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Mending split rose stem?
I was putting in new eye hooks
and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] .. |
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Mending split rose stem?
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge
wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve -- Neural Network Software http://www.npsnn.com EasyNN-plus More than just a neural network http://www.easynn.com SwingNN Prediction software http://www.swingnn.com JustNN Just a neural network http://www.justnn.com |
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Mending split rose stem?
On 05/04/2014 15:10, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve Yes, I've done something very similar and it does work. However, it won't work if the rose stem is still bent or twisted so that the injured area of stem is still agape. The two layers of stem must be bound snugly together, as for a graft, so that they heal together. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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Mending split rose stem?
On 05/04/2014 19:03, Spider wrote:
On 05/04/2014 15:10, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve Yes, I've done something very similar and it does work. However, it won't work if the rose stem is still bent or twisted so that the injured area of stem is still agape. The two layers of stem must be bound snugly together, as for a graft, so that they heal together. You might find insulating tape easier to use as it will give a nice snug fit to the stem. |
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Mending split rose stem?
On 05/04/14 19:03, Spider wrote:
On 05/04/2014 15:10, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve Yes, I've done something very similar and it does work. However, it won't work if the rose stem is still bent or twisted so that the injured area of stem is still agape. The two layers of stem must be bound snugly together, as for a graft, so that they heal together. I've just been out by torch light and applied 3 woodwork clamps, will try to tie it tighter tomorrow. Watering and feeding it might help - shall i buy special rose feed? [g] |
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Mending split rose stem?
On 05/04/2014 22:22, george - dicegeorge wrote:
On 05/04/14 19:03, Spider wrote: On 05/04/2014 15:10, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve Yes, I've done something very similar and it does work. However, it won't work if the rose stem is still bent or twisted so that the injured area of stem is still agape. The two layers of stem must be bound snugly together, as for a graft, so that they heal together. I've just been out by torch light and applied 3 woodwork clamps, will try to tie it tighter tomorrow. Watering and feeding it might help - shall i buy special rose feed? [g] What you haven't said and no one has asked is How thick is the stem? Must be quite large if you can clamp it. |
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Mending split rose stem?
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve I used cable ties, fencing wire and a 100mm brass screw to fix a branch that split on the trunk of a Magnolia tree some 10 years ago. The split is now repaired and cable ties, wire and screw are now covered over with bark - and the Magnolia is flowering magnificantly this year. Question, how do you stop grandchildren from climbing the tree - without the use of barbed wire, electrified fence or nailing their feet to the patio blocks etc? ;-) |
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Mending split rose stem?
On 05/04/2014 23:14, Let It Be wrote:
Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve I used cable ties, fencing wire and a 100mm brass screw to fix a branch that split on the trunk of a Magnolia tree some 10 years ago. The split is now repaired and cable ties, wire and screw are now covered over with bark - and the Magnolia is flowering magnificantly this year. Question, how do you stop grandchildren from climbing the tree - without the use of barbed wire, electrified fence or nailing their feet to the patio blocks etc? ;-) Why stop them? Didn't you climb trees when you were their age? |
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Mending split rose stem?
On 05/04/2014 22:22, george - dicegeorge wrote:
On 05/04/14 19:03, Spider wrote: On 05/04/2014 15:10, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve Yes, I've done something very similar and it does work. However, it won't work if the rose stem is still bent or twisted so that the injured area of stem is still agape. The two layers of stem must be bound snugly together, as for a graft, so that they heal together. I've just been out by torch light and applied 3 woodwork clamps, will try to tie it tighter tomorrow. Watering and feeding it might help - shall i buy special rose feed? [g] The entire rose might be glad of a feed now but, on the other hand, I wouldn't want to feed a sick rose. Wait until you've bound the stem tightly with tape, then maybe give it a weak general feed to promote growth in the rose overall, but not so much that it stresses the wounded stem. Afterall, you wouldn't want a huge feast if you were feeling unwell. When the rose starts to make flower buds, give it a high potash feed (rose fertiliser, tomato food) then, but don't be over-generous. Do water it well (once bound), especially since it's planted close to the house, where such borders are generally dry. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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Mending split rose stem?
On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:43:16 +0100, David Hill wrote:
On 05/04/2014 19:03, Spider wrote: Yes, I've done something very similar and it does work. However, it won't work if the rose stem is still bent or twisted so that the injured area of stem is still agape. The two layers of stem must be bound snugly together, as for a graft, so that they heal together. You might find insulating tape easier to use as it will give a nice snug fit to the stem. Insulating tape is great stuff for mending stems. You might think the plant would resent having it pulled off, but it seems to come clean off most stems. I've used it for roses and maples too. -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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Mending split rose stem?
David Hill wrote:
On 05/04/2014 23:14, Let It Be wrote: Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve I used cable ties, fencing wire and a 100mm brass screw to fix a branch that split on the trunk of a Magnolia tree some 10 years ago. The split is now repaired and cable ties, wire and screw are now covered over with bark - and the Magnolia is flowering magnificantly this year. Question, how do you stop grandchildren from climbing the tree - without the use of barbed wire, electrified fence or nailing their feet to the patio blocks etc? ;-) Why stop them? Didn't you climb trees when you were their age? I did, quite often especially when I was after conkers - and I had the broken arm and bent wrist as souvenirs! Now the real reason: the fact that the 5, 4 and 2 year old brothers all want to climb it - and they are a little young to do that. |
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Mending split rose stem?
Janet wrote:
In article , lid says... Question, how do you stop grandchildren from climbing the tree - without the use of barbed wire, electrified fence or nailing their feet to the patio blocks etc? ;-) The word "no" still works perfectly IME. For some children the novelty value alone makes it highly effective :-) Janet They respond to the word no quite well when we are around to enforce it [1] but the garden is such that they can be out of our sight quite easily and quickly - and the three brothers are rather adventurous and have no fear. [1] We are of the 'old school' of rearing children and we treat them exactly the same way the we treated our own before the the idiotic 'let the kids do their own thing irrespective of consquences' brigade were even thought of (the nearest to them at the time was the forerunner of the namby-pamby don't discipline the kids idiots - one Dr Benjamin McLane Spock "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock and that is discipline, politness and manners (an apparent crime today). |
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Mending split rose stem?
On 06/04/14 21:28, Let It Be wrote:
David Hill wrote: On 05/04/2014 23:14, Let It Be wrote: Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: On Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:22:29 +0100, george - dicegeorge wrote: I was putting in new eye hooks and pulling the top of the rose around the corner of the house when the stem split lower down. I've tied it up with string. But insects could get in the split and kill it. Shall I coat it with tar or PVA or woodglue of foamy glue to stop bugs getting in or leave it alone and hope the sap will repair it from inside? [george] . The last time I mended a split stem I used brown parcel tape. When I moved house years later it was still stuck on and the stem had grown. Steve I used cable ties, fencing wire and a 100mm brass screw to fix a branch that split on the trunk of a Magnolia tree some 10 years ago. The split is now repaired and cable ties, wire and screw are now covered over with bark - and the Magnolia is flowering magnificantly this year. Question, how do you stop grandchildren from climbing the tree - without the use of barbed wire, electrified fence or nailing their feet to the patio blocks etc? ;-) Why stop them? Didn't you climb trees when you were their age? I did, quite often especially when I was after conkers - and I had the broken arm and bent wrist as souvenirs! Now the real reason: the fact that the 5, 4 and 2 year old brothers all want to climb it - and they are a little young to do that. I've put barbed wire in the new young branch in the apple tree which in five years time i want to leave as the main branch and chop off the existing sloping branches. There are other trees for the kids to climb. 'Nudge' [g] |
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