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Posted by ericpg 8a (My Page) on Sat, Oct 31, 09 at 2:55
I just received my bare-root roses today.
It will be raining for the next week, except for Tuesday, according to the weather forecast.
Is it OK to plant bare-root roses in this kind of weather?
For how long can I keep the bare root roses in their package?
(I live in Vancouver BC. Zone 8a)
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RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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| This is a great time of year to plant bare-root roses in our climate. You should not leave them in their package because they will dry out. You should inspect the roses and check the labels to confirm that they are what you ordered. If you are going to plant in the next couple of days, you can put them in a bucket of water to soak the roots. Leave them outside where it is cool. Don't leave them in the water for more than 2-3 days. If you need to keep them longer than a few days, you can heel them in. Dig a shallow trench, put the roses in the trench, and cover them with soil. Our cool, wet weather will keep them cool and hydrated until you are ready to plant. The roses will keep a few weeks this way. Just watch the weather, you don't want them to freeze. A light frost is no problem, but if it gets so cold that the ground freezes (unlikely this time of year) that could kill the roses. One other alternative is to pot them up. You could put the whole bundle in a pot and fill with potting soil, keep the soil moist until ready to plant. They will keep that way for a couple of weeks. You could pot up each rose individually and they will keep all winter. If freezing is a problem you can sink the pots in the ground for the winter. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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| People here have reported keeping them in water for two weeks with no adverse effects. Nothing wrong with planting in the rain, except you must be very careful not to compact heavy soil when it is wet. Minimize digging, working, and treading on heavy wet soil. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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I've always had the best luck with bare root or any roses when I planted them in the rain. Actually, I try to plant just prior to when rain is forecast. I avoid forgetting to water and the roses seem to take off better.
As Michael stated, make sure to avoid compacting the soil, although in my area with sandy soil, that's hard to do. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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| Thanks for the replies. I will plant them asap. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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I'd plant them right now with now hesitation.
They will get a head start for Spring and should thrive.
I am curious to know who shipped you bare roots at this time of year.
Also, I've kept bare roots in a bucket of water for more than a month with no ill effects.
I just changed water frequently. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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| I purchased bare roots from Pickering Nurseries. The original shipping day was Nov 3, but they called me and asked if I could accept them one week earlier. I was surprised that there was nothing else(no media) in the package, but the root still looks wet. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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Many vendors who grow their own nursery stock will harvest and ship plants in late fall to buyers in warmer growing zones who request fall shipments. Quite often these plants are prime stock as they may be harvested by hand and have little or no harvest damage. They've not been stored so are very fresh.
In warmer growing zones, if one can plant now, fall purchased plants may be the way to go. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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| Eric, if you go to Pickering's website, they have instructions on planting bare root roses. Follow their instrucions and you can't go wrong. A very important instruction is to hill up bare roots with soil (10") for winter protection and drying, which is sometimes forgotten. There has always been a planting instruction sheet in my orders, so I'm surprised too that there wasn't one in your order. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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| Majenta, Thanks for the input, I will hill up them with composted bark. Ya, there's no instruction in my package, a little bit disappointed. Eric |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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| You can plant bare root roses anytyime the ground is not frozen solid. Be sure to winter protect if need be, and everything should work out fine for you. |
RE: Help, Can I plant bare-root roses now?
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Good advice above. I forgot Pickering started shipping in the Fall again.
They claim packing material around the roots can harbor disease so they don't do it.
I've always got good plants from them so you should be fine. |
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