Daniel, that's a sucker, you need to remove that or it will take over your pot and eventually destroy your rose.. I can go through it with you if you're not sure what to do.. it's not difficult just fiddly..
well, that's not too bad Nollie, I'd like to see more of the purplish bits that you have in the centre, but so far there's only a small area of very pale yellowing leaves... see how you go...
"That's a sucker, you need to remove that or it will take over your pot and eventually destroy your rose.. "
Could you say more about why it would destroy a rose, please? I thought one was supposed to bury the graft point below the soil to encourage suckers....
It's best practice to bury the graft point an inch or so below the top of the compost, yes, but you don't want to encourage suckers, no definitely not,.. I wonder if what you mean is to encourage the rose to form its own roots? because that is one of the objects of burying the graft union for most roses, so they get an opportunity to grow own roots if it needs to do so.... ...suckers are not own roots on grafted roses, they are shoots from the rootstock not the rose grafted onto it.. you really don't want suckers like these because they grow more vigorously than the grafted rose, they will eat up all the goodness in the compost and over time, swamp the grafted rose to the point it will deteriorate and may die..
ok.. Daniel.. what you are trying to do with this, is to remove all of that shoot that's running under the compost, by tracing it right back to the trunk of the rootstock... and snapping or cutting it off as close to the trunk as you can... sometimes it just doesn't work and you snap it off half way or something.. don't worry if that happens..
Ideally I would be wanting to empty the rose out of the pot to do this, but I think that is a newly potted rose and all the compost may fall away if you do that at this time of year..
So using a knife or some other tool, a pencil or pen even, gradually ease away the compost by the sucker and try to trace the line where it's going back to the trunk.. slowly lifting up the sucker shoot as you go... it's not usually very deep and don't worry if you damage roots... try and follow it back as far as you can and then snap or pull [yank] it off from the trunk.. ideally you would cut it right off at the trunk, but that's not always possible... so just get off what you can..
Someone at the nursery has been pruning it off now and then to keep it short without removing it altogether [too much bother]… if you don't get it out your rose that you've bought will weaken and not bloom much.. the sucker will take all the goodness from the pot..
There's no absolute rush here,... you can leave it till the weekend or somesuch, but as soon as poss... get back to me on it Daniel...
You could also wait until you're ready to plant it in the ground or pot whatever, then when you take it out the pot, you will have a better idea just where that shoot is coming from and better able to trace it back as far as you can... there's no rush as I say.. could leave it another month or when ready.. just don't let it get any bigger..
What rose is it?... another nice Austin by the looks of things... suckers are not common, but they do happen in pots sometimes.. don't let it put you off..
Alternatively, Daniel, you said you only bought it yesterday, you could take it back to where you bought it from and exchange it for another of that type. Just a thought!
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didnt notice the extra bit coming out at edge of pot!!
Daniel, that's a sucker, you need to remove that or it will take over your pot and eventually destroy your rose.. I can go through it with you if you're not sure what to do.. it's not difficult just fiddly..
@Nollie
well, that's not too bad Nollie, I'd like to see more of the purplish bits that you have in the centre, but so far there's only a small area of very pale yellowing leaves... see how you go...
It's best practice to bury the graft point an inch or so below the top of the compost, yes, but you don't want to encourage suckers, no definitely not,.. I wonder if what you mean is to encourage the rose to form its own roots? because that is one of the objects of burying the graft union for most roses, so they get an opportunity to grow own roots if it needs to do so....
...suckers are not own roots on grafted roses, they are shoots from the rootstock not the rose grafted onto it.. you really don't want suckers like these because they grow more vigorously than the grafted rose, they will eat up all the goodness in the compost and over time, swamp the grafted rose to the point it will deteriorate and may die..
I hope I've explained that o.k...
ok.. Daniel.. what you are trying to do with this, is to remove all of that shoot that's running under the compost, by tracing it right back to the trunk of the rootstock... and snapping or cutting it off as close to the trunk as you can... sometimes it just doesn't work and you snap it off half way or something.. don't worry if that happens..
Ideally I would be wanting to empty the rose out of the pot to do this, but I think that is a newly potted rose and all the compost may fall away if you do that at this time of year..
So using a knife or some other tool, a pencil or pen even, gradually ease away the compost by the sucker and try to trace the line where it's going back to the trunk.. slowly lifting up the sucker shoot as you go... it's not usually very deep and don't worry if you damage roots... try and follow it back as far as you can and then snap or pull [yank] it off from the trunk.. ideally you would cut it right off at the trunk, but that's not always possible... so just get off what you can..
Someone at the nursery has been pruning it off now and then to keep it short without removing it altogether [too much bother]… if you don't get it out your rose that you've bought will weaken and not bloom much.. the sucker will take all the goodness from the pot..
There's no absolute rush here,... you can leave it till the weekend or somesuch, but as soon as poss... get back to me on it Daniel...
What rose is it?... another nice Austin by the looks of things... suckers are not common, but they do happen in pots sometimes.. don't let it put you off..
Also i noticed similar activity on 2 of my roses in ground when cleaning the manure away today!
first pic is Gertrude Jekyll but to me it just looks like another shoot of the same plant
Whereas second picture I’m a bit more unsure as I haven’t examined where the shoot is coming from exactly!!
im edging towards it being a sucker too!!