Spray with Neem oil solution every weekend - it is organic and
non-toxic to us. The spots you got won't go away, but it will keep
more from showing up. Spray top and bottoms of leaves (have to lift
the strawberry vines) and the top of the soil.
Did I say spray every week? :) Works for me in Texas when the weather
is so wet the black spot gets out of control....like now!
Supposedly, you can spray every two weeks until threat of infestation
or growth is over (when it gets colder?) but I'm too lazy and only
start up when it gets bad.
hth,
John
in Houston
"Warren" wrote in message
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I have some black spot breaking out on some of my roses. The roses
have
strawberries growing around them.
What's my best course of action? Radical pruning? Some non-toxic
spray?
Give up on using the strawberries for food, and use a toxic spray?
There are a variety of rose bushes. Some resistant. Some not. Most
have
been there for a long time (before I owned the house). In past years
there was just a little black spot. Hardly anything at all, and I
was
able to keep it under control with pruning. I'm not going to say
I've
got a horrible outbreak this year, but it's more than in years
before,
and I don't want it to get worse.
I'm outside of Portland, OR, and it's been a warm summer, but it's
been
cooler and wetter for the last week or so. Summers are usually hot
and
dry, but that may be a few more weeks off.
I'd like to be able to eat those strawberries that are around the
roses,
and even if they weren't there, I don't really want to go with some
course of action that involves extensive chemical therapy. Nor am I
some
organic-at-all-costs person either. I'm looking for a reasonable
solution, all things considered.
TIA
--
Warren H.
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