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| Hi everyone,
This is a photograph of a Pappa Meilland rose that I ordered from Roses Unlimited in the spring. I don't know if it's all the talk about Rose Rosette Virus that has me being paranoid or if I have a legitimate concern. This plant seems to have unusual thorny growth on it that looks very odd. I don't think that the leaves are deformed in any way, but the thorns just don't look right. Also, there is one particular cane on the plant that shot up way taller than the rest of the plant and I also thought that was kind of odd too.. You all be the judge:(
Thanks for looking:) Maude |
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| I had posted pictures of my Paw Maw plant a few weeks ago. It had similar looking new growth and it freaked me out too! After I gave it a week or so to mature, the thorns seemed to shrink and look more like the rest of my plant. Hopefully, yours will do the same :) Tammy |
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| Are the thorns hard or soft? From my understanding the hyper-thorniness of RRD never hardens off and stays soft and flexible. Also is the new growth very red and the leaves contorted at all? Some roses are just really thorny naturally (Have a look at Snowfire and Falling in Love!) and from those pics that plant looks OK to me. |
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| Fortunately, I don't have to deal with RRD, but the new growth on your Papa Meilland doesn't look weird to me. Very often, a young, immature plant can push out extra vigorous new basals like that and they can very often be extremely prickly like that. To me, it indicates the plant finally has some roots under it and is putting out the type of growth to indicate it is maturing. The foliage doesn't appear unhealthy, either. I'd say, for being a Papa Meilland, it's a dang fine looking plant. That variety is not known for being the healthiest, but yours looks quite clean and vigorous. Kim |
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| Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for the fast responses. I feel alot better now because I was in a panic and ready to go out there with a hedge clipper and a shovel...lol.. You know, when I used to grow orchids, I remember that there were labs that you could send cuttings to, and they would perform an ELISA test. It was for Cymbidium Mosaic Virus and Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Does such a thing exist for roses?? Thanks, Maude |
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam (My Page) on Tue, Sep 18, 12 at 19:12
| My papa was from Palatine. I went out and looked it over. The last really vigorous cane has closely spaced thorns like yours. The smaller weaker canes don't. Looks like you found a good spot for papa. My advice is let him grow and don't cut long stems so he can make some more good sized canes. |
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- Posted by meredith_e 7B Piedmont NC (My Page) on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 18:24
| I don't think a test exists for RRD yet, at least not for home growers, but I may be behind. The best one to diagnose it, imho, is Ann right here on this forum. I just had the same sort of cane pop up on 2 roses who haven't done that yet, too. It startled me! They look normal now, two weeks later. They just finally poked high into enough sun in my case, I think :) And/or their roots are terribly happy. Yay! |
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