Standard rose
Jennifer-23
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Help please! My standard rose has sprouted a huge new shoot from the base - should I cut it off?
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Jennifer-23
Posts: 5
Jennifer-23
Posts: 5
Jennifer-23
Posts: 5
Jennifer-23
Posts: 5
Help please! My standard rose has sprouted a huge new shoot from the base - should I cut it off?
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Yes, right off, cleanly... and keep watch for any more over the course of time...
Will do - thanks for your help. I'm guessing same applies to all rose types if new shoots of this kind appear?
No ... many roses produce good shoots from below ground ... not all roses are grafted.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Aha....Glad you told me that - very useful info - thanks a bunch!
Mike - read the WHOLE THREAD
I was answering Jennifer's Second Question as to whether the answer to her query about Standard roses applied to ALL roses.
If you remove all new shoots from the base of bush and climbing roses you'll be removing much good growth.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
tee hee Dove.
A perfect example of why some are tucked away in my handy "ignore" section.
Hosta
It's like the boy in the class room who sticks his hand up before hearing whole question ... but if he'd been in my Ignore cupboard I wouldn't have known that he'd wrongly contradicted me and misled the questioner, would I? 
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We were given a sorry looking pot bound, standard, Fragrant Delight, last Christmas (as well as something more appealing!). Finally planted it with lots of compost, manure, and root empathy stuff mixed in its planting hole. We dug it square as is now recommended I think.
The rose has romped away and has flowered well all summer, not only does it send up suckers from below but also up the stem. I feed it regularly, and we kept it well watered through all the hot weather. I always sink a flower pot in withe the refill after planting as pouring water in this will take the water right down to the roots.
good luck with your gardening folks!