Singing Otter

Hey guys,

I need advice on my roses. I have the dreaded brown spots... they're not real bad on the bushes but they are on the vines. What can I do to get rid of it? I have aphids on a few things.... what can i use to get rid of them without poisoning everything in the yard??? (birds, butterflies, dragonflies, etc)

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Migiziwomen

hey S.O. i really wish i had some sage advice to give you, if i could get a hold of my mommy i could tell you everything. did you try googleing it? i am sure you have. hmmm so sorry i could not help. i will tell you my favorite roses are thos little mini rose bushes. love them....oh waite i have a friend here at work that has like fifty bushes. she says cut of the vines that have the brown spots. she says that is what she does she also says that with bugs you can use dawn and water in a spray bottle. she wanted me to add one more thing.......

PRUNE UNTIL JUNE

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Singing Otter

lol Thanks girl! How bout I have some dawn! yay! I don't have to buy nothin! hahahaha

How bout I have a mini pink rose bush! It needs pruning bad but I'll see if I can take a pic just for you! lmao

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Singing Otter

Here are a few of my roses. The first is the mini-bush, the second is some in the front yard, the last is this freakin HUGE yellow rosebush in the back yard. That monster is like seven feet and has bark! I've never seen one that big.

I was wondering if I should remove the spotted leaves or use something on them.... normally I'd ask mom but she said that Dad was the one that took care of theirs lol.

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Singing Otter

Here are a few more that I'm having problems with.... the yellow is the same one up there... I'm putting it in here so I can get as much advice as possible.

The last pic, I have no idea what it is..... but I need to give it a trellis (sp) or something before it consumes my mailbox.

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Mato Winyan

Can't offer any help but I can sure tell ya those are some beautiful flowers......... thanks for sharing.... picked my spirits up!

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"We see it as a desecration not only of a mountain but of our way of life. This is a genocidal issue to us. If they kill this mountain, they kill our way of life." ~Debra White Plume

between2worlds

For the aphids.. buy some ladybugs (yes you can buy them) or (as Migizi suggested) spray with a solution of a few drops of dish detergent in a spray bottle's worth of water. The only problem that I can see with the spray bottle treatment is that you also have Black Spot which is a fungus which thrives in warm wet conditions.

To prevent and control Black Spot without chemicals:

1. Maintain good sanitation: Sanitation practices are critical in reducing future disease development. In the fall remove all old leaves on the ground, and any mulch that has been contaminated with infected leaves. For right now, I would thoroughly clean out all your beds of debris - leaves/stones/mulch the works - clean it back to bare ground and bag and throw the stuff you haul out of there away. The material that is around the roses are all places that have been potentially infected and are where the fungus can thrive even when the season turns drier - reinfecting new growth over and over.

2. Remove and destroy infected canes: Canes affected by black spot have dark or reddish areas (lesions). Severely infected plants should be pruned back in the fall or early spring to within 1 to 2 inches of the bud union, according to variety and cultivar. During the growing season, remove infected leaves as they appear. Be sure to disinfect your pruning shears in a bucket of bleach water (1 part bleach/3 parts water) between EACH cut to minimize spreading contamination from diseased areas.

3. Keep leaves dry: It is best not to syringe plants with water, and do not use overhead irrigation. Promote rapid drying of leaves by planting roses in the full sun, and spacing new plantings far enough apart to allow for good air circulation. Pruning out the center of your rose bushes will also increase circulation. You may want to plan on moving some of the plants that are in the shade to more sunny and well drained locations in the upcoming late fall/early winter, once annual die-back has happened

There are chemicals that will definitely stop Black Spot in it's tracks but using them does indiscriminate harm to other creatures.

As severe as the yellow tall bush looks, without chemicals - you may well lose it. If you decide to go the chemical route, contact your local county agricultural extension - they can tell you what is most affective in your growing zone and when is the optimum time for application.

~b2w

Singing Otter

Thank you! I really appreciate the info.

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Migiziwomen

hey S.O. thanks for posting your flowers, specialy the little minis, you know i love them. I called my friend into my office and she looked at them, but then she said oh, he (meaning B2W) already said what i was going to say. lol, so there you go. when you get all done you should post the after pics to see the beauty that is waitting to burst out. i can not waite to have my own house so i can put beautiful things around me .

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Migiziwomen

well there is something for the good thoughts thread

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bahnisiain

what you can do is make sure the plant is well fed, roses are heavy feeders. i found using a lot of compost as a mulch around the base of the bush is good besides adding a good rose food as directed on the packaging. i found that placing a banana peel under the compost mulch helps. i don't know what the banana does but it helps my roses.

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