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Do not know where you are located, but in hot summer, dry climates, we water early in the morning. My plants are watered at 5 a.m.. When I hose off my roses ( leaves are the target) , this is done early in the morning too.. But not at 5 a.m.
Lynn
@seil: What would I need to do to splint it if I find a crack (I still haven't, but I didn't look at it under a microscope)? Interestingly, this morning, a few of the buds that existed yesterday bloomed out, so the cane mustn't be totally sunk. Thank goodness!
I use popsicle sticks and floral tape to splint around the crack. It doesn't always work but is worth a try. If the blooms have perked up and opened I would just leave it staked and let it finish its bloom. Then when you go to dead head take a hard look at the whole cane and see if there is damage and cut below the damaged area.
You are absolutely right, Seil. I went back to Aldi a month later and found them on clearance for 97cents each. I thought that I gave one a try. So I bought Kordes Perfecta, a huge plant at that and planted it. It never leafed out - the leaf buds were all dried out. It is not a good deal even at 97 cents. LOL.
Somewhat amusingly, my Aldi Mr Lincoln, which is not Mr Lincoln, appears to be an older garden rose. Showing pink on its buds today so hopefully I shall be able to start working towards an ID soon. I don't mind it being an old rose, I like old toses, but I had actually bought it as a cutting ht! So much for that plan!
Botrytis blight . . .
https://www.google.com/search?q=botrytis+blight+on+roses&biw=1057&bih=565&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDQQsARqFQoTCP-w0fr8h8YCFUYbrAodGkQAzg
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/organic-care-blight-roses-25494.html
or
http://www.rose.org/botrytis-blight-or-gray-mold/
I expect to see some of this soon, given our current dank weather conditions.
We're in the low 90's for the next few days - first continuous heat this year - so I'm going to let the roses rest up after their trip for a few days & aim for an overcast day to plant them out. If I see a break in the heat coming, will wait till then, for their sake, and mine!
My guess is that that is former rose slug damage, but that the good predator bugs have already come along and finished them off for you. (I usually squish for a couple weeks before the good predator bugs show up.)
All I'd do now is pluck off the worst/ugliest of the damaged leaves and wait for the new leaves to show (because you are watering it better).
Don't worry--just get this poor plant all cleaned up and wait patiently for new growth. : )
Kate
Miracid contains lots of available iron and nitrogen. It doesn't do much to acidify the soil. 1/2 cup of plain sulfur per square yard will (after some months) lower the pH by one point. Nik recommends punching three holes 6" deep and filling with a mixture of iron sulfate granules and plain sulfur. He is a knowledgeable poster here.
Check your local Home Depot for tall metal trellises. They aren't real fancy, but are fairly sturdy, and once the climber covers it, it won't matter if the trellis is fancy or not.
The Home Depot ones are cheaper than most of the ones I've seen advertised in various kinds of gardening catalogs. However, I have also bought 8 ft obelisks from a couple different places--they are all right, but do tend to start disintegrating after about 5 years. I've had to replace two of them.
Kate
Evie, be very careful with Neem Oil or any king of oil. NEVER spray oil on your roses if the temps are going to be any higher than about 75 degrees. The leaves will cook like they're in a deep fryer! Neem Oil should only be used in the very early spring or late fall when temps are cool.
Besides aphids early in the season, which were easy to remove, I hadn't spotted bugs. I'm used to looking for bugs under leaves, but I must have missed them thinking it was fungus or disease. I looked carefully at both plants and did not spot bugs yesterday or this morning. Hopefully their time is over for the year. Thanks all for the responses. I will keep an eye out for insects, keep the plant watered, and hope to see new healthy leaves start to fill the plants.
The story on "Happy Butt" was that the hybridizer wanted to name it after a dear friend named Gladys. Gladys said "Oh no, please do not!" So the hybridizer named the rose "Happy Butt". Repeat the name Gladys a few different ways to see why.
thonotorose, I have that rose also. I call it 'Jacsegra', which is the hybridizer's name for it.
My grandmother revered Hoover, because before he was a below-average President, he was head of a US agency that sent food to people in dire straits in Belgium at the end of WWI. My grandmother was close to the front lines and nearly stared to death. The food that Hoover had sent saved her life, or so she always said.
I have to say, that at least here, 'Fabulous!' deserves its exclamation mark.
Yes, it is new dawn. Be prepared as this one will grow and grow and grow....
That's good news. I need something that will grow fast and be cane hardy in my zone to permanently smother my pergola!