Broken rose
Slogdosh
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Hello,
I'm a very novice gardener with my first proper garden project. Unfortunately, we had a small accident whereby, a roof board from a neighbouring shed fell onto a beautiful rose bush. It severed one of the main trunk stems clean off at the base, just above soil level. There are 5/6 very healthy stems remaining.
I wondered the following:
1) is it possible to graft the broken piece back to the main trunk and bind in the hope it will repair itself? The break is clean and it fits nicely back together.
2) if not, should I take measures to protect the open wound on the main plant - applying a sealant or something?
3) can I save the broken branch - I've read about propagation, but wouldn't know how this is done?
All help would be greatly appreciated
Tom
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There may be a way to bandage the break, I'm afraid I don't know about that, but I would simply make sure it is a neat cut and let the rose carry on. In the Autumn you may need to prune the whole plant slightly to protect against winter winds and again in the spring.
If you have plenty of other shoots, I would not worry.
Make sure the damaged stem is cut neatly with a slanted cut, which means that rain drops will run off.
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if its snapped completely off then take it as a cutting, and hopefully you'll get a free plant.
the broken bit on the plant needs neatening off, but at this time of year it should be fine
http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/propagating/how-to-take-rose-cuttings/285.html
Slosh, cut the branch off as others have said, not a good idea to do a hard prune until Feb, just shorten the other stems in Autumn, when they are in the dormant season to stop wind rock, then a good prune in Feb or in cold areas in March.
If you hard prune now they will grow new shoots which will not be stong enough to withstand cold winters.