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| I am in east Texas - we have barely had a winter, its gotten up to 72 sometimes [last year it was low 17, high 26 for many days]. I was feeling a bit smug, thinking we were going to ease through February and move into spring. We have not had a freezing night since mid January. Now.....zappo - its to be 25 tonite for one night! I have a few buds, lots of new growth. I was going to relocate some roses today, but am going to leave them alone.
My question is - when weather is well above freezing, then it dips down, does the sap in the roses, which was possibly starting to rise and wake them up out of dormancy, go back down with well below freezing temps? How does this effect them if they are to be relocated? Also, I just got my David Austin roses in - was going to take them out of the bag and start planting today - NOT! I am going to hold them in my horse barn in an insulated room - is this OK? Temps will rise to 36 day after tomorrow then stay above freezing for awhile. Living in Texas, I should be used to this, but we have been lulled into complacency with this warmer these warmer than normal temps. Thanks!
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| I would keep the bareroots outside or in an unheated space. The canes can stand 15 degrees, the roots around 25. You could start soaking them and let the water protect the roots. Your low of 25 will probably kill new growth in the garden but not affect the canes. |
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| I don't know the answer to your sap question. Maybe someone else will. I do know that Michael is correct about the temperatures your roses can withstand before sustaining any damage. The rose stores energy in the roots and canes for the spring growth. If it buds out and that growth is then killed by a freeze it has to use more energy to regrow again when it warms back up. It only has so much energy stored and if there are repeated freeze and thaws it will use up all the stored energy it has and be unable to come back from another freeze. So ideally you want to keep them dormant for as long as possible so the rose will not use up all it's energy on false starts. I would keep them in that barn, insulated is not necessary, the barn itself will keep them warm enough, or in an unheated garage until the night time temps remain consistently above freezing for an extended period of time. Like a couple of weeks at least. Then plant them out. As long as you keep them moist but not too wet in the barn they will do fine until the weather is less uncertain and you can safely plant them. |
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- Posted by floridarosez9 10 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 10, 12 at 19:32
| Same here. Everything has been growing gangbusters and now we're going to freeze Sunday and Monday nights. It's been in the eighties this past week and now freezing. |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Fri, Feb 10, 12 at 22:59
| Ditto here except for me it's Saturday night/Sunday morning and Sunday night/Monday morning. Possible 27 here Monday morning. I sure hope they're wrong. All the new growth is so beautiful. I guess it'll be back to ugly again. Sherry |
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