Stephinalta
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: A gift, with a ....gift? (Black Spot) |
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My neighbor gave me a rose he bought at lowe's it has red, yellow, pink & white blooms all on one bush, thanks to the power of grafting.
Along with this beautiful gift, all my other roses broke out with black spot, so I am guessing the new rose had a hidden gift.
I was outside treating my roses & I started to wonder how everyone else treats black spot & why I my roses get it so often.
So, how do you treat black spot?
Is there a way to make my roses not get it as often as they do? (they get it ALL the time.)
I treat it by:
1. Spray the rose with milk
2. Clean up all the fallen leaves around the plant
3. Get the leaf blower out & blow away any debris from around the base of the plant
4. Water, I water them around the base, anywhere else will wash off the milk.
5. Go through the rose & pluck off any dead or almost dead leaves.
6. Spray with more milk.
I do that daily, my family makes fun of me, because of how I take care of them "like a baby"
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colourmegrae
Florida.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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I hate answering questions with questions, but...may I ask why you spray the roses with milk? What does that do? I've never heard of it.
And I apologize for not having an answer for you & possibly asking a stupid question. 
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Stephinalta
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Milk is an organic way to kill black spot, black spot doesnt like the sugars in Milk. I try to use cheap/organic/easy ways to do things in my garden & almost everything is 100% recycled.
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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I used to use Funginex until this year when a ban was put into place in my area.
I'll definitely be trying milk Stephanalta. Black Spot in my Roses was out of control this year!
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gardengater
NC
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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I use Bayer All-in-one on my roses, Stephanalta. Inbetween spraying with an antifungal, probably once a week in Fla. Cleaning up the infected fallen leaves is important too.
Gardengater
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kuntrygal
Texas ~ Zone 8
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 12:02 am Post subject: |
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The rose your neighbor gave you sounds like a Joesph's Coat Rose. 
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Stephinalta
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: |
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I wish it was a joseph's coat, but these roses dont change color, just more then one color was grafted onto this plant, its called a "color blend" rose, & he happened to find one with 4 colors, normally they only have 2.
Stephanie
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stratsmom
Southern Oregon
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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It was very thoughtful of him to buy you the rose bush. Too bad it had issues. My co-worker gave me a small peace lily that had a black fly infestation  Those little buggers are hard to get rid of too!
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