Subject: Re: Rose stripping From: "Frederik Van Herreweghe" <JVH@JVH-nurseries.com> Organization: Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Date: Tue, 11 Jan 00 15:07:08 Message-ID: <MOD$000111.799@rec.gardens.ecosystems> References: <MOD$000110.7816@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
Just an idea.
In our nursery we sometimes cover the roses with a dark (hard-plastic )
cover. (a cover normally used on lorries).
After some days leaves just fall off.
One important remark we do this when roses are removed out of the field.
please comment.
fred
Bill Robinson heeft geschreven in bericht ... > >Our lowest temperatures here in my part of Southern >California is about 30 degrees F. Our roses never get cold >enough to go into dormancy and they hold on to all or most >of their foliage throught the winter. It is a fairly common >practice in this area to hand strip the foliage from the >stems for general sanitation. It does help to minimize >problems with pests and/or disease. We strip off the foliage >around the firest of the year before we prune, clean up the >garden debris, wash down the plants with a hose, and then spray >with a light dormant spray oil. > >Stripping off all of the foliage is labor intensive to say the >least! I face doing this with several hundred roses and it takes >many weeks.This P.M. I shot the foliage on a couple of roses with >a stream from an electric power washer. It has something like 1350 >lbs/square inch of water pressure and it did a really good job. As >far as I can tell, it did no physical damage to the plants but >surely did a good job in stripping off the foliage and presumably >a good job of washing off all sorts of nasty stuff for a really >good clean-up. > >A good blast of water can correct a lot of pest and disease >problems. I've just never used a power washer out of fear that it >would cause excessive physical damage. It didn't. > >Bill > >--------------------------------------------------------- > >The rec.gardens.ecosystems FAQ, course and archive are available at >http://metalab.unc.edu/rge > >submissions can be mailed to: ecosys-submit@metalab.unc.edu >the moderators can be contacted at: ecosys-admin@metalab.unc.edu > >Please note that crossposts are automatically rejected