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Valerie Lowery@ZEON
10/12/98 08:09 AM

Hello, folks!  I'm experiencing a problem with the above-mentioned rose
this year that I haven't in years past.  Several parts of the plant are
dying.  Whole branches are turning brown and when I prune it out, the stem
is hollow in the inside.  Other parts of the bush are healthy as far as I
can tell.  I can't figure out why only certain parts of the bush would die
so suddenly and drastically.

I would like to stop this if possible before the whole bush succumbs -- or
is this normal for a bush of this age?  I should tell you that it is a
monster this year (after 3 years of growth) and it is roughly 7 feet tall
and about that wide throwing suckers everywhere.  Mind you I'm not
complaining about this, just trying to give as much info as possible.  I
have never pruned this bush as I wanted it to grow rather large like it
has.  I don't spray it with anything because it never needs it and I only
fertilize once a year in the spring with a granular mixed with manure.  It
gets a "natural" mulch from it's own bulk -- nothing can grow near it if it
needs sun.

Weather of late:  very, very dry.  Just now getting typical fall weather of
daily highs in the 70's and lows in the 50's.

Val in KY
zone 6a
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