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My Roses
Topic Started: Jun 30 2007, 05:19 AM (1,220 Views)
VirginiaS
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:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
I tried everything but the darn aphids got them! They were so pretty too. Oddly enough the marigolds, snapdragons, and BunBun the bunny who is hiding in the middle there are doing well.
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justjen
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V..... Have you had any rain ??? Your roses look like they have been rained on too much??


Mine are looking a bit like that ..... mind you we get greenfly on our roses here and they tend to attack the new shoots and I just squash them every time i look at them and it keeps them down,




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What a shame Virginia, I was expecting to see lovely blooms when I first opened this thread :(

My roses are pretty much the same, and its all the rain we have had :( a couple of poppies went like that too, turned to mush :(

Your snapdragons are gorgeous :thumbup;

Sally :wave:
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Sharon
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My roses are non existant this year, I think I pruned them too late :o
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VirginiaS
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We've had pretty good weather but it keeps going from stifling hot to very chilly. It seems more like Fall really.
I cut them right back to the healthy roots and refertilized and debugged them, I also put some mothballs down, figured it couldnt' hurt.
My rose out the front of the house is growing well and looks lovely, no insecty or brown leaves. ;)
Michale noticed yesterday that we have one section of yard that has actually sunk because of the mole tunnels, so the war is on. I just stuffed mothballs everywhere. That'll learn them.
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justjen
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V...


I wonder if moles eat the rose roots?? That could be your problem??


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VirginiaS
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:ta: That mkaes perfect snese Jen we are having a mole problem, I went to water my hosta today and out came a wet mole!
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Errrr.....is that a rose petal I can see sticking out of Bun Bun's mouth????

Gorgeous non-roses though......we had an antirrhinum (eh?) this year that's nearly 5 foot high!!!! I actually had to stake it....

Mad.......

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Errrr.....is that a rose petal I can see sticking out of Bun Bun's mouth????


:lol: He wouldn't dare. He sits there when there's a cat around (of which my cat collecting neighbour has dozens of) he also comes running when I have the hose out, he likes the spray. He's a very silly rabbit.
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Certainly, the European mole eats worms, beetles and the like, not roots ;) In fact, like worms, they help deepen the layer of top soil :) It's possible that a combination of wildly variable weather (weakening the roses) and aphids and wet-rot (where water/ice gets inside blooms) has done the damage :( There's little that can be done about the weather, of course, but if you spray the roses with soap washing-up liquid that will kill them (it should be mixed with water!). We're lucky in having a huge population of ladybirds and hoverflies (un-repointed brick walls have advantages), both of which, along with lacewings, eat aphids ;) You can encourage an increase in ladybirds by constructing a drystone wall (they'll hibernate there) and hoverflies are attracted by yellow daisies of any description :D

Steve :)
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My mum uses washing up liquid with water as an insect killer and it works well :thumbup;
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