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Wed, Mar 18, 09 at 15:53
| 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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- Posted by someguyinmaine (My Page) on Thu, Mar 19, 09 at 6:37
| Some people apply grafting wax or tree wound/pruning sealant, especially if the rose is not disease resistant. |
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- Posted by texas.transplant 8b (My Page) on Thu, Mar 19, 09 at 11:39
| It's a Belinda's Dream, which is supposed to be very disease resistant. Thanks for the advice. |
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| 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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