Patrick

I've had voles eat the roots of one of my rosebushes. The rose has lost all of its leaves because a great deal of the roots have been eaten by the voles. Prior to this it was having a great year, flowering greatly.

I want to try and save the rose. I will be transplanting it to a large pot. I think I may have a chance to get it to survive since there are some roots left.

My questions is this, I know rooting compound works when trying to take roots from a curring. Since there are roots left on the plant itself (albeit not too many) should I dip the base of the plant in the rooting compound? Will it help/hurt the root system that is left?