Will i kill the rose bushes if i cut off the thorn?

i cut off all the thorn on the rose bushes, will the plant die or it wont?

Will i kill the rose bushes if i cut off the thorn?
by removing all the thorns on the rose bush you are leaving the rose open to attack from disease entering into the open wound ...try spraying with a systemic fungicide till the wounds heal this might help but unless their is a good reason to do so l would leave it well alone
Reply:Well it depends on how big the thorns are... I now that seems weird but it does. If they are small then it probly won't die (unless it's VERY sensetive) but if the thorns are big it might cause it to die depending on if the rose bush isn't near sunlight.
Reply:Proably not. However, to save the trouble next time, there are thornless roses available at most nursurys.
Reply:yes it will. the thorns are too much a part of the rose tree for it to survive that. thorns are there for a reason.


if you want to avoid the thorn cut the rose then cut off the thorns.
Reply:no
Reply:In pruning rose bushes, you can pretty much cut most rose bushes to within eight inches of the ground without killing them. However, I'd be very careful about it. Mostly, when trimming back plants, you only want to take off the dried or dead growth from the season previous. Sometimes, adding a little parafin at the site of your cutting is a good idea, especially for a large branch. There's the thought that the plant might "bleed" to death otherwise. I'm not sure about that.





I don't know why you would want to remove the thorns, the bush will still keep producing them. It won't change nature's pattern at all. It will also introduce what amounts to lots of little open wounds on the plant, where bacteria and bugs can invade. Removing the thorns won't hurt the plant initially, but the end result might be death to it anyway. I suppose if you just have to try it out of curiosity, the paraffin trick might help keep the bush from getting some awful disease or other.
Reply:probably
Reply:In most circumstance, No. But it just really depends on the plant.
Reply:haha no