On 22 Jun 2003 08:50:15 -0700, (dgtns) wrote:

I live in CT and we have been having HUGE RAINFALLS.

Us too here in NC!

I have a rose bush that the buds are actually molding before reaching bloom. Has
anyone experienced this problem? is it because of the amount of rain?

Yes and yes. Cut the buds off, apply a fungicide if you can get a
forcast of 48 dry hours in a row and if spraying your rose with a
fungicide is not morally reprehensible to you, put down some nice rose
food and pray for sunshine. Once the damage is done (mine are
defoliating from blackspot) all we can do is get it off the plant,
protect the plant from more by applying a fungicide, and encourage new
growth to put the entire ugly incident behind us.



thanks
d