Comments on: Need help with rose garden health care!?

By: Bonky

Bonky — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:43:59 +0000

My advise is whatever you do Don’t by Beetle Traps! It will do the opposite of what you want and draw more beetles to your yard. I think it was just someones idea to make some money.
I would go to your local garden center and ask for a systemic insecticide. It usually comes in granule form and you spread it out around your plants root system and water it in. Your plant will absorb the insecticide and distribute it throughout the plant. When a bug tries to bite it, it will kill it. It can take up to two weeks to start working but it will last for at least 4 months. In the meantime I would spray a topical insecticide to kill the ones that are there now.
If you are growing roses you should be on a schedule of at least every 14 days to spray your roses for fungal disease. Black Spot being the most prevalent. I would cut out the bad parts of the branches, rake any fallen leaves from underneath them and get them sprayed.
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By: tlc

tlc — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:17:59 +0000

Bayer makes an all in one rose care, fertilizer, insecticide and disease control. It is an excellent product, you just mix it in a watering can and pour it around the base of the rose.
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garden center owner 10 yrs

By: sbbjr2000

sbbjr2000 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:41:59 +0000

it sounds like japanese beatles i hate em they sell traps and malathon poison usualy works on them i would employ both the other problem could be caused by the beatles, fugi or lack of pruning it hard to tell without a pic set the traps away from the roses
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