|
| There is a very vigorous Seafoam rose in my front yard which showed unusual, twisty growth last year....as I studied online pictures, I guessed it was either Rose Rosette disease OR damage from the Weed and Feed my husband put on the lawn last summer. It could be either, I think. At first, I just thought maybe the rose didn't have enough space and that was why the leaves looked so strange and some of the canes drooped down.
Anyway, this early spring I pruned the rose way down and moved it to the back yard, away from the other roses, to watch it. My question is, if it is Rose Rosette disease, how early would it show itself? Can I assume if all the leaves come in and they look normal that the rose is okay to put back with the other roses? Or is it possible the early leaves could look normal and then change later? |
Follow-Up Postings:
|
| If it grows out normally, it is probably OK. |
|
- Posted by karl_bapst_rosenut 5a, NW Indiana (rosenut@rosenut.com) on Tue, Apr 10, 12 at 15:51
| RRD will show its ugly head as soon as it grows out. There is no normal growth time. Herbicide damage will too but it'll eventually grow out of it. Michael is right about normal growth now. |
|
| Drooping canes don't just happen. Either the roots that support them were being eaten by bugs or rodents or the weight of the excessive growth out at the end of the cane was more than that rose stem could support. Over on Antique Rose Forum there're a series of really good pictures of the Hybrid Musk Ballerina with RRD. Buford's excellent series of photos are worth a good long look. Especially notice the canes' diameters in the infected part of the rose. Not only are the leaves on that part 'wrong', but the sum of the thicknesses of the aberrant growth canes greatly exceeds the diameter of the cane that should have been able to support them. (This sort of thing doesn't happen with herbicide damage.) To answer how long to wait, when I've cut back infected canes, by May I will see really ugly growth emerging by early May. Your season is probably a bit behind mine, maybe by two weeks or more. Ann |
Here is a link that might be useful: RRV on Ballerina
|
- Posted by vickysgarden 5 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 11, 12 at 9:12
| I am so grateful for the good advice given in this forum! The picture link was really helpful. My rose did not have all that excessive growth...and I don't think the red canes, either. Just the twisty, deformed looking leaves and drooping. I am going to keep a close eye on it before moving it back or destroying it....better safe than sorry. |
|
| oh yeah, penelope looks like that but i am pretty certain it was a loose hand with the round-up. |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Roses Forum
Instructions
- You must be a registered member and logged in to post messages on our forums.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review the contents and make changes.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- It is illegal to post copyrighted material without the owner's consent.
- HTML codes are allowed in the message field only.
- No advertising is allowed in any of the forums.
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.