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Fri, Aug 8, 14 at 22:35
| My roses suffer severe JB and blackspot damage this summer. It looks like the JB is about to quit but my roses have hardly any leaves and just tall bare canes. What can I do to nurse them back to health and may possibly get a fall flush? Can I prune off some inches off the canes? I had already applied the rosetone fertilizer. |
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| Many people do prune, and it probably works just fine. But, there are nutrients in those canes the plant can use to regenerate the foliage, and any green wood is using sunlight to create chlorophyll to feed the plant. If you just can't stand the sight of the bare stems, prune them. If you can avert your attention to somewhere else and leave them alone, do that. There isn't a whole lot of difference between dealing with the JB damage and that from saw fly or even light deer feeding. All three eliminate the foliage and leave the plant looking like it's dead. Keep it watered and fed to encourage new growth and flowers. I'd bet not pruning them should result in a faster rebound. Kim |
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| I would leave the canes alone too and just dead head any spent blooms. If it's very hot rig a temporary sun shade over them for the hottest part of the day so the canes don't sunburn. Keep them well watered and when you start to see some new growth give them a little fertilizer. It may take a few weeks but they will recover. |
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| Thank you for your advice. I will keep the canes as they are. I do not mind the bare canes, but I feel so sorry for the poor rose bushes like chickens without feathers. |
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| Lol, good description! But don't worry, the leaves will grow back in no time at all and soon there will be more blooms. |
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