs. When they're shipped to you, they're wrapped in damp medium and sealed in plastic and cushioned in their shipping boxes. They arrive green and plump and ready to take on the world with all of their strength. The biggest "secret" in the rose industry right now is Rose Mosaic Virus. Not many casual rose growers know anything about it. And, not many of the growers want you to know anything about it. Most of the lower cost "1.98" waxed hackroots that are at the big box stores come from growers who do not want to talk about how infected their stock is. Nor do they want to talk about what they are doing to get rid of it. Many of your larger growers WILL talk about it and WILL tell you what they are doing to eliminate it from their stocks. That's not to say it's completely gone, but they are trying. The low cost growers based mainly in Texas are not even trying to eliminate the problem. And, 90% of the waxed roses you find originate from these problem growers. Roses from these sources are very, very, likely to be infected. Out of 50 that I bought 2 years ago as an experiment, 45 turned out to be mislabeled or virused. Very bad odds. RMV may not show up right away, but if you've had a "problem" rose that despite your pampering has just failed to thrive and been stingy with blooms and you're wondering what you did wrong, then you probably have had experience with RMV. The most common symptom of RMV is failure to thrive. Some of the different viruses that cause RMV can show up as yellow leaf patterns similar to tobacco mosaic virus in tomatoes. The biggest problem with RMV infected plants is that,especially in mild climates, the symptoms can take a while to show up--usually well after any warranty period offered by the grower or seller. They've gotten away with selling you a rose with built in obsolescence and ensured a hefty return business for themselves when that rose fails and you want to replace it. Or, they've turned you off of roses entirely. Either way, they're the true responsible party for your garden failure, NOT you. See, roses don't have to be hard to grow---if you buy healthy good quality ones suited to your growing conditions! There are different kinds of roses that do better in different climates, and not all roses that do well in your particular climate will be the hybrid tea florist type roses, but there are some really wonderful roses for each and every person no matter where they reside. If you are wanting to add roses to your garden, do a bit of research first and don't be seduced by the Photoshopped pictures on the local bodybags---or in some of the major rose catalogs. (J&P is notorious for doctoring photos and describing roses with non existant scents as "lightly" scented.) Don't believe the hype. Believe local sources. The American Rose Soceity www.ars.org/ has many links on their site to local societies. Find one and ask them for recommendations to suit your climate and gardening style. Make sure to mention if you are planning on spraying your roses with fungicides to prevent disease. That, and your winter climate, are the biggest limiters to the types of roses you can grow. Just don't buy the bodybagged puppymill roses and put any money into these irresponsible growers pockets. You'll be happier in the long run with better quality roses, and the poorer companies will be forced to clean up their acts or go out of business. |
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removing wax from rose plants??
Just bought a climbing rose and it had been dipped in wax prior to
packaging/shipping and I was wondering if I should remove the wax- No, let it alone. Your main concern is the other aspects of rose planting, especially where to put the bud union. If you are in the North, say Zone 6a to 4, the bud union goes 2 inches below ground level. If you are in the middle states, put it one inch below. If you are in the South, it is planted at ground level. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
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