I have 6 roses bushes I planted earlier this spring. All have grown and produced beautiful roses. But some of the canes are black at the tip. So I cut it back at a 45 degree angle about a quarter of a inch above a bud. But it has now turned black again and has almost reached the bud which has grown and has a couple blooms on it.
I'm thinking if I don't cut it off eventually it will spread farther down and kill the bud and the blooms on it's stem. And I will lose the flowers any way. So it would be best to just cut it off again back to a healthy green part on the cane. But my only concern is I can't see any other buds below this one.
So if I cut it off and it doesn't have any buds below were I made the cut. Would a new bud eventually grow? The canes are only about 7 inches long as it is. They were very short when I bought the plants. If I do need to go ahead and cut it off. Should I use some glue to put on the cut, To stop it from turning black? I read that it would help. The glue I plan to use is elmers non-toxic white glue. Like kids use in school.
This is the first time I have owned any roses. So I don't have much experience with them. But I have been doing a lot of reading about how to care for them.
If anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.