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leaves look funny
Hi
A few of my roses have small white patches on a few of their leaves, on others, the leaves are curling at the edges, while others have edges where the leaf is dead (kind of crispy brown). On the whole, the plants look good. I fert them every 4-6 weeks and deep water 3-4X/week. I get lots of buds. I remember my Dad use to use some kind of white powder on his roses. I think it was an Ortho product and came in a huge can. This is my first attempt at roses, had them since Jan. I'm just kinda worried this leaf problem could lead to something worse. Any help would be appreciated John Zone 8-9 -- "Cheap work isn't good and good work isn't cheap" - (remove the "no-spam" for private replies) |
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leaves look funny
mildew!
John wrote: Hi A few of my roses have small white patches on a few of their leaves, on others, the leaves are curling at the edges, while others have edges where the leaf is dead (kind of crispy brown). On the whole, the plants look good. I fert them every 4-6 weeks and deep water 3-4X/week. I get lots of buds. I remember my Dad use to use some kind of white powder on his roses. I think it was an Ortho product and came in a huge can. This is my first attempt at roses, had them since Jan. I'm just kinda worried this leaf problem could lead to something worse. Any help would be appreciated John Zone 8-9 |
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leaves look funny
same as in my shower? "ben boorman" wrote in message ... mildew! John wrote: Hi A few of my roses have small white patches on a few of their leaves, on others, the leaves are curling at the edges, while others have edges where the leaf is dead (kind of crispy brown). On the whole, the plants look good. I fert them every 4-6 weeks and deep water 3-4X/week. I get lots of buds. I remember my Dad use to use some kind of white powder on his roses. I think it was an Ortho product and came in a huge can. This is my first attempt at roses, had them since Jan. I'm just kinda worried this leaf problem could lead to something worse. Any help would be appreciated John Zone 8-9 |
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leaves look funny
Not quite.... Powdery Mildew is a basic scourge of rose growers around
the world. Once bitten the leaf cannot recover, however the bush is not really hurt unless you ignore it. It will NOT go away. Use a basic anti-fungal, I use Rose Defense, as noted on the container. Usually requires weekly, if not every 5 day, treatment to PREVENT, not cure. When I get a rose infected, I trim back all the infected portion, almost to another pruning job if it gets too bad, like my neighbors rose which gets ignored until I do it. There are a lot of other products out there. The more "natural" growers use a baking soda and water mix, I believe 1/4 teaspoon per quart of water. Take a look at this site: http://www.venturarose.org/article-powdery-mildew.htm or for a real lesson: http://www.ars.org/explore.cfm/spraying/spraying I avoid mildew prone roses (except I still hang onto my Iceberg and Brilliant Pink Iceberg. Ben John wrote: same as in my shower? "ben boorman" wrote in message ... mildew! John wrote: Hi A few of my roses have small white patches on a few of their leaves, on others, the leaves are curling at the edges, while others have edges where the leaf is dead (kind of crispy brown). On the whole, the plants look good. I fert them every 4-6 weeks and deep water 3-4X/week. I get lots of buds. I remember my Dad use to use some kind of white powder on his roses. I think it was an Ortho product and came in a huge can. This is my first attempt at roses, had them since Jan. I'm just kinda worried this leaf problem could lead to something worse. Any help would be appreciated John Zone 8-9 |
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leaves look funny
well ok thanks, I've had aphids, then white flys attack my roses, now its a
fungus... thanks for the tips Ben "ben boorman" wrote in message ... Not quite.... Powdery Mildew is a basic scourge of rose growers around the world. Once bitten the leaf cannot recover, however the bush is not really hurt unless you ignore it. It will NOT go away. Use a basic anti-fungal, I use Rose Defense, as noted on the container. Usually requires weekly, if not every 5 day, treatment to PREVENT, not cure. When I get a rose infected, I trim back all the infected portion, almost to another pruning job if it gets too bad, like my neighbors rose which gets ignored until I do it. There are a lot of other products out there. The more "natural" growers use a baking soda and water mix, I believe 1/4 teaspoon per quart of water. Take a look at this site: http://www.venturarose.org/article-powdery-mildew.htm or for a real lesson: http://www.ars.org/explore.cfm/spraying/spraying I avoid mildew prone roses (except I still hang onto my Iceberg and Brilliant Pink Iceberg. Ben John wrote: same as in my shower? "ben boorman" wrote in message ... mildew! John wrote: Hi A few of my roses have small white patches on a few of their leaves, on others, the leaves are curling at the edges, while others have edges where the leaf is dead (kind of crispy brown). On the whole, the plants look good. I fert them every 4-6 weeks and deep water 3-4X/week. I get lots of buds. I remember my Dad use to use some kind of white powder on his roses. I think it was an Ortho product and came in a huge can. This is my first attempt at roses, had them since Jan. I'm just kinda worried this leaf problem could lead to something worse. Any help would be appreciated John Zone 8-9 |
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