Please save my dying rose plant

Farm Questions
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Dear All,

Recently I did pruning to my rose plant. it showed good new shoots in 2 weeks time.

But now its struggling to survive. its new shoots are falling. stems are becoming black and spreading through out.

The soil is wet even though I do not water. Please find the pics attached.

Please help.

Thank you

Venu Kulkarni

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Try moving the rose plant in its pot near to a Tulasi or Vetiver (wala in Marathi).

Once when I had to go on a few weeks vacation, had moved a rose plant pot to a vetiver bush. Later when I came back, I saw that the rose plant leaves were clean and shining, and two beautiful roses bloomed. See picasaweb.google.com/1167245459 … etiverBush

If the problem is from the soil (nematodes, etc) then I cant see how moving the pot to a Tulasi bush will work. Maybe you can try, placing Tulasi, Neem leaves in water for a few hours and use the water for the rose pot.

This is an amateurish advice. Just try it and report what happens.
Cheers
k vinod kumar

3

Hello,

Is it getting enough sunlight?
Why is soil wet without watering? Is the drain hole at the bottom of the pot plugged and somehow excess water is not able to drain out?
I would remove the mulch.

Good luck.

Regards,
Satish

4

It appears like a nematode infestation, coupled with nutrient deficiency. Try re-potting the plants and add plenty of neem cake powdered ( de-oiled)
Good compost from a trusted source to be used along with a potassium source ( for veggies- potash, for others bone meal - handfull, some say a banana peel in the pot helps)
Happy blooming !

5

Hi All,

Thanks for the reply…

The plant is DEAD… :'( :'( :'(

The whole plant became black within no time… and all the green leaves are gone.

I sprayed sour butter milk… but did not help…

Yes it was getting good sunlight… One of the reason I think is that the temperature difference between day and night is large… (min 12 - max 32)

Thanks all

VK

6

Sorry to hear the death. Please dont be disheartened. You tried your best.

Try planting a new rose among a Tulasi or Vetiver bushes. Also feed with deoiled neem cakes to take care of nematodes.