Ping-CassBlack area on my new bare roots, should I be worried?
A guy named Emil wrote:
I read and this and was thinking does it apply to me? Should I cut off those Yes. black areas I mentioned? Do you think my rose will die! :-( LoL, it has such nice growth growing, I hope that doesn't happen. Heres are the pics again: http://dodgetrucks.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?photo=4682 and http://dodgetrucks.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?photo=4681 Neither one of them looks that bad yet. Cut half an inch below the end of the blackened cane and keep an eye on it. If it spreads lower, cut some more. I've treated roses this way and had them recover just fine. Though there have been one or two that have croaked but those have usually been because the blackening was much further along than in either of your 2 pix. |
Ping-CassBlack area on my new bare roots, should I be worried?
A guy named Emil wrote:
Hi, Emil. Julia and Bob are both good rosarians who have planted more bareroot roses than you and I have seen our lifetimes. I've met both of them. Julia has 500 roses or more, and Bob probably approaches half that number. You should consider their opinions carefully. Each of us is speculating, since any one or a combination of things could cause the canes to darken and die back: dehydration, disease, natural die back to a bud eye and half a dozen other things. Did you catch these 2 posts recently made here? They are in the topic "new grower" Julia wrote: "I'm in coastal San Diego. I've seen cane dieback on new bare-roots before. Most often it's because the rose has not been properly re-hydrated before planting..... Cut at least a quarter to half an inch below where the end of the black stops, even if that means you're cutting off some new foliage. If you don't, the cane will definitely continue to die back. Keep an eye on it and don't let the dieback spread." Julia grows roses in a location most similar to your own. Listen to her. and Bob Bauer wrote: "Your rose has the fatal fungal disease 'Black Cane Canker'. There is hope however. You must cut off all of the black stuff ASAP, 1/2 inch below the lowest appearance of the black stuff, if you want to save the rose. If the black reaches the bud union, your rose is toast. I'll bet Bob grows lots of bareroots because he likes modern roses. Listen to him. It's the same advice. :~) What's a quarter or half inch? -------------------------------------------------- I read and this and was thinking does it apply to me? I don't really know the cause of the dieback, Emil, but I do know this: whether from dehydration, disease or natural death, you will need to cut off the dead part, now or eventually. If it's worrying you, cut back now. Get good pruners: invest in equipment (I can see you do that with the 4 wheel variety) and get Felcos that fit your hand. Should I cut off those black areas I mentioned? Sure, you can't hurt your rose by cutting it off. Many rosarians trim up their bareroots before they plant them, cutting off any thin little canes, reducing the overall number to 3 or 4, and reducing the length to a couple of bud eyes. I just let them be. Do you think my rose will die! :-( LoL, it has such nice growth growing, I hope that doesn't happen. Don't worry, be happy. There are a hundred ways to grow roses: lots of care, little care, lots of intervention, little intervention. Fortunately, roses are not fragile and survive it. I am a minimalist when it comes to whittling on my roses, which is why I like to point out that canes do die of natural causes, and it isn't always cause for alarm. Heres are the pics again: http://dodgetrucks.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?photo=4682 and http://dodgetrucks.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?photo=4681 |
Ping-CassBlack area on my new bare roots, should I be worried?
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Thanks for your reply! Emil :-) |
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