@Marlorena As you know I've recently transferred my 'Ballerina', but it's showing signs of wilting and is not looking terribly healthy at the moment. Is this normal.
@Cambridgerose12 the gist was that sprinkling MF in the hole a previous rose had just vacated was not proven enough on it’s own to combat RRD because the fungi hasn’t got a chance to get to work to negate the diseased soil first. The options are:
1. Complete soil replacement, from a part of the garden that hasn’t grown roses before (with or without the addition of the MF).
2. Planting in a box of similarly clean soil - a version of the above.
3. Potting up the bare root rose first, using the MF, leave for a minimum of 8 weeks, then plant out.
@Omori, the teeny, tiny white fluffy things alongside aphids on the roses - I am convinced they are alive! They have legs and whiskers are a different shape- longer and skinnier. Would need a camera with a good macro lens to photograph, which I don’t have. I have left them alone just in case they are friendly and shall watch and see if they grow. No idea what they are!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
@peteS ..that's quite normal after a move... you could just snip off the wilting leaves if you wanted.. makes it look better... it'll grow fresh leaves again soon..
This is the nearest.I could find online @Marlorena, although mine don’t look quite so articulated, don’t think it’s whitefly. Maybe it is, maybe I’m imagining the moving (wind?) and Omori was right all along about them being cast-off aphid skins!
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Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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As you know I've recently transferred my 'Ballerina', but it's showing signs of wilting and is not looking terribly healthy at the moment. Is this normal.
1. Complete soil replacement, from a part of the garden that hasn’t grown roses before (with or without the addition of the MF).
2. Planting in a box of similarly clean soil - a version of the above.
3. Potting up the bare root rose first, using the MF, leave for a minimum of 8 weeks, then plant out.
@Omori, the teeny, tiny white fluffy things alongside aphids on the roses - I am convinced they are alive! They have legs and whiskers are a different shape- longer and skinnier. Would need a camera with a good macro lens to photograph, which I don’t have. I have left them alone just in case they are friendly and shall watch and see if they grow. No idea what they are!
@peteS
..that's quite normal after a move... you could just snip off the wilting leaves if you wanted.. makes it look better... it'll grow fresh leaves again soon..
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@Nollie
...rather grisly looking things.. I think Omori is right, I don't think I've seen one in close up before...
So far havent seen on my roses in ground but i have seen some appearing in the roses in pots. They would increase by the time buds start to form