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Rose sucker?

ShennyShenny Posts: 127
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Hi
i know this gets asked many times, and I have an instinct I need to cut it off but want to make sure from the wise gardeners on this forum. 
This is a standard rose and this extra stem has suddenly sprung up in the last 2 days. 
Shall I get rid and bin??
( the rose is under planted with petunias but I don’t like so going to remove today!)

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If it's a standard rose that shoot must go.  Gently scrape the compost away from the base of it and pull the shoot 'downwards' away from the root ... this way the growing point it's coming from should be removed too.  



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ShennyShenny Posts: 127
    Thanks. Just before I do, if it is a stem and not a sucker, do you advise to use it as a cutting?
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Can you see if the new shoot is above or below the graft? Why don't you try doing a cutting and see what happens? If it's a standard rose the stem must come off anyway.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • ShennyShenny Posts: 127
    Thanks for reply. 
    I just scraped the compost about 2 inches deep, and pulled the stem down. It just came away without any force. Can’t say if was above or below the graft. Sorry. 
    Put it in some compost. Will see what happens. 
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    The graft on standards is at the top, so it must be a sucker.
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