Greensage45
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Hi,
My rose Angel Face has been slowly fading all season. I cannot imagine why, until today.
I have been watching this rose carefully and because there were a few tiny clusters of growth at various places I thought I was dealing with Rose Canker.
I was doing some searching online to see if I can find a remedy before I completely lose my rose. I already took cuttings to try to get some started this winter to replace it just in case; also so I can begin the task of getting all my roses on their own roots.
I discovered what it is, it is called Rose Gall. It is caused from a naturally occurring bacteria that is normally kept in check by other bacterias. Sometimes there is a 'bloom' of bad bacteria and as the rose slowly ages it will finally succumb to the disease causing growth. Typically it is never found until it is too late when the rose is dug up and the Gall is exposed.
So with this in mind I had to know, so I began digging and it did not take long to find it.
Here is my rose:
This picture shows the Gall already removed, I dug down and discovered it and then I did my best Dr. Love Emergency Surgery as I could. I am happy that there is a good portion of new roots still attached and hopefully things will work out alright after this!
Here is what I removed. You can see the original stem to the original roots, this is likely why it pulled itself down a bit as it grew and reset roots, so if this one was a grafted rose it is no longer on the grafted root system. Now it is on its own roots.
Here is a closer view of what is left and those roots that are supporting this bush. Some are on the backside and firmly in place, I dug around as carefully as I could to find and scrap out all the gall parts, then I saturated the wounds with Colloidal Silver .999% Silver. That should kill all bacteria, good and bad!
So....after my Silver Treatment I added new compost (new bacteria!) So this coming February when I do my pruning I will take this bush down to a very minimal size since there are obviously not enough roots to support such a large bush.
Hoping that this was informative, it certainly was an experience for me!
Ron
My rose Angel Face has been slowly fading all season. I cannot imagine why, until today.
I have been watching this rose carefully and because there were a few tiny clusters of growth at various places I thought I was dealing with Rose Canker.
I was doing some searching online to see if I can find a remedy before I completely lose my rose. I already took cuttings to try to get some started this winter to replace it just in case; also so I can begin the task of getting all my roses on their own roots.
I discovered what it is, it is called Rose Gall. It is caused from a naturally occurring bacteria that is normally kept in check by other bacterias. Sometimes there is a 'bloom' of bad bacteria and as the rose slowly ages it will finally succumb to the disease causing growth. Typically it is never found until it is too late when the rose is dug up and the Gall is exposed.
So with this in mind I had to know, so I began digging and it did not take long to find it.
Here is my rose:
This picture shows the Gall already removed, I dug down and discovered it and then I did my best Dr. Love Emergency Surgery as I could. I am happy that there is a good portion of new roots still attached and hopefully things will work out alright after this!
Here is what I removed. You can see the original stem to the original roots, this is likely why it pulled itself down a bit as it grew and reset roots, so if this one was a grafted rose it is no longer on the grafted root system. Now it is on its own roots.
Here is a closer view of what is left and those roots that are supporting this bush. Some are on the backside and firmly in place, I dug around as carefully as I could to find and scrap out all the gall parts, then I saturated the wounds with Colloidal Silver .999% Silver. That should kill all bacteria, good and bad!
So....after my Silver Treatment I added new compost (new bacteria!) So this coming February when I do my pruning I will take this bush down to a very minimal size since there are obviously not enough roots to support such a large bush.
Hoping that this was informative, it certainly was an experience for me!
Ron
