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Above ground or below it?
As a newbie with roses, I am still in the "hunt and learn" stages when it comes
to things about roses and planting them and caring for them. I think of something related to roses and off I go through Google, seeing what I can find about that subject. On Saturday I did what many of y'all admit to doing -- saw a boxed rose and was unable to resist taking it home. I was at the local agricultural co-op and couldn't resist a J&P "Cherish" I saw. I told myself, "It would fit your gardening scheme *much* better than the Baby Grand you have coming in any day..." OK, now "Cherish" is sitting outside, waiting for the others (in containers) from S&W Greenhouse to arrive before anyone gets planted. So I'm out there online running around, reading here, reading web pages, reading all kinds of stuff, and getting quite a few bits of conflicting info! Hence the title -- Should a bare root rose be planted with the bud union ABOVE, or BELOW, ground level in zone 6? I've seen instructions for anywhere fron 2" below the ground to at ground level or 1" or 2" above it. From reading what you folks are saying over the past few days I've read the group, I'd think 'below' is the right answer...but how far below? And if I have to wait several more days to plant it, where should it be kept in the meantime? Outdoors...if so, in sun or shade? Indoors...on a porch with windows, or in a dark shed or garage? A better sense of what and how to do it with a boxed/bagged rose in zone 6 would be greatly appreciated. :-) -- Kim "We have done so much with so little for so long that now we can do anything with nothing." -- Dave Marcis |
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Above ground or below it?
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:00:57 -0400, Kim
wrote: On Saturday I did what many of y'all admit to doing -- saw a boxed rose and was unable to resist taking it home. I was at the local agricultural co-op and couldn't resist a J&P "Cherish" I saw. I told myself, "It would fit your gardening scheme *much* better than the Baby Grand you have coming in any day..." My experience with J&P boxed roses has been good. Like every other choice, a lot depends on the variety. Both of my boxed roses sprouted out and leafed out and produced buds and blooms in no time. However, one, Lagerfeld, limps along and got eaten by every possible insect and slimed by every possible fungus. The other, Don Juan, burst forth in a show of exuberance that was only stopped by the dead of winter. The box hit the driveway blooming and hasn't stopped for long. It is now five feet wide, densely covering a chain link fence, and has grown 12 feet up into the mature hollies on the other side. It throws a 7-foot cane which then falls over and sprouts laterats every few inches that then reach for the stars! A fabulous thing to behold. Hence the title -- Should a bare root rose be planted with the bud union ABOVE, or BELOW, ground level in zone 6? I've seen instructions for anywhere fron 2" below the ground to at ground level or 1" or 2" above it. From reading what you folks are saying over the past few days I've read the group, I'd think 'below' is the right answer...but how far below? People are all over the place with this. I plant mine two inches or so above and have never lost a grafted rose to cold despite no real winter protection. But it is warmer here. From everything I've read, I think burying the bud really may protect roses in areas with cold winters--but there is a question of fungal diseases that can rot the bud union in the soggy earth, and the fact that buried bud unions tend to result in "own-root" plants, i.e. the grafted on variety sprouts its own roots. Most think this is a good thing, and I like own roots, but judging from my experience, there is sometime a GOOD REASON for a rose to be grafted onto more vigorous or disease resistant root stock. We need to hear from other Zone 6ers, but if I were in your place I think I would plant the rose with the bud union right at ground level--and pile soil or mulch in the winter, leave it exposed in the summer. Best of both worlds. And if I have to wait several more days to plant it, where should it be kept in the meantime? Outdoors...if so, in sun or shade? Indoors...on a porch with windows, or in a dark shed or garage? Full sun, and soak it every day in its box! Water, water, water, is the key to great roses! You want that box to fall apart before you plant it, or you will have to cut it off. A better sense of what and how to do it with a boxed/bagged rose in zone 6 would be greatly appreciated. :-) Plant like a regular bare root sans box. I'm sure these can be planted in the box as the label says, but the box cannot help it along. Good luck! -- Kim "We have done so much with so little for so long that now we can do anything with nothing." -- Dave Marcis |
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Above ground or below it?
Plant AT ground level. Plant to high and they fall over later. Plant too low
and bud union rots. You could always cover with mulch in cold times. "Jeffrey J. Potoff" wrote in message ... Kim wrote: As a newbie with roses, I am still in the "hunt and learn" stages when it comes to things about roses and planting them and caring for them. I think of something related to roses and off I go through Google, seeing what I can find about that subject. On Saturday I did what many of y'all admit to doing -- saw a boxed rose and was unable to resist taking it home. I was at the local agricultural co-op and couldn't resist a J&P "Cherish" I saw. I told myself, "It would fit your gardening scheme *much* better than the Baby Grand you have coming in any day..." OK, now "Cherish" is sitting outside, waiting for the others (in containers) from S&W Greenhouse to arrive before anyone gets planted. So I'm out there online running around, reading here, reading web pages, reading all kinds of stuff, and getting quite a few bits of conflicting info! Hence the title -- Should a bare root rose be planted with the bud union ABOVE, or BELOW, ground level in zone 6? I've seen instructions for anywhere fron 2" below the ground to at ground level or 1" or 2" above it. From reading what you folks are saying over the past few days I've read the group, I'd think 'below' is the right answer...but how far below? And if I have to wait several more days to plant it, where should it be kept in the meantime? Outdoors...if so, in sun or shade? Indoors...on a porch with windows, or in a dark shed or garage? A better sense of what and how to do it with a boxed/bagged rose in zone 6 would be greatly appreciated. :-) I'm in zone 5, and I plant all bud unions level with the ground. I planted some roses with the bud unions a couple inches down, but I get more new basals coming from the roses where the bud union isn't buried. J. |
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