I have aphids this year, not usually a problem here, but every pest seems to discover my roses at some point! Not a bad infestation yet so I have been merrily squishing.
On the leaves as well as the aphids and baby aphids, this are tiny white fluffy specks that don’t look like aphids, they are skinnier and more delicate looking - does anyone know if are they are newborns or are they from a useful predator? I’m not sure if I should be squishing these too. Would post a photo, but they are so minuscule my camera is not up to the job!
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I thought so too @Perki, it gives a bit more reassurance when thinking about moving a new Rose into an old Rose spot, who would have thought that the humble marigold could be part of the solution, as long as you grow the right variety. There will probably be a shortage of seeds now!😂
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Oh could be, thanks @Omori. I shall have to observe more closely, I could have sworn they were alive, but that might have been a fertile imagination!
Interesting video @Bright star, thanks. Good to see old practices vindicated, i.e the box planting method and marigolds - @Marlorena mentioned the ground cleaning properties of those last year I think. Equally that just sprinkling the m. fungi in the hole is not effective. I tend to do both soil replacement and the fungi sprinkling just in case. I wish I had seen the video and known about putting the fungi in the pots before I potted up my bareroot roses! I’m growing them on first before planting out, some in old rose locations.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@nollie Sounds like the cast off skins of the aphids.
Finally finished planting all of the new roses, and fertilising them all. Mammoth task!
Yes, such a mammoth task after we all ordered so many roses. I finished planting last week. Today I am on leave and planning to feed the roses. I like giving food and mulch and a little TLC but there are so many weeds growing.
It would be a long task of first clearing the area of weeds around each rose which is so consuming
@newbie77 I had that situation last year, insane amount of weeds. I just fed and mulched best as I could and weeded bit by bit. This garden was nothing but weeds when we bought it so it's been quite a battle, still working on the dock and nettle and so on...
@Ditsy I don't have that rose but Harkness roses have always been very good for me. It does look very beautiful in the photos, might be worth a go if you're after a red hybrid tea?
@Ditsy Seconding Omori, Harkness roses are fantastic for me too.
@Bright star What Im hearing is I need to drink wine, and plant more marigolds? Im good with both of those! Ive got some lovely burgundy marigolds this year to try, they would look lovely.
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On the leaves as well as the aphids and baby aphids, this are tiny white fluffy specks that don’t look like aphids, they are skinnier and more delicate looking - does anyone know if are they are newborns or are they from a useful predator? I’m not sure if I should be squishing these too. Would post a photo, but they are so minuscule my camera is not up to the job!
Interesting video @Bright star, thanks. Good to see old practices vindicated, i.e the box planting method and marigolds - @Marlorena mentioned the ground cleaning properties of those last year I think. Equally that just sprinkling the m. fungi in the hole is not effective. I tend to do both soil replacement and the fungi sprinkling just in case. I wish I had seen the video and known about putting the fungi in the pots before I potted up my bareroot roses! I’m growing them on first before planting out, some in old rose locations.
It would be a long task of first clearing the area of weeds around each rose which is so consuming
https://www.roses.co.uk/bush-roses/the-england-rugby-rose-pot-grown
I am thinking of it for a pot.
@Ditsy I don't have that rose but Harkness roses have always been very good for me. It does look very beautiful in the photos, might be worth a go if you're after a red hybrid tea?
@Bright star What Im hearing is I need to drink wine, and plant more marigolds? Im good with both of those!