White shoots on bare root roses

10 years ago

I received my bare root roses from Palatine yesterday and here we are still buried under snow and frozen. I am going to heel these in until I can plant them properly. The plants are very big and healthy but they are covered in white shoots. I have never seen so many on bare root roses before, Will I have to cut these off when I plant the roses?

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10 years ago
Just snap or rub them off with your fingers. The plants will grow new shoots, no problem. There is a good reason to remove them. They are using carbohydrates stored in the canes rather than getting their nutrients from the root system and sunlight (because the root system isn't doing anything right now), so they are stressing the canes a bit.
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