"Jim Carlock" wrote in
up corn something or another). I noticed something about
banana peels and roses. Banana peels help with rose bushes,


How? I never heard that before.

"Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote:
Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer
before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender
and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed
the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels
I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile but I noticed
a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a
bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff) so was thinking, well
if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly
helps control weeds and fungus.

Furthermore, the following page indicates that garlic is to use
against various bugs...
http://www.centralsan.org/education/ipm/resources.html
The list of bugs includes:
Mosquitoes, Ants, aphids, leafhoppers, thrips, whiteflies, etc

I don't know but I sure do like what I'm reading. Maybe some-
one else that has good success against whiteflies and aphids and
misquitoes might comment on the subject. I had a terrible time
with whiteflies last year.

One of the corn gluten link and black spot links:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...300313017.html

One person at the link indicates that edible cornmeal is the black
spot preventive measure, while corn gluten meal is a weed controller.

The "Jim Dandy" grits I'm trying seem to be ground white corn. So I'm
crossing my fingers.

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"Jim Carlock" wrote in
up corn something or another). I noticed something about
banana peels and roses. Banana peels help with rose bushes,


How? I never heard that before.

"Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote:
How? I never heard that before.

Oops I thought I pasted in what your wrote... this reads better.

"Jim Carlock" wrote:
Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer
before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender
and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed
the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels
I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile and I noticed
a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a
bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff), so was thinking, well
if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly
helps control weeds and fungus...

Furthermore, the following page indicates that garlic is to use
against various bugs...
http://www.centralsan.org/education/ipm/resources.html
The list of bugs includes:
Mosquitoes, Ants, aphids, leafhoppers, thrips, whiteflies, etc

I don't know but I sure do like what I'm reading. Maybe some-
one else that has good success against whiteflies and aphids and
misquitoes might comment on the subject. I had a terrible time
with whiteflies last year.

One of the corn gluten link and black spot links:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...300313017.html

One person at the link indicates that edible cornmeal is the black
spot preventive measure, while corn gluten meal is a weed controller.

The "Jim Dandy" grits I'm trying seem to be ground white corn. So I'm
crossing my fingers.

As far as the banana peels helping with roses... just search google for:
"banana peel" roses

You'll find some stuff in the garden groups as well concerning the
the information.

Hope that helps.

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Jim Carlock
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"Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote:
How? I never heard that before.

Oops I thought I pasted in what your wrote... this reads better.

"Jim Carlock" wrote:
Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer
before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender
and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed
the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels
I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile and I noticed
a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a
bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff), so was thinking, well
if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly
helps control weeds and fungus...



I suppose banana's potassium is helpful, beyond that I am unsure if you mean
the blackspot is caused by the banana.

"Leon Trollski" wrote:
I suppose banana's potassium is helpful, beyond that I am unsure if you
mean the blackspot is caused by the banana.

I don't know. I have noticed though that mold and/or fungus does grow
on banana peels, and was thinking that it "might" be condusive to "black
spot" on roses. It's a long shot, the black spot occurs every year, even
before using banana peels for the roses. So I'm currently messing with
some grits, mixing some grits with the banana peels to see if the black
spot decreases/disappears. The rose roots do like the banana peels and
they grow very well when blended banana peels are placed around the
top soil.

Was looking for other opinions concerning the topic. Was hypothesizing
and hoping others would jump in and say something one way or the other.

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Jim Carlock
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"Jim Carlock" wrote:
"Leon Trollski" fandom at netguy dot net wrote:
How? I never heard that before.

Oops I thought I pasted in what your wrote... this reads better.

"Jim Carlock" wrote:
Yeah, our rose bush grew to about 12 feet in height last summer
before we pruned it. I had ground up a banana peel in a blender
and started doing that about once every three months. I noticed
the black spot and was told that is normal. Some of the last peels
I messed with have been sitting in a bowl for awhile and I noticed
a mold growing on them. I don't know if it's a good thing or a
bad thing, that mold (green powdery stuff), so was thinking, well
if it's bad I'll just throw in some grits because corn gluten reportedly
helps control weeds and fungus...

"Jim Carlock" wrote in message
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"Leon Trollski" wrote:
I suppose banana's potassium is helpful, beyond that I am unsure if you
mean the blackspot is caused by the banana.

I don't know. I have noticed though that mold and/or fungus does grow
on banana peels, and was thinking that it "might" be condusive to "black
spot" on roses. It's a long shot, the black spot occurs every year, even
before using banana peels for the roses. So I'm currently messing with
some grits, mixing some grits with the banana peels to see if the black
spot decreases/disappears. The rose roots do like the banana peels and
they grow very well when blended banana peels are placed around the
top soil.

Was looking for other opinions concerning the topic. Was hypothesizing
and hoping others would jump in and say something one way or the other.

I think blackspot is prevalent in moist outdoor conditions. Make sure you
don't water the foliage, don't crowd with other plants, and consider an
antifungal powder now and again on affected areas. Best time to apply is on
early morning dew.