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simcan z5b/Toronto (
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Sat, Jun 2, 12 at 9:33
| After a long period with no rain, yesterday heavy rain and winds whipped around all day and night. This morning is a disaster with several large roses flattened right to the ground. Not snapped canes, just sort of push over. Will they recover? Should I attempt to stake them back up? Cut them down and have them start over? |
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RE: devastating rain and wind knocked roses to the ground
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| We often have severe weather in our area; high winds, heavy rain, hail. Long and lanky canes laden with pretty, fat blooms are the ones that end up lying on the ground. I'll go through a few minor steps before I do anything major. First, I shake the water out of the blooms and see if removing the extra weight allows the canes to perk back up. If not, I observe them over the course of a day with sunshine and see if the leaves start to wilt. If so, I know the cane has most likely been compromised and I'll carefully inspect it to see where the breakage occured. I have thought on more than 1 occasion that there was no damage until the rose told me otherwise. If everything's still good after a day or two, there's no signs of a compromised cane, and it's still on the ground, I'll stake it up near the bottom of the cane that's flopped over. Sometimes they perk back up on their own, but if not, a little assistance hasn't hurt mine at all. |
RE: devastating rain and wind knocked roses to the ground
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| Thanks, will do exactly as you say. They look pretty awful but will hope for the best. |
RE: devastating rain and wind knocked roses to the ground
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| Stake them up. Two weeks from now you won't know anything happened. Same thing happened here late yesterday. Went out early this morning and staked everything back up. |
RE: devastating rain and wind knocked roses to the ground
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| I use stakes and mini-trellises to stake them up, was out this morning staking them... |
RE: devastating rain and wind knocked roses to the ground
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| I'm reviving this thread because some of my roses suffered similar damage in a storm yesterday. Is there any stake of choice? I'd prefer not to have a network of stakes sticking out, so does anyone have tips for an effective but unobtrusive option? |
RE: devastating rain and wind knocked roses to the ground
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| pea sticks, or any prunings you have - fruit bushes, bits of hedging, any old woody stuff which you can either cut off a shrub or is lying around. Hazel trees make good peasticks, but in an emergency, I have used a variety of stuff ranging from bits of cistus, apple prunings and even old rose canes which needed pruning out. Doesn't matter if there are still leaves on or if it is bare wood. If it is forked and branchy, even better - you just need to raise the fallen canes off the ground by a few inches. Bamboo or other such stakes are always a bit obtrusive and not easy to use well whereas a bit of woody stuff will disappear in the general leafy outline of the affected plant. |
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