Do you defoliate your roses?
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Comments (11)I put mine in monthly rose society raffles. Some rose societies also have a lending library. You can also give them to rose novices who still have that spark of all-things-roses excitement. Your generosity can mean a great deal to the person just getting into rose growing. I still wish all these rose pictures had a scratch & sniff feature....See MoreFrom your experience do you feel that roses do this?
Comments (0)"Some plants behave like the mythical monster Hydra: Cut off their heads and they grow back, bigger and better than before. A new study finds that these 'overcompensators,' as they are called, also augment their defensive chemistry -- think plant venom -- when they are clipped." See: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171011120318.htm...See MoreWinter care - How to defoliate too many roses?!
Comments (12)I consider roses growing in a comparable zone to my zone 5/6*, Pittsburgh, PA, that start to show black spot damage from September and on, no earlier, and primarily on the oldest, lowest leaves of a bush, with no black spotted leaves anywhere on a bush from spring until then, a very black spot resistant bush. Such bushes are keepers, IMHO. Black spot damage from September on is not really weakening the bush much. It primarily attacks the leaves lowest down on the canes. They are the oldest (by now 5+ months old), least BS resistant leaves on the bush, due to their advanced age and lower disease fighting ability. These work horse old leaves performed their duty and their service is no longer needed. The growing season is winding down by then and upper growth has slowed considerably. This kind of late season black spot damage is mostly cosmetic damage, of little negative consequences that I can determine. They are the black spot infested bushes whose leaves started black spotting in late May, and are miserable looking by July 4th., that are the primary candidates for removal from the garden. Replacing them with well researched new, black spot resistant/free bushes, especially those selected from among the ADR winners is the ticket to success. Now a days we are so fortunate to have so many choices of fungicide spray-free rose bushes from which to choose roses for our gardens. ............... ............... *zone 5/6....May I explain why I put my zone as zone 5/6 in my identifying info after my name, Moses. I am technically in zone 6, 6b specifically. If I grow anything listed as hardy to zone 6, it invariably dies out over my zone 6b winters. This goes for all flora species, especially Butterfly Bushes, Buddleia davidii. In spite of climate changes occurring, zone 6 hardy plants don't make it here. They have to be listed by the powers that be, as hardy to zone 5. Then my chances of success are pretty good. Moses...See MoreLilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
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