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Special treatment for the main cane after cutting?

texas.transplant

15 years ago

This is my first time propagating a rose from a cutting. After I cut a stem down to the heel wood, what do I do to the main cane? Do I leave the cut area exposed? I'm guessing it will heal itself?

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someguyinmaine
15 years ago
Some people apply grafting wax or tree wound/pruning sealant, especially if the rose is not disease resistant.
texas.transplant
Original Author
15 years ago
It's a Belinda's Dream, which is supposed to be very disease resistant. Thanks for the advice.
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15 years ago
I'm one of those people who never seals the pruning cuts on rose canes. I have about 2500 roses to tend and about half of those need at least some annual pruning and I don't seal the cuts. The reason you would do so is to deter cane borers from entering the plant, but I find that happens so rarely (and I am not convinced that sealing cuts helps prevent it anyway) that I don't see the value in doing so.

There is no relationship I know between a rose's disease resistance and the act of sealing pruning cuts.

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