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Help with rose plant - aphids and mould I think

Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
in Problem solving
This little rose plant looked great in spring, it was covered in shiny fresh new leaves.
Now however, it's not so great with so many green aphids I just discovered.
I have heard of pulling them off, using soap solution, neem spray. I have some citronella oil, eucalyptus oil, and grapefruit seed extract (citricidal), which I could make into sprays but I don't know if they'd harm the plant.
For the blackened leaves I guess I should pull them off but don't know how to stop it happening again.
Any ideas for how to best help this rose are much appreciated.





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  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    I hang lard filled half coconut shells beside shrubs that are vulnerable. The birds soon pick them off.
    Sunny Dundee
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    edited May 2023
    What a brilliant idea Balgay.Hill, I was thinking if I could only tell the birds, they would have a feast. At the moment I have a lot of robins and starlings, not so many bluetits but a few. Many pigeons though with never-ending stomachs and they will probably gobble it all up, that's the only problem.
    I might well give it a try. Not quite sure how to hang it, I guess some kind of structure behind the rose pot would work, like bamboo sticks in another plant pot.
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