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| I received a couple of mini roses in small pots. After the blooms have been spent and dried out, I set out to transplant them following the pieces of advice here in the forum: watering them well a day prior, using a sterile potting medium, sterilizing all instruments, watering them after transplant with some rooting hormone thrown in, keeping them in the shade for a few days, limiting disturbance of root ball and all that. A week later, the stems have turned somewhat black with nary an area of green on the stem. They just look dead and withered but i continue to water them with rooting hormone (a drop in the watering can). I pruned some of the branches and the core is beige, not green but not totally brown. some branches have hollow centers though and dried out (it could be my optimism seeing the whitish center) Are my mini roses in transplant shock? Help! |
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| Sammy -- Are these the sort of little roses in pots that you buy all in bloom at supermarkets, or Trader Joe's or the like? If so, these babies have been pushed pretty hard in a greenhouse, to put all of their energy into production of those blooms. I'm not going to say it's impossible to grow them out -- I've done it myself -- but if they have no more energy to give, that's not the fault of anything you've done. Jeri |
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| Yes don't beat yourself up... This is how we learn & grow... |
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| It sounds like they're probably not going to make it. If the blackened stems don't go all the way to the soil I'd snip off the black and stop with the root hormone and just leave them be for a bit. But it doesn't sound too hopeful. These grocery store minis go through a lot. They're greenhouse forced and then pretty much neglected once they get to market. Sometimes not even getting any water. Only the healthiest and strongest ones will be able to survive. |
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- Posted by sammyyummy 11 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 29, 13 at 12:33
| thanks. im trying to learn to be a gardener that can successfully grow something or sustain and make them thrive...but alas. its kinda frustrating |
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- Posted by lavender_lass WA zone 4 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 2, 13 at 19:00
| Start with something easier...maybe some annuals from the garden store. I don't know what grows in your area, but cosmos are always great (especially the pink shades) and resist almost anything, except frost. Have fun in the garden...we're getting snow today :) |
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