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I've Had to Go back for a 2nd pruning
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Posted by
thorn_grower Zone 5 (
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Wed, May 7, 14 at 22:45
| The Explorers are Saying Oh was it cold this winter. Everybody else.... well lets just say there is a lot of Damage this year......YIKES...... |
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RE: I've Had to Go back for a 2nd pruning
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| You might need a 3rd. Even as my roses are blooming now, I'm still finding new dieback. Mostly from canes that looked ok before but obviously were not. |
RE: I've Had to Go back for a 2nd pruning
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| It was a brutal winter for me. |
RE: I've Had to Go back for a 2nd pruning
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| Me too. Even in a warmer zone 6b/borderline 7a. A few roses haven't started leafing out yet and may be dead or mostly dead. Many others have more cane dieback than was initially apparent. I don't try for "zone-pushing" either and I'm surprised by Austins and even an Alba that are not as hardy as expected. |
RE: I've Had to Go back for a 2nd pruning
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| Speaking of Explorers, I'm amazed so many Canadian roses died back to the snow line (about 1 foot.) A. Mackenzie, Prairie Joy, Quadra, Morden Centennial, Champlain, & Hope For Humanity died back like never before. We had minus 16 F in mid Michigan, which isn't that cold by Canadian standards. Even John Davis, which stayed green to the tips, is now withering the shoots on its top half. It had to be more than just the cold that did all this damage. |
RE: I've Had to Go back for a 2nd pruning
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| I'm going out today and cutting Illusion to the ground, its not looking well. Yes and your right about the explorers..Quadra isn't looking well..John Cabot looks normal so far, I cut Jens Munk and Henry Hudson right to the ground but I did that in the middle of April and that was planned.. Some of my Gallica are not looking well either... |
RE: I've Had to Go back for a 2nd pruning
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| I'm seeing more damage everyday, I don't know if I'm going to loose most of my roses, or maybe they will spring back. I super busy with work not sure when I can get out there... |
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