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woolybanana
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It is well known that if a new rose is planted close to an existing rose the former will fail to prosper as the old one has poisoned the ground.

My question is simple: How long does it take before an existing rose manages to poison the ground round it for new rose plantings?

Anyone know, svp?
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Not my experience Wooly, but if you are replacing roses as I have been the last couple of years in my rose beds, remove old shrub completely, dig out the soil about 2 ft X 2ft and as deep, fill with "clean" soil and or compost put in new plant, so far I've had no problems. I hope this helps.
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Thank you Nick. I eventually phoned up a UK rose grower and was told that it takes about five years for a rose to poison the ground round about it so my straight replacement of a plant that had been in place for about a year was quite feasible. This I have done, so we shall wait and see what happens.
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