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Hi,
I observed dark red spots on the leaves of my roses. Is it something bad? Do I need to do something about it? Some advise,please. Thank you. Dina |
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For safety, spray them with one of the Rose Sprays that deal with fungal infections. |
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I did prune my roses and today I tried to cut of the infected leaves (I read it is a fungal infection and to distroy them) but one of the rose bushes is so bad that all the leaves are infected and the only way to get rid of them is to prune the whole rose again. Is it OK to do do it now? I know that it is a bit late but what else can I do since I wouldnt like to use fungicide? Thanks for your reply. Dina |
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Well, you can always give it a go. Prune back to an outward facing bud well below the affected foliage. Give the rose lots of food. Frankly I wouldn't hesitate to use a multipurpose Roseclear which both deals with the pest and feeds the plant. |
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beccabunga writes
dina;842281 Wrote: Hi Beccabunga, I did prune my roses and today I tried to cut of the infected leaves (I read it is a fungal infection and to distroy them) but one of the rose bushes is so bad that all the leaves are infected and the only way to get rid of them is to prune the whole rose again. Is it OK to do do it now? I know that it is a bit late but what else can I do since I wouldnt like to use fungicide? Thanks for your reply. Dina Well, you can always give it a go. Prune back to an outward facing bud well below the affected foliage. Give the rose lots of food. Tedious, but you can take off the leaves if pruning would leave you with no stem. Frankly I wouldn't hesitate to use a multipurpose Roseclear which both deals with the pest and feeds the plant. -- beccabunga -- Kay |
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"beccabunga" wrote in message ... dina;842281 Wrote: Hi Beccabunga, I did prune my roses and today I tried to cut of the infected leaves (I read it is a fungal infection and to distroy them) but one of the rose bushes is so bad that all the leaves are infected and the only way to get rid of them is to prune the whole rose again. Is it OK to do do it now? I know that it is a bit late but what else can I do since I wouldnt like to use fungicide? Thanks for your reply. Dina Well, you can always give it a go. Prune back to an outward facing bud well below the affected foliage. Give the rose lots of food. Frankly I wouldn't hesitate to use a multipurpose Roseclear which both deals with the pest and feeds the plant. -- beccabunga You may like to test a (so far successful) theory of mine, and give it an acid feed. Pick off all the infected leaves first. I do this with all my infected roses, usually about once a year or just when the infection starts to creep back. It completely changed the life forecast for one of my roses (which defoliated 2-3 times a year due to blackspot); I was on the verge of binning it. Now everyone asks what it is. :~) As necessary, I still feed with rose fertiliser or Tomorite to encourage flowering, and occasionally with a general feed if a rose looks hungry. Watering and mulching helps reduce stress, too, and it also stops fallen fungal spores from reinfecting the rose, although the acid feed seems to help with this, too. Spider |
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Please tell me what is acid feed? Can you buy it in shops or you have to make it? I am not experianced gardener so forgive me please for this kind of questions.
dina |
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It is interesting that I've just found out on another American site that some gardeners use mixture of bicarbonated soda, horticultural oil and water to fight fungus ( which is acctually oposite of acidity). Maybe it is something to do with changing Ph of soil which fungus does not like and thats why both ways work. Dina |
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"dina" wrote in message ... 'Spider[_2_ Wrote: ;842667']"dina" wrote in message ...- snipped - You may like to test a (so far successful) theory of mine, and give it an acid feed. Pick off all the infected leaves first. I do this with all my infected roses, usually about once a year or just when the infection starts to creep back. It completely changed the life forecast for one of my roses (which defoliated 2-3 times a year due to blackspot); I was on the verge of binning it. Now everyone asks what it is. :~) As necessary, I still feed with rose fertiliser or Tomorite to encourage flowering, and occasionally with a general feed if a rose looks hungry. Watering and mulching helps reduce stress, too, and it also stops fallen fungal spores from reinfecting the rose, although the acid feed seems to help with this, too. Spider- Please tell me what is acid feed? Can you buy it in shops or you have to make it? I am not experianced gardener so forgive me please for this kind of questions.- - dina- Don't worry, Dina - it was new to me once :~) Locate the plant food shelf at your local garden centre and look for a pack/bottle which either says plant food for acid-loving plants, or says ericaceous plant food. Follow the instructions for dilution but, if (like me) you're inclined to be a bit heavy-handed, use less concentrate rather than more. More food may sound good, but it's actually harmful, and in this case you're using the solution as a remedy, not a feed as such. Good luck. I'm going in the garden now, but will look in later on, just in case there's a problem. Spider Thank you very much for all your replies and advise. It is interesting that I've just found out on another American site that some gardeners use mixture of bicarbonated soda, horticultural oil and water to fight fungus ( which is acctually oposite of acidity). Maybe it is something to do with changing Ph of soil which fungus does not like and thats why both ways work. Dina Mmm. Interesting, I've never heard of that. I got my idea after my father once complained that, since the local power station shut down, there was no more acid rain locally so he had to treat his veg crops for fungal infections that had never been a problem before. I tried it most cautiously at first, but now rely on it. I'm gradually trying it out on different types of fungal infections. I would be very interested to hear how you get on. Spider |
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