Return to the Roses Forum
| Post a Follow-Up
Rose uprooted
| | |
Posted by
gardenlady76 TX coast/9 (
My Page) on
Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 11:23
| Yesterday as yard work was being done, inadvertenly my yard man pulled my Sundowner rose partially out of the ground. He quickly uprighted it and tamped it back into the ground. I then cut back all of the branches to about four feet, (this rose measured ten feet in height) the ground was wet from rain the night before, and it rained again last night, so I did not water it in. My question is did I do the right thing in cutting back the branches? I am really upset about this as the Sundowner was one of my best bloomers. I know I am asking after the fact but I would like some opinions please as to what should have been done. |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Rose uprooted
| | |
| In hot weather, you did the right thing by reducing the foliage area. How does one accidentally uproot a mature rose? It makes me wonder if gophers had chewed the roots off, |
RE: Rose uprooted
| | |
grief, I was wondering too - I would have to get a landscaper's bar out to budge a 10foot rose so unless said yardman was driving a mechanical digger....?
Hope all is well (and don't worry about cutting back - be better next year). |
RE: Rose uprooted
| | |
| It's unfortunate it happened but it sounds as if you should be able to save it with what's been done. Don't put any "elixers" or "vitamins" or anything on it. Just good, old water, until you see new growth popping from it. Sundowner should be just fine. Kim |
RE: Rose uprooted
| | |
| Thanks all for the input and as to how it was uprooted believe me I asked and asked and all I got was mumbles about a hose, an ATV and a trailer hitch dragging...anyway I am glad I did the right thing in cutting it back. |
RE: Rose uprooted
| | |
| just a thought - my little peach tree snapped at the graft union (long woeful tale) and the fruity folk suggested shading, as well as cutting back so the peach is now sitting under a large umbrella....so, if you can erect some temporary shade structure, I think this will also relieve some of the transpiration stress - Hope the workers were suitably contrite but at least they told you and didn't just stamp it back in and sneak off. |
Post a Follow-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.
