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just planted bare root Redoute...
Hi gang -
In late May / early June I went hog wild on some clearance sales and bought way too many roses. Most of them were bare root outcasts that assorted vendors could no longer sell at retail simply because it was far too late and far too hot. Others were in 3 and 5 gallon pots. I'm in a hot climate - zone 7b, with highs above 80 from April to mid October, so early June is not a good time for bare roots or for transplanting - hence the bargains. The potted ones stayed in their pots and were placed in a good sunny spot at the side of the house. I went ahead and planted half of the bare root roses after soaking them for two days. The rest I left soaking in two plastic storage bins. The ones in the pots did fairly well. Louise Odier and Kent required no care whatsoever and thrived. Larry Daniels struggled but is still alive (my fault - I didn't realize he's a shade lover, and I left him roasting in full sun all summer long). The Squire died. The others are miscellaneous hybrid teas - they didn't do well, but most of them lived. The bare roots that I planted did as you would expect from bare roots planted in 90-95 degree weather. Only Black Baccara, Falstaff, and Pat Austin survived at all (these were planted in partial shade) and none of them grew an inch. The rest were pretty much all dead within a month. The real surprise was the batch that I left soaking. Many of them thrived, even blooming in the water. Unfortunately one of the bins dried up while I was away on an extended work trip in late August, and I lost everything in it. The other bin had Magic Carousel, Redoute, The Dark Lady, two Intrigue, an Oklahoma and a Blanc Double de Coubert. The Dark Lady didn't live, and the B.D.d.C. struggled, but the others made it just fine until fall planting season began in October. Most of them went into soil then, but the Redoute finally went into the ground yesterday. It was soaking for about six months with no added nutrients - and it still bloomed and formed nice hips in its water bath. Lesson learned - bare roots really can soak indefinitely, and are much happier left swimming when the weather is ridiculously hot. |
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just planted bare root Redoute...
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 05:14:10 -0500, torgo
wrote: The other bin had Magic Carousel, Redoute, The Dark Lady, two Intrigue, an Oklahoma and a Blanc Double de Coubert. The Dark Lady didn't live, and the B.D.d.C. struggled, but the others made it just fine until fall planting season began in October. Most of them went into soil then, but the Redoute finally went into the ground yesterday. It was soaking for about six months with no added nutrients - and it still bloomed and formed nice hips in its water bath. Lesson learned - bare roots really can soak indefinitely, and are much happier left swimming when the weather is ridiculously hot. This is really interesting info. Thanks! Here's a question though. When you root cuttings for tropical plants in plain water, it's recommended that once the roots get established they should be moved to soil as soon as possible because the roots become accustomed to getting oxygen from water and if youl eave them in water too long, they suffer a bad shock upon being planted in soil and usually die. So I would be interested in you following up in the coming months. Perhaps this is just a wives tale but I seem to remember reading it in years past. Something about the adaptability of roots in water that isn't easily reversed. Anyone else hear this? And perhpas it doesn't apply to plants like roses. I would assume that if there was a problem with the ones planted back in October, you would have already seen them, but I'd still like for you to follow up, if you could. |
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