@owd potter I put mine in a buck of water 24 hours before planting them while letting the others in their plastic sealed envelope, as per TCL instructions. But I didn’t dare to let them more than 3 days in the envelope and, as I said, ended up with the last 2 and no more strength to dig holes so I put them in big pots et voilà
I apologize for my previous post full of typos, which I didn’t see because too laze to search for my glasses and without them I am as blind as a mole (as we say in Italy, I don’t know how you say it in English).
@Nollie I feel a little better knowing that somebody else plant bare roots in pots. Anyway, even if they cost much more, I think I will buy only potted ones from now on, since I now know that I am not willing to dig holes in the cold weather and, most of all, because if I don’t see the “real” rose, with all his foliage and flowers, I realized I am not actually able to understand where I can plant it. I fear that next year I am going to move almost all the roses that I planted these last days, sigh.
Apart from Blue for You, Kew Gardens and Tottering by Gently, I really had no idea where to put all the other so I planted them around the garden were it was easier for me to dig a hole, as with my kind of soil and this year lack of rain, the more I dig down and the more I need a pickaxe. I was in such a rush that I didn’t even think to take a picture of them, but they had very good and large roots. I am overall happy with TCL service.
I can’t find those same kind of vine eyes anywhere here, I went to a lot of “ferramenta” (hardware store) and garden centers, but I only found the ones that go into wooden panels or poles, not the ones for concrete walls. As far as I know there’s no Bauhaus store in Italy, unfortunately.
@owd potter General advise is that if you can’t plant your bare root roses immediately then you can store them for up to two weeks as long as you leave them in the packaging they arrived in and store them in a cool, frost free place.
@Victoria Sponge my Grosvenor House was planted 2 years ago and it isn't 7ft tall! About 4ft but it did send out some 5ft stems after the heat wave when it rained again.
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Thanks @dabolem, @rossdriscoll13, Of course what we must also hazard a guess at and allow for is the time that it has spent in transit since being lifted. I received email last Wed informing me that mine were preparing for dispatch and estimated or dispatch within this week commencing 07/11. I've heard nothing more from deliverer yet with an actual delivery date. So it could be that the roses have been out of the ground a week already.
Noticed Forever Royal ( https://rvroger.co.uk/rosa-forever-royal/ ) while browsing RV Roger's site and @Marlorena's influence strikes again... bought it along with Kathryn and Fragrant Plum. Going on a rose grower's site after 10.30pm is fatal! My willpower goes to bed before that.😁
Roses they say are pretty forgiving, @owd potter, so can probably handle weeks dry in storage or soaking in a bucket. One lady on FB left hers soaking for 4 months. That's extreme but they survived!
Oops, sorry about that Owd! Some roses seem to benefit from pot cosseting (excellent planting medium, lots of inorganic food and water) before being let loose in the ground. It’s possible ET is one of them, so why not try it that way and see how it goes?
As Ross says, bare roots are fine for couple of weeks in their original packaging, or in a bucket of water in cool, shady place. The important thing is not to let the roots or graft dry out, so worth checking some of the smaller/non-specialist suppliers’ packaging. I got some almost bone dry wrapped in brown paper once! Fortunately I opened immediately and plunged into a big bucket and they revived OK.
A surprise Rose de Rescht, thought this one was finished:
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Should they be kept in water in the meantime?
I apologize for my previous post full of typos, which I didn’t see because too laze to search for my glasses and without them I am as blind as a mole (as we say in Italy, I don’t know how you say it in English).
@Nollie I feel a little better knowing that somebody else plant bare roots in pots. Anyway, even if they cost much more, I think I will buy only potted ones from now on, since I now know that I am not willing to dig holes in the cold weather and, most of all, because if I don’t see the “real” rose, with all his foliage and flowers, I realized I am not actually able to understand where I can plant it. I fear that next year I am going to move almost all the roses that I planted these last days, sigh.
Apart from Blue for You, Kew Gardens and Tottering by Gently, I really had no idea where to put all the other so I planted them around the garden were it was easier for me to dig a hole, as with my kind of soil and this year lack of rain, the more I dig down and the more I need a pickaxe.
I was in such a rush that I didn’t even think to take a picture of them, but they had very good and large roots. I am overall happy with TCL service.
I can’t find those same kind of vine eyes anywhere here, I went to a lot of “ferramenta” (hardware store) and garden centers, but I only found the ones that go into wooden panels or poles, not the ones for concrete walls. As far as I know there’s no Bauhaus store in Italy, unfortunately.
I know what you mean about visualising bareroots... it's not easy
Of course what we must also hazard a guess at and allow for is the time that it has spent in transit since being lifted.
I received email last Wed informing me that mine were preparing for dispatch and estimated or dispatch within this week commencing 07/11. I've heard nothing more from deliverer yet with an actual delivery date.
So it could be that the roses have been out of the ground a week already.
Roses they say are pretty forgiving, @owd potter, so can probably handle weeks dry in storage or soaking in a bucket. One lady on FB left hers soaking for 4 months. That's extreme but they survived!
As Ross says, bare roots are fine for couple of weeks in their original packaging, or in a bucket of water in cool, shady place. The important thing is not to let the roots or graft dry out, so worth checking some of the smaller/non-specialist suppliers’ packaging. I got some almost bone dry wrapped in brown paper once! Fortunately I opened immediately and plunged into a big bucket and they revived OK.
A surprise Rose de Rescht, thought this one was finished: