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Sun, Jul 6, 14 at 20:47
| I got a picture of what I was trying to describe with the Love Song huge graft knot. We planted this bush deeply, but could not cover all of the graft knot because hopefully you can see by the picture--the canes (not suckers) were coming out of the top of this knot. We would have ended up burying a number of healthy canes if we would have completely buried the root graft knot. We tried adding soil & mulch over that part of the knot. Hopefully it will not be a problem??? Thanks! |
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| I have always read in cold climates to plant roses deep. But here is 'non-winter' country the advice is to plant high. To reduce the chance of suckering. |
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| You did fine. If you're concerned just mulch it deeper for winter. Just so you know, it's perfectly OK to bury some of the cane when you plant. It won't harm the rose. |
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- Posted by nickjoseph 5 Miwaukee, WI (My Page) on Mon, Jul 7, 14 at 12:43
| Thanks seil. I remember when I "inherited" about 12 roses all together when we bought our home almost 22 years ago. Some of the 'originals' remain, and many we have planted ourselves over the years. It seemed over the years that in Wisconsin--the rose people (as I call them) would change their minds every few years on whether to bury the bud union/graft or leave it exposed or partially exposed. First it was bury completely due to our extreme winters at times, then don't bury....arghhhh. Last I heard, it was supposed to be completely buried, but I'm glad it looks okay to you--cuz as you could hopefully see by the pic--there was no way I could bury it completely without having to cut off a number of healthy canes growing from the union or trying to bury the canes too. Thanks! |
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