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Moving a very old standard rose
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Posted by Lizzy_Vic Victoria (My Page) on Mon, Mar 14, 05 at 6:08
I need some good advice from you knowledgeable rosie-folks out there. My friend has kindly offered to give me a beautiful, very old standard rose from her front garden, but the catch is I have to move it. The question is how best to do it with minimum damage, and when.
Now this rose is rather big. The trunk is thicker than my arm, and very gnarled and knotty. The rose is supported by a large metal hoop on a stand. The top part of the rose is about a metre in diameter, and the rose stands just about six feet tall. Sorry about mixing my measurements!!
My thinking is to wait till it is dormant in winter. But,that's where my ideas start falling apart! How do I do this? I would hate to kill it as I think it is probably nearly as old as the house, which is a Victorian miners cottage in Elsternwick.
Also how would I find out what sort of rose it is? It is a Spring flowering rose with small pale pink blooms that looked to me like Cecile Brunner in shape and size.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Lizzy. |
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RE: Moving a very old standard rose
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- Posted by sebd VIC Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 15, 05 at 6:00
| Try to get someone to help you with the digging out and relocation. Before moving it, give it a good prune to reduce the size and weight of the top.Try to get a good ball of soil to lift with the roots. One way is to dig around approx 12 -18 inches from stem and then try to cut through any bottom roots underneath the soil ball. A sheet of plastic can make a good transport means to slide it into a trailer. When you prepare your new site the supporting rod for the circle may need to be set into the ground with a quick setting concrete. When you lift the root ball into its new home make sure you use a good potting mix for the new roots to grow into. I would also put some additional saturaid into the mix to help maintain water for the new roots. Your potting mix should give another 6 -8 inches to the roots ball and some potting mix in the bottom of the hole as well to aid drainage. Lastly water in your plant and then give it some plant starter to promote the root growth about every two weeks. Good luck. |
RE: Moving a very old standard rose
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| Hi Lizzy as well as doing the above water in with Seasol or a seaweed solution which aids new root growth and helps plants under stress. Spray foliage with Stress Guard or Envy (which is an acrylic polymer)which will stop transpiration. Keep the root ball damp both before and after digging it out. Make sure it gets a good watering for the few days before it is moved.
When you reduce the canes and foliage remove at least one of the oldest canes (grey coloured canes are usually the oldest and least productive) right to the graft - as this will help to reduce the size. You would do this at pruning anyway as it will rejuvinate the plant and encorage some new fresh canes.
No fertiliser until it is well established and putting out new growth.
Good luck,
Deryn |
RE: Moving a very old standard rose
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| Thanks for the advice. I will attempt to get it right. The rose also needs to be transported in a covered trailer for seven hours to get it up to our farm, which is to be its new home. Reducing the transpiration in the leaves is a very good suggestion. Let's hope we can keep the soil tightly tied around the roots with the plastic so it doesn't get shaked off the roots. |
RE: Moving a very old standard rose
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| wondered how you went with moving the rose? I want to lift about 10 from my front garden and relocate them to a new garden I've built out back. My only catch is that there's some onion weed and couch grass (in small quantities) around the bases so I don't want to transplant them as well. Did anyone give you hints for moving yr rose bare rooted? Thanks , Graham |
RE: Moving a very old standard rose
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Hi Graham,
You can lift your roses and bare root them in winter time when they have gone into dormancy.
Just dig them up trying to get a good deal of the roots as well and then hose off the soil from the roots.
trim back any damaged roots and prune the top growth back and then replant.Water in well and maybe give a dose of seasol to give them a boost.
Good luck.
regards
sandie |
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