Earlier this year I posted a thread about finding tumorlike growths on the roots of my roses when repotting. Karl Bapst and other gave me some advice on how to treat these root galls. What I did was:

"I removed all the soil and as much infected root as possible. I then dipped the roots in a strong bleach solution before soaking overnight in a weak bleach solution. I then repotted in new soil."

I wanted to give an update, which is that every single rose has leafed out successfully. Several of them have new canes, too. Most of them have bloomed and the blooms are larger and more numerous than they have been in some time. Not all of them have bloomed yet, though, but the plants look healthy and vigorous with no disease even though I have not sprayed so far this year. Last year I had hardly any blooms at all and this year both Peace and Miss AAB had over a dozen blooms each (pretty good for being in containers) while Moonstone has produced flowers much larger than any I can remember since I have had the plant. I have been able to bring cut roses inside almost every day.

So far I would say this experiment was a success and it was definitely worth my time. If the galls do not return then I expect the plants to do better next year, since some of them had hardly any roots at all after the surgery (almost like cuttings). They lost a lot of feeder roots and other root tissue - so much that I was afraid some would not survive the process. However, roses always prove that they are tough plants!