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Posted by jamus_s SA Australia (My Page) on Tue, Mar 28, 06 at 3:21
| I have some roses that are remnants from the old lady that lived here before us. I've killed all the geraniums and other daggy plants but this one rose in particular is attrocious and simply must go. It's a pink kind of hybrid tea type thing. Should I just cut it off at ground level and poison the stems or do I have to dig out the entire pickly thing, root ball and all? Will roundup kill roses? Thanks in advance, Jamus.
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RE: Killing roses
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- Posted by meggs WA Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 28, 06 at 5:56
| One of my grafted roses died and the rootstock took over and became a mass of thorny branches, I cut them to the ground, painted them straight away with undiluted glyphosfate and it never came back, however, it was young and in active growth so this method worked, I do not know whether it will wotk on an old plant. |
RE: Killing roses
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| Thanks meggs, that sounds hopeful. I didn't consider whether or not this rose might be grafted. Does anyone know if Hybrid Tea roses are generally grafted? |
RE: Killing roses
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RE: Killing roses
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| Jamus - Roundup is very good for killing roses. Even a bit of overspray - I'd be tempted to cut them off above ground level but below the graft if you can find it, and IMMEDIATELY brush Roundup onto the cut stem. Even spraying will do it because they are very sensitive to glysophate. A couple of years ago someone got into one of the big producers nurseries and sabotaged it with Roundup - killed a huge amount of plants. |
RE: Killing roses
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If you are happy to cut the thing off at ground level, then why don't you do that, and then when you have got rid of the plant, dig the root ball out. You will find that the part beneath the ground won't have any prickles at all. It seems pointless to spray or use poisons that can harm more than just the rose, when a little effort will do the job just as well. You have to get rid of the top part even if you poison it, and that would surely be the difficult bit - handling the prickly branches? Dead prickles are just as scratchy.
By the way, if you do happen to look for a generic version of the poison, it is called glyphosate. |
RE: Killing roses
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| Roses are very sensitive to glyphosate. Even wiping weeds near the roses could kill them as roses are shallow rooted and the weeds roots can intermingle with the roses resulting in death. Roses shouldn't be too hard to pull out anyway. Doug. |
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