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Weluvroses said:
The sun came back and quit spitting snow. My sheets got wet and heavy. Its 44° here now. So I uncovered them. Had several new growths broke off. I'm so irritated about it. Some of them are bare root roses that just started growing. I'm so aggravated with mother mutate right now. Like I'm literally fuming.

I highlighted your final state...I've been going through this for many years until...
I decided that ALL my roses need a good start in spring and started all new bare roots coming to my yard inside a greenhouse. It doesn't need to be fancy. A walk through polytunnel will do it.
Because I'm a confessed stubborn and slightly towards the stingy side...I post-poned taking action and recover a small greenhouse that was erected for our vegetables at the seeding/plug stage. We finally negotiated that with my godson.I really need my roses inside for not that long about two months. Then they leaf out properly, never get any of these elements ( strong wind+frost+downpours+snow) all untimely. I've posted my indoor spring bloom symphony previously. For guys like us that are going to keep adding roses for many years to come, its an indispensable tool.
Of course you are in the middle of it just now. I learnt sometime ago that if I can envision a solution to a source of identified frustration then I can pull together enough effort to put up with the present adversity knowingly that it will be the last time . Climatic temperamental uncertainty ( which ever be its cause) can not be fixed. Instead, imho, a permanent protective structure will do it.

Arturo