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Forensic Science for Rose Deaths?
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 21:19:06 -0700, Cass
wrote: In article m, Shiva wrote: Now that it has stopped raining every other day, it is so hot there's no way I'm going to work in the gardens especially since we now have skeeter-born illness here! (I'm a wimp, it's true.) I'm still chewing over what went wrong that resulted in the death of so many grafted roses, mostly the new ones I planted bare root. What has been different this year is: 1. LOTS of rain. 2. No anti-fungal or insecticide sprays at all since mid-May. I wouldn't think either factor could have been involved, since, as you say, other roses subjected to the same conditions are thriving. I disagree (but I'm just a novice). It sounds to me like a case of drowned roots. If the bare roots were planted in March and the rains immediately started and didn't stop for months, then the bare roots would have never gotten the chance to breathe (literally) and grow properly. Established root systems would grow far deeper and more extensive and could probably thrive in such conditions. However, a one month old plant doesn't have any roots deeper than about 2 feet, and at that depth *all* of the soil would be sodden. Just my two cents... |
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